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Dog Barking In Your Cell Phone
Dog fanciers with a passion for K9s can now use a bow-wow ring tone to alert them to an incoming call on their cell phone. It’ll probably scare heck out of any nearby shoppers in the supermarket, certainly in a crowded elevator, and very likely any kitty cat in the vicinity, too. But, most cell phone addicts, being what they are, really could care less.
Anyway, if a dog barking cell phone appeals to you, Nestle-Purina’s website www.purina.com will oblige. Just click the "United States" link, then go to "Purina On the Go" on the left panel to download the barking dog ring tone. Don’t be too surprised, though, if somebody would really love to "muzzle" and "curb" your cell phone.
Dog Tails Tolls
Dogs tails can exact hefty tolls on coffee table bric-a-brack, sweeping valuable decorations to destruction on uncarpeted hardwood floors. But dogs sporting those full, undocked waggers can often suffer equally unhappy consequences from careless folks. Imagine your son’s 220 lb. football coach inadvertently stepping squarely on Fido’s tail as heads out after his visit. Serious ouch!
Car and house doors also can wreak havoc on a dog’s posterior appendage if unthinkingly slammned on it. And Rover himself embodies a painful threat to his constant overenthusiasticlly wagging tail, causing an often chronic bleeding split-end problem that’s difficult to cure. Gun dogs’ whipping tails in heavy brush are especially vulnerable victims.
In such serious, chronic cases, a veterinarian’s help should be sought, and often, even then, medical assistance may dictate surgery as the only option.
Staying alert at all times to your dog’s tail and its many possible injuries is the best way to avoid trouble.