Pets on Parade salutes dogs of war

That’s how U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. John Dolezal simply summed up the value of war dogs on Sunday when the four-legged veterans were honored for their service at the 15th annual Pets on Parade Awards Luncheon at the Doral Desert Princess Resort. On average, war dogs each save an estimated 500 lives per year, Riverside County Supervisor John Benoit said in presenting the “Saving American Lives” trophy to Marine Corps Maj. Kim Keefer, commanding officer of the Twentynine Palms Provost Marshal’s Office. “We work our dogs very hard. We demand a lot of them,” said Dolezal, a four-year veteran who has served three of those years stationed at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms where he is partnered with “CChaz.” “The things we can train a dog to do is just amazing,” he said. The dogs — generally German and Czech heritage shepherds and Belgian Malinois — begin training at about a year old for a variety of uses, including sniffing out bombs. Their sense of smell far exceeds a human’s, making dogs ideal for finding explosives or narcotics, and search and rescue. Dogs are reported to have 10 to 20 times the number of receptors in their nose than humans do, and the olfactory part of their brain — devoted to smell — is much larger, giving them the ability to detect faint odors and to discriminate between very slight differences in chemical composition, according to the U.S. War Dogs Association website. Specialized search dogs, used for sniffing out explosives, are trained to work off leash by voice and hand commands, said Cpl. Jared Sellers, who has been working with the military canines for four years. The dogs carry radios on their harnesses and on average work 100 meters away from their handler, but can go as far as 300 meters — or 328 yards, Sellers said. Without the dogs, there would be more human casualties, he said. “It’s nice to see (the dogs) be appreciated and get recognition. They deserve it,” Dolezal said.

PAWS Chicago to help pets in tornado damaged Oklahoma

help the pets in Chicago

A Chicago group is showing support to the tornado’s four legged victims.
PAWS Chicago is sending a medical team and volunteers to Moore, Oklahoma tomorrow.
According to its website, the organization is anticipating to bring about 75 homeless, displaced and injured pets back to Chicago to take some of the burden off of the Oklahoma shelters.
The pets will stay in a Chicago shelter for 30 days, so their Oklahoma families still have time to find them.

DO YOU KNOW THIS STAFFI - LOST IN OXLOW LANE I N DAGENHAM ESSEX

 

 

Staffi found near oxlow lane please share if RSPCA can't find owner they will destroy it in a weeks time if u know the owner or can give it a good home get in touch

 

 

 Please please Help to see if anyone  could give her a home or knows of anyone who could
Dont let the RSPCA put her down.

Garden open 4 day

The San Diego Botanic Garden will suspend its “No pets allowed” rule on Feb. 23 for its first “5K Paw Walk in the Garden.”

The walk cosponsored by the Rancho Coastal Humane Society follows a mapped out 5k course through the garden from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and includes pet related vendors. Proceeds benefit the humane society and the garden. Entry fees range from $6 to $24. Groups and individuals with or without pets are welcome; limit of two dogs per person. Dogs must be kept on a leash that is no longer than six feet. Dogs must be up to date on all vaccines.

The garden is at 230 Quail Gardens Drive in Encinitas and the event is rain or shine.

For information, rules and registration, go to www.rchumanesociety.org