Strangers and neighbors chipped in to pay for surgery to implant a pacemaker for a Missouri search-and-rescue dog:
http://tinyurl.com/6rbyud
A good news story
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A bunch of us here chipped in to pay for a dog's glaucoma surgery. It wasn't a rescue dog but his name was Boomer and he is very sweet.
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oldest dog
At 203 in doggie years, is Bella the mongrel the world's oldest dog ever?
By Chris Brooke
The joy of gnawing on a bone is a distant memory and these days the only walkies she can manage is a potter around the garden.
But that's not bad going considering Bella the Labrador cross is around 29 years old.
That's 203 if every year of a dog's life equals seven human years.
The faithful pet is believed to be the world's oldest living dog and could even be the oldest dog ever.
Unfortunately her owner David Richardson, 76, has no documentation to prove her precise date of birth and so Bella's extraordinary longevity will never enter the record books.
Suitguy is not bitter.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
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Casey would never get any credit either. We know she was born around Memorial Day five years ago, but that's all.themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:oldest dog
At 203 in doggie years, is Bella the mongrel the world's oldest dog ever?
By Chris Brooke
The joy of gnawing on a bone is a distant memory and these days the only walkies she can manage is a potter around the garden.
But that's not bad going considering Bella the Labrador cross is around 29 years old.
That's 203 if every year of a dog's life equals seven human years.
The faithful pet is believed to be the world's oldest living dog and could even be the oldest dog ever.
Unfortunately her owner David Richardson, 76, has no documentation to prove her precise date of birth and so Bella's extraordinary longevity will never enter the record books.
-- In Iroquois society, leaders are encouraged to remember seven generations in the past and consider seven generations in the future when making decisions that affect the people.
-- America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking. -- Wilma Mankiller
-- America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking. -- Wilma Mankiller
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Pacemakers amaze me.
You speed up, they speed up. It's a marvel.
You speed up, they speed up. It's a marvel.
-- In Iroquois society, leaders are encouraged to remember seven generations in the past and consider seven generations in the future when making decisions that affect the people.
-- America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking. -- Wilma Mankiller
-- America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking. -- Wilma Mankiller