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Dachshund to the Rescue (Right in my Backyard!)

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I heard it on the radio this morning: a heroic little dachshund named Annie brought help to her elderly owner. And it happened just a few miles from the Portland, Oregon suburb where I live. It was around one o’clock in the morning this past Tuesday. Residents in the Lake Grove neighborhood of Lake Oswego, Oregon called police to complain about a barking dog. The head of the Lake Oswego police canine unit responded to the calls, expecting to find a huge, menacing dog on the loose. Instead, Sergeant John Brent found a nine and a half pound dachshund. The … Continue reading →

George Clooney’s Best Friend Dies

He was George Clooney’s best friend. In fact, I remember reading an interview Clooney did with a magazine years ago (post “Facts of Life” and pre “ER”) in which he said he didn’t feel the need to re-marry because his “friend” provided adequate companionship. Now that “friend” is dead. According to PEOPLE magazine, Max, the nearly 300-pound potbellied pig that lived with George Clooney in the actor’s Hollywood Hills house, has died. Clooney’s beloved pig shared a home with him for 18 years and had suffered from arthritis and partial blindness. “He was as old a pig as the vets … Continue reading →