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October 31, 2006
Fliers' best friends are on the
Des Moines Register - They may be washouts from guide dog school, but they've got the right stuff to detect explosives at an airport. Meet Labrador retrievers Ives and Glory and their handlers, Police Officers Chris Mahlstadt and Matt Harkin: the K-9 teams entrusted to ...
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Posted by Doug at 09:34 AM
October 30, 2006
Disc pirates these dogs are your worst
New Straits Times - PUTRAJAYA: Meet Lucky and Flo. These two black labrador retrievers are the first dogs ever trained to sniff out optical discs. And local gangs who export pirated discs through the mail might soon find themselves in the doghouse. The Domestic Trade ...
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Posted by Alex at 01:46 PM
October 29, 2006
Making waves at the Boat
Miami Herald - More than three years ago, Naples software engineer Scott Rowles got laid off and decided to sail from the Caribbean to Australia, taking his two Labrador retrievers with him. The cruise was fine, except that the Labs balked at getting back on board ...
Posted by Bob at 02:43 PM
NO-KILL ATTITUDE: LOOKING FOR A HOME
Las Vegas Review Journal - Growing up, Ganon says, she had two Labrador retrievers and a Dalmatian. "I also had a Lhasa apso," she adds, "but that was my mom's." A half-hour ago, Ganon was hot on Octavio, a male Heinz 57 (Nevada SPCA-speak for mutt) rescued from death row at ...
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Posted by Jim at 11:46 AM
October 28, 2006
Northwoods Notebook -- A Quick
Rhinelander Daily News - We arrived near noon and met Joe Wohlleber, who has distinguished himself as a breeder of fine Labrador retrievers as well as a quality trainer of bid dogs. While we were sitting in the clubhouse consuming a burger and a cup of coffee a wet snow began ...
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Posted by Sean at 04:28 PM
October 26, 2006
Other bad
Courier-Post - I have to say that the editorial in regard to pit bulls is a disgrace. Would the Courier-Post ever print an editorial on the Labrador that attacked its owner or the neighbor down the street? Comparing pit bulls to golden retrievers and Chihuahuas is ...
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Posted by Russell at 05:53 PM
October 25, 2006
Year later, MacKays still cope with devastating house
Mount Pleasant Daily Tribune - Kaye still has a hard time talking about the most difficult loss the couple suffered in the fire, their two Labrador retrievers, Skeet and Ladye. She said the animals were more than family pets, "they were our kids." She said there was, however, one ...
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Posted by Ken at 03:59 PM
Friends, family and pheasants: Hunters build
San Jose Mercury News - Steam rises from their Labrador retrievers. Now, the first rooster of the day is up off the nose of Rio, Jason's black Lab. Two guns speak. The bird folds in the sky and falls to the grass. Sixty more rise in waves far ahead and fly to a field of ...
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Posted by Stephen at 03:06 PM
