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71. Politically correct terminology: Dog owner versus guardian

N.H. Sunday News - Dog Tracks Column By: Gail T. Fisher My mother was a vicious grammarian. She’d interrupt almost anyone to correct a grammatical error. She’d been known to red pencil library books when she discov...

23/01/2005 | 23 Hits | Print | Email

72. On "replacing" an old dog

N.H. Sunday News - Dog Tracks Column By: Gail T. Fisher A client with an aging dog called to ask me when is the best time to get a new dog. Is it best to get a puppy while we still have the older dog, or is it better to wait u...

09/01/2005 | 30 Hits | Print | Email

73. Rescue success stories

N.H. Sunday News - Dog Tracks Column By: Gail T. Fisher Happy New Year! What a good time to acknowledge some happy beginnings. I’m not referring to starting a short-lived exercise program, or a short-lived diet. Those se...

02/01/2005 | 27 Hits | Print | Email

74. Caring for a special needs cat

N.H. Sunday News - Dog Tracks Column By: Gail T. Fisher Although we sometimes get calls at All Dogs Gym about cat behavior problems, I don’t get many such emails. So I thought I’d send off the old year departing fr...

26/12/2004 | 27 Hits | Print | Email

75. Advice on choosing a boarding kennel

N.H. Sunday News - Dog Tracks Column By: Gail T. Fisher Last week I wrote about options for your pets when you go on vacation. To eliminate any charges of bias now that I have a boarding kennel, I’m reprising columns I w...

05/12/2004 | 15 Hits | Print | Email

76. Options for leaving your pet when you go away

N.H. Sunday News - Dog Tracks Column By: Gail T. Fisher Last March we ran a poll on our alldogsgym.com website asking people what they do with their dog when they go on vacation. Thirty-one percent of respondents said they tak...

28/11/2004 | 16 Hits | Print | Email

77. Holiday stress and its effect on our pets

N.H. Sunday News - Dog Tracks Column By: Gail T. Fisher Oh my goodness! It’s bad enough that this summer seemed to last just two weeks, does the Christmas holiday season have to cover three months?! Am I dating myself to...

21/11/2004 | 14 Hits | Print | Email

78. Older dogs and Rabies vaccinations

N.H. Sunday News - Dog Tracks Column By: Gail T. Fisher As we waited to pay our fines, a fellow scofflaw asked if I planned to write a column about our experience. I hadn’t planned to but then, why not? After all, we hea...

14/11/2004 | 15 Hits | Print | Email

79. Dogs diagnosing illness - Lester the boxer

N.H. Sunday News - Dog Tracks Column By: Gail T. Fisher A few weeks ago, a “recent finding” was reported in the paper that some dogs can differentiate the scent of cancer cells versus healthy ones. Dogs have been f...

10/10/2004 | 12 Hits | Print | Email

80. On finding lost animals

N.H. Sunday News - Dog Tracks Column By: Gail T. Fisher My sister-in-law’s sister, who has a Service dog and lives out west, was in NH visiting her family. She went out with her mom for the afternoon, leaving her dog at ...

12/09/2004 | 21 Hits | Print | Email