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Old 02-11-2014, 07:49 PM
 
Location: FL
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20 essential facts dog lovers must always remember. The last one comes with a tissue alert. » DogHeirs | Where Dogs Are Family

Similar for cats, although they aren't as apt to want to please they love us just as much.

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Old 02-12-2014, 03:53 AM
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Location: the west side of "paradise"
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Wonderful messages, Orion2. Thanks for sharing.
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Old 02-12-2014, 09:24 PM
 
Location: Lemon Heights, Orange County, CA
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That was very nice. And I only used one tissue.
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Old 02-13-2014, 01:33 PM
 
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I added #21. "If we're adoptees who are old or feral or somehow weird, all bets are off, but we still have our loving home."
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Old 02-13-2014, 01:51 PM
 
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awwww.....

Might I add a health tip? Five minutes in a 75 degree plus car - - even with window cracked can be harmful. Dogs run hotter than humans. Cars get much hotter sitting in the sun - even for 10 minutes. Damage can begin immediately with problems of the kidneys.

Don't take them with. Or leave the air running.



I have been known to time the dog being left alone in the sun. If it is over five minutes and the dog is laying on the floor panting--I call the police. The owners get very agitated and indignant. The police have even used force to open the window. Please. Damage can be done within minutes. You just don't see it right away...


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First, he says, it's important to understand that the temperature doesn't have to be in the 90s for a car-bound animal to be in deep trouble. At much lower temperatures, particularly if the sky is cloudless, the humidity high or the car dark-colored, a vehicle becomes a sauna fast. And cracking windows a few inches accomplishes practically nothing (though many owners of now-dead pets thought it would).
In fact, researchers learned that when it's a sunny 78 degrees, the temperature in a parked car with windows cracked rises at least 32 degrees in 30 minutes. So: 78 degrees to 110 in half an hour." http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/...hot-cars_N.htm
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Old 02-14-2014, 02:35 PM
 
Location: State of Washington (2016)
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As we lost our beloved Rayna last September, the last fact had me in tears and I had to close my office door. I'm going to go home and hug Cody (our 12 year old border collie).
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Old 02-14-2014, 08:33 PM
 
Location: In the middle...
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Damn it...I needed a tissues after the first few...by the time I made it to 20, I was in full melt down (crying like a baby). Tissue box is what I needed. (Oy)

It is a wonderful post, thank you. I am just a mush bucket...and freely admit it.

It was worth every tear! Thanks again!!!
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