Dog Health: 12 October 2005

Dog loses limb, finds people who care
When Joy Harklerode became a foster mother for Cooper, the 2- to 3-year-old pit bull dog was starved and in terrible health. Cooper was a stray found living around a Marion house. And on top of being malnourished, he had a severe fracture in his left rear leg.
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New diet cures dog's itchy skin
Q: I read an article you wrote regarding ''terrier's dandruff'' and wanted to share a success story. My dog had severe skin problems -- he used to scratch his skin raw until it bled. He only had one strip of fur on his back, and only because he couldn't reach it with his teeth. He was on many prescriptions, including prednisone, tetracycline, thyroid medication.
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How much would you spend on your dog?
NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - In the best of times and in the worst of times, Americans will spend thousands of dollars to keep their pets alive.
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Funeral honors APD K-9 unit dog
After an eventful life, roughly 84 dog years, Duke was honored for his career as an APD K-9 unit dog after he died Thursday from health problems. Duke was born halfway across the world in Prague, when the Czech Republic was still Czechoslovakia, in 1994 and donated to APD in 1996 when he was 18 months old.
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