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	Canine Compulsions Could Hold Clues For Human Compulsions
	DOGS DON'T compulsively wash their hands, but then again, people don't chase their tails.   Nicholas  Dodman, director of the animal behavior clinic at Tuffs University's Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine in North Grafton, Mass., treats canine compulsive behaviors like tail chasing and a common Doberman affliction: repeatedly sucking on the flanks. For years, Dodman has said compulsive behaviors are essentially the same in people and animals, all originating in the same place in the brain.   He could be right. Looking at the DNA of nearly 100 compulsive Dobermans, Edward Ginns of the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester found a chromosome alteration that appears almost always in those dogs.   The National Institutes of Health is trying to determine whether the same alteration appears in the same chromosome of people who have compulsive disorders. If that's confirmed, scientists could work on better treatments for humans and animals with compulsive disorders.   In the meantime, if your pet seems obsessed, don't assume it's compulsive behavior. It could be another problem, from fleas to chronic pain. See your veterinarian – and bring video of the behavior, since your dog probably will not repeat it on cue.
	Information source: From an article written by Steve Dale for USA Weekend magazine. Found in the Sunday, June 27, 2010 issue of  The Arizona Republic newspaper.

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July and August are the most terribly hot months of the year. With this thought in mind "Please" do not lock your pet or child up in your vehicle while you shop or do chores. In just a short period of time the temperatures in your vehicle can reach deadly proportions. Every year hundreds of deaths are reported due to this tragic mistake. It can be a mistake who's consequences can haunt you for the rest of your life. Please be conscientious and responsible. "Someone's life could hang in the balance".

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Mycroft's Column Mycroft © Bert E. Kavich Productions. All Rights Reserved. Deaths To Short - Snout Dogs On Airplanes Show A Trend     WASHINGTON – Owners of bulldogs and pugs, beware: Short-snouted breeds accounted for roughly half the purebred-dog deaths on airplanes in the past five years, government data released Friday July 16, 2010 show.   That comes as no surprise to the owner of the University of Georgia's mascot, Uga, who has a surgical procedure done on the dog to help him fly safely.   Overall, at least 122 dog deaths were reported since May 2005, when U.S. airlines were required to start disclosing them, the Transportation Department says. The dogs died while being shipped as cargo.   English bulldogs account for the single highest number of deaths among the 108 purebreds on the list: 25. Pugs were next, with 11 deaths, followed by golden and Labrador retrievers, with seven deaths each, French bulldogs with six, and American Staffordshire terriers, four.   Boxers, cockapoos, Pekingese and Pomeranians accounted for two deaths each.   Owners should consult with veterinarians before putting their dogs on planes, the department says. It believes the deaths represent a tiny percentage of the pets shipped on airlines.   Short-nosed breeds, known as "brachycephalic" in the dog world, have a skull formation that affects their airways, said Dan Bandy of Shawnee, Okla., chairman of the Bulldog Club of America's health committee.   "The way all dogs cool themselves is basically through respiration," Bandy said. "A dog that has a long snout or a long muzzle has more surface area within its nasal cavity for that heat exchange to take place."   Sonny Seiler of Savannah, Ga., who owns the University of Georgia's English bulldog mascot, said he has a surgical procedure done on each Uga before it is a year old to enlarge the dog's airways.   "They go into the nasal passage and clip muscles and tissue and in essence, what they do is they make a bigger air passage," Seiler said. "It's a quick procedure, and once you have it done, it really eliminates a lot of the problems with the breathing."

Information source: The above is an article written by Sharon Theimer for the Associated Press found in the July 17, 2010 issue of The Arizona Republic newspaper

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