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	<description>A discussion about dogs and life</description>
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		<title>Smoky Monument</title>
		<link>http://stthomasdogblog.stdoa.ca/2013/05/20/smoky-monument/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 15:47:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dorothy Stewart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[service dogs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to Mr. Bill Wynne for the heads-up about a television programme this week about his Yorkie Smoky, a WWII war hero and therapy dog.  &#8220;This Thursday May 23, on the TRAVEL CHANNEL at 9:00 pm EST, the third week of a show called MONUMENTAL MYSTERIES will feature, among others, the Smoky Memorial in Cleveland Metroparks.&#8221; If [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No-Kill Advocacy</title>
		<link>http://stthomasdogblog.stdoa.ca/2013/05/14/no-kill-advocacy/</link>
		<comments>http://stthomasdogblog.stdoa.ca/2013/05/14/no-kill-advocacy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 18:36:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dorothy Stewart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cats]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://stthomasdogblog.stdoa.ca/?p=2442</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The sources below on &#8220;no-kill&#8221; shelters were provided by Chris as a comment on my post Redemption about the work of Nathan Winograd in establishing truly humane animal shelters.   I thought this annotated list of links on what&#8217;s happening in Canada and the US merited being an actual post.  Chris is a member of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poodle Clip</title>
		<link>http://stthomasdogblog.stdoa.ca/2013/02/28/poodle-clip/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:14:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dorothy Stewart</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[dog grooming]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://stthomasdogblog.stdoa.ca/?p=2417</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Leo was filthy.  His hair was long and matted.  He smelled.  But cold weather and his arthritis made me reluctant to take him to his groomer.  “What about we try bathing him in the tub?” my husband said. I had only before clipped his feet and around his eyes between salon visits.  We had hosed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arthritic Dogs</title>
		<link>http://stthomasdogblog.stdoa.ca/2013/01/30/arthritic-dogs/</link>
		<comments>http://stthomasdogblog.stdoa.ca/2013/01/30/arthritic-dogs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dorothy Stewart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[animal diseases]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[euthanasia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grieving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pet pharmaceuticals]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://stthomasdogblog.stdoa.ca/?p=2404</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Five years ago today at 2:15 pm ET, my beautiful German Shepherd Jack died.  We had his vet euthanize him before his body did it by itself.  It was getting pretty close; I don’t think he would have survived another night.  He had a number of physical ailments; we don’t know exactly what all but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Newtown Kids &amp; Dogs</title>
		<link>http://stthomasdogblog.stdoa.ca/2012/12/16/newtown-kids-dogs/</link>
		<comments>http://stthomasdogblog.stdoa.ca/2012/12/16/newtown-kids-dogs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 00:04:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dorothy Stewart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dog parks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[grieving]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://stthomasdogblog.stdoa.ca/?p=2360</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A lot of dogs in Newtown, Connecticut will be working overtime in the solace department.  There are children and adults who will need the love of their pets to help them cope after losing a sibling, a son or daughter, a mother or wife. The pets will need comfort themselves.  They too have lost a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home for the Holidays</title>
		<link>http://stthomasdogblog.stdoa.ca/2012/12/10/home-for-the-holidays-2/</link>
		<comments>http://stthomasdogblog.stdoa.ca/2012/12/10/home-for-the-holidays-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 22:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dorothy Stewart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cats]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Horses]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[animal welfare]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://stthomasdogblog.stdoa.ca/?p=2313</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Don’t give a dog as a Christmas present.  At least not as a spur of the moment gift.  But if you are planning to get a dog anyway, why not?  If you are aware that your “present” is alive and, with luck, will live many years, you will give an enormous gift to the dog [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pet Heirs</title>
		<link>http://stthomasdogblog.stdoa.ca/2012/11/23/pet-heirs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Nov 2012 14:53:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dorothy Stewart</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Horses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alzheimers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[pet parents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wills]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://stthomasdogblog.stdoa.ca/?p=2299</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Preparing a will isn’t what most people consider a fun thing to do.  And even for those who do, it still takes a lot of time and thought to get it right.  You don’t know when your will is going to take effect or what the circumstances around it will be so you have to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8217;tis the Silly Season</title>
		<link>http://stthomasdogblog.stdoa.ca/2012/11/04/tis-the-silly-season/</link>
		<comments>http://stthomasdogblog.stdoa.ca/2012/11/04/tis-the-silly-season/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2012 19:50:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dorothy Stewart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Horses]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[local events]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St. Thomas/Elgin]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://stthomasdogblog.stdoa.ca/?p=2274</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bureaucratic comedy just writes itself.  Below are the more interesting new rules for the 2012 Santa Claus parade in St. Thomas (see registration). The no candy rule:  is it for the sake of kids’ teeth or because a lot of the litter left on the streets after the parade is candy wrappers?  If the former, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rescue Garage Sale</title>
		<link>http://stthomasdogblog.stdoa.ca/2012/10/08/rescue-garage-sale/</link>
		<comments>http://stthomasdogblog.stdoa.ca/2012/10/08/rescue-garage-sale/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2012 19:50:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dorothy Stewart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cats]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://stthomasdogblog.stdoa.ca/?p=2238</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Next Saturday, Oct. 13th, there is going to be a huge indoor garage sale, bbq and bake sale to raise money for two local animal rescues.   It will be in a warehouse at 94 Woodworth Avenue in St. Thomas from 8 am to 4 pm.  There is a lot of good stuff – collectibles, antique [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Review:  Dog Gone</title>
		<link>http://stthomasdogblog.stdoa.ca/2012/09/16/review-dog-gone/</link>
		<comments>http://stthomasdogblog.stdoa.ca/2012/09/16/review-dog-gone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Sep 2012 19:02:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dorothy Stewart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dogs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[show dogs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Eileen Key&#8217;s Dog Gone (Heartsong Presents – Mysteries 2008) is about purebred dogs disappearing from a boarding kennel and their own yards.  Cleaning lady Belle wants to help her friend, the kennel owner, keep her business alive so she enters the world of dogs and dog shows. It’s a well-intentioned story about dog breeding and showing and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hot Cars Hot Dogs</title>
		<link>http://stthomasdogblog.stdoa.ca/2012/08/27/hot-cars-hot-dogs/</link>
		<comments>http://stthomasdogblog.stdoa.ca/2012/08/27/hot-cars-hot-dogs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2012 23:55:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dorothy Stewart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dogs]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://stthomasdogblog.stdoa.ca/?p=2212</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My brother and I conducted an experiment recently on heat build up in a car.  We didn’t plan to, but what happened while he was waiting for me in a parking lot proved instructive.  It was a pleasant summer day, a nice breeze, no humidity and a temperature of 22o Celsius. The dogs weren’t with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australia honours Smoky</title>
		<link>http://stthomasdogblog.stdoa.ca/2012/08/10/australia-honours-smoky/</link>
		<comments>http://stthomasdogblog.stdoa.ca/2012/08/10/australia-honours-smoky/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2012 16:26:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dorothy Stewart</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dog training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Smoky]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On July 20th in Brisbane, Australia, Smoky the little war dog was awarded posthumously the Australian Defence Force Tracker and War Dog Association medal for military service.   At the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, US Consul General Niels Marquardt accepted the medal on behalf of Bill Wynne, Smoky’s person. The ADFTWDA Secretary, a tracker team veteran [...]]]></description>
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