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Keep Your Pets Safe in Spring

As trees start to bud, sap starts to run, birds start to twitter and nature renews itself, our thoughts turn to gardening and lawn care. Those of us with pets may already know about and guard against the potential harm some plants and garden additives may have for animals and birds.

Not so Zeeke!… a puppy-in-training that belongs to JJ Coat, a Pre-Vet major and honors student of Ohio Northern University. Zeeke has become part of the alumni. JJ has chosen to prepare Zeeke to become a service dog, as her Honors Project. Zeeke’s training period is 16 months and JJ has been given special permission by the university administration to bring Zeeke onto the campus where he has become an instant celebrity. This has also given the university much-needed celebrity as well. We’re thinking there may be more Zeekes in future classes…

While checking out other pet photo contests on the web I came across a doozy. In the “Can You Top This?” corner there is now a collosal pet lover essay contest (that includes a pet photo) that started in early April. The grand prize is a 1.25 million-dollar mansion in Ocala FL, owned by author Clementina Marie Giovannetti who is running this contest. Her goal is to publish a book of pet lover stories complete with photos…