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Dog Owner Credits Hero Pet with Detecting Her Breast Cancer Early: ‘My Little Lifesaver’

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“She’s a very affectionate dog, but she’s never behaved like that before — she wouldn’t leave me alone,” the woman said of her pup A mother of two says she has her dog to thank for her health. Trisha Allison, 50, told SWNS that she had been on her couch watching TV on a Saturday morning when her 2-year-old dog named Luna jumped on her chest, hitting her right breast, per the New York Post. The pup then started sniffing and nudging at Allison’s chest before lying beside her. “She’s a very affectionate dog, but she’s never behaved like that…
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Sask. Indigenous woman creates Pet Treaty Cards

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It was on a drive with her sister that Joaney Starblanket got the idea that changed her life for the better, a little over a month ago. Starblanket said her sister thought it would be funny if pets had their own treaty cards. “I thought to myself, why not,” she told CTV News. That “why not” then became a few quick edits on Canva, then a template, then one for her own cat, ‘Goober,’ and Starblanket said it blew her sister away during their next visit. She shared it with her coworkers in Yorkton, who told her that she had…
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Ukraine counts ‘catastrophic’ environmental costs after dam blast

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KYIV, Ukraine — A woman who braved checkpoints and dodged shelling to care for abandoned pets during Russia’s occupation of her hometown is now warning about the recent flooding’s devastating impact on the region’s animals. Iryna Tutyun said it was “difficult to cope” with the number of animals in need of help after huge swaths of the southern city of Kherson and its surrounding area were inundated following the destruction of the Kakhovka dam Tuesday. “I still have about 30 dogs and a dozen cats in my care. Every morning I go to them, feed them and see if everything…
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Why do dogs eat grass? And when is it not safe for them? | Dogs

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Have you ever wondered why your dog is eating your beautifully cropped lawn or nibbling on the grass in the dog park? Eating grass is a common behavior in pet dogs. Some surveys show up to 80% of guardians notice their dogs regularly snacking on the grass. Grass eating isn’t a new behavior either, or only done by our new designer dog breeds. Studies in Yellowstone national park show plant matter (mostly grass) is found in up to 74% of wolf spots, suggesting the behavior is possibly inherited from the beginning of doggy time. So why do dogs eat grass?…
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A new start after 60: I embraced being single and became an international pet-sitter | Life and style

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When Bernadine Swale’s marriage ended after 36 years, when she was 57, her first instinct – once she had recovered from the shock – was that she couldn’t manage alone. “The standard, cookie-cutter way you have to be in your 60s is man and woman, and you travel together,” he says. It took her a few years to realize: “Actually, no.” Now 68, Swale, a retired pharmacist, travels the world as a pet-sitter. Last year, she spent only 23 nights in her own bed, in a loft that looks out over downtown Denver. Pet-sitting stops have included London, New York,…
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