Take Your Dog To Work Day is June 21, 2013. Created by Pet Sitters International, it was first celebrated in 1999.
On Sept. 23, 1944, President Franklin D. Roosevelt defended the honor of his Scottish terrier, Fala, as well as his own. Republican critics lied that Roosevelt had accidentally left Fala behind while visiting the Aleutian Islands and accused him of sending a Navy destroyer at taxpayer expense to go back and pick it up.
The ancient Egyptians recorded the names of 77 dogs, based on color and character like Blackie, Good Herdsman, and Reliable.
Morris Frank (1908-1980) was the first American to benefit from a seeing-eye dog. He had gotten his dog, Buddy, from a guide dog program in Potsdam, Germany in 1928. By 1936 there were 250 guide dogs in the United States.
Most Veterinarians agree that spaying protects female dogs from mammary and ovarian cancer, while neutering protects male dogs from testicular and prostate cancer.
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