Letter: Shelter staffers deserve praise

Escanaba Daily Press - Dobermans, min-pins, maltese and on and on. They are more than willing to work with rescues. The shelter is used daily by senior dogs and cats at the shelter because of their inconvenience after eight to 15 years of loyalty, the back yard breeders
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Wipe those tear stains away with baby wipes
Star-Banner - Our Maltese has smelly stains on her white fur from her tears. Her eyes water a lot. What can we do to bring the white color A small group of Hungarian devotees managed to revitalize the breed with help from breeders in America. The American Kennel
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Palo Alto Weekly - It is true that responsibly bred pit bulls should not be dangerous toward humans (although they may still be dangerous toward your maltese). Sadly, however, there are almost no responsible breeders of pit bulls in this country. The VAST majority
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Judith Conroy

Quad Cities Onlines - Memorials may be left to the Annawan Alba Rescue Squad. Anna was born Nov. 16, 1913, in Annawan, the daughter of Theodore His hobbies included Maltese dogs and antique cars. He was past president and life member of Rock Island Eagles Club, a
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Fincantieri to Build Ships for Iraq
MSN MoneyCentral - The ships will be modeled on those the company has already built for the Italian coast guard and the Maltese armed forces. The vessels will form the core of the Iraqi Navy’s patrol fleet and will be charged with search and rescue operations, control
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CHENEY IS A TRUE GEM
Colorado Springs Gazette - Three years ago, store owner Cretee Nemmer adopted the Maltese pup to fill the void left after her grown children moved out Guests are encouraged to bring dog food and toys, which will be donated to Dreampower animal rescue. I guess we are a
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More caring, less killing
WFAA - about a society about how we treat the most vulnerable,” said Dana Christian, co-director of Tassie’s Hope Animal Rescue, a Williamson carried a dirty poodle-Maltese mix out of his kennel. She soaped and rinsed the dog, who stuck his tongue out as
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A Maltese’s Understanding Of Words, Or Lack Thereof

Trained Maltese can easily distinguish dozens of different words of human speech. It is always a temptation to believe that they actually understand what these words mean, yet given the nature of their own communication system, the odds seem strongly against it.

Maltese have come to associate certain sounds with certain actions, but those associations are often extremely dependent upon other contextual cues that we may not be aware of. One way to show this is to try giving a dog a familiar command over an intercom. Even a command that the dog is highly motivated to carry out is often ignored unless it is accompanied by some additional cues in our body language.

Indeed, for all of the many continuities that link humans with nonhuman animals, one of the great discontinuities is the way we use language. Human infants, almost as soon as they begin to learn the names of things, take a manifest pleasure in using the name for its own sake. They will point to an object and say what it is - not because they want it, but for no other reason than to share the pleasure of calling the attention of another human mind to it. Even language-trained animals, such as chimpanzees, that have been taught to create “sentences” with computer symbols or sign language expend something very close to 100 percent of their utterances on demands for food, toys, or attention. There is no evidence that they have an independent notion of the symbols as standing for concepts. They have, rather, learned to manipulate series of symbols to get results. dogs have certainly learned to look at us, or come, when we speak their name, but there is not a scrap of evidence that they grasp the notion that their name is their name, in the sense that it stands for or represents them.

Given all that, however, it certainly seems odd that dogs can distinguish words in human language. Studies by Russian speech scientists found that dogs can readily be trained to distinguish the vowels a and i produced by an audio synthesizer; even when the base pitch of the vowels was changed, the dogs had no trouble telling the two apart.

Maltese may often be confused by substitutions of one consonant for another - try saying “Fly clown” instead of “Lie down,” and your Maltese will probably react exactly the same. But the ability to distinguish vowels depends on rather precise analysis or the higher-pitched resonances that accompany their base pitch. dogs do not utter vowels themselves; why should they be able to tell them apart when we say them?

The simple and general explanation for this happy circumstance is that ears are older than speech. Mammalian ears have been around for tens of millions of years, and the ears of all mammals have much in common. Human speech, however, has been around for only 100,000 years or so, and the human vocal tract is a unique and late development. Only humans possess the vocal apparatus needed to generate the sounds of speech.

PETS: Little dogs are big again 

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Wanda Cote didn’t realize she was onto something when she bred her poodle with her Maltese. “My kids wanted to see the puppies,” she said of her motivation. Find Out More…

Teens charged in beating of homeless man

Times-Leader - annie is a beautiful Akc Registered Bulldog Female puppy. Current On All Vaccinations, potty lovely and cutes puppies for nivards Provides u with cute little companions, they are healthy playful naughty little puppies AKC MALTESE FOR ADOPTION
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New deal made to manage Oakwood
Lexington Herald-Leader - except rabies . Beautiful Liver - 09/13/2006 08:51 AM EDT I have a liver with a black mask male and female. They are beautiful puppies with thick coats . Ch. Sired Male - 09/13/2006 08:50 AM EDT I have a beautiful male maltese puppy
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Bars: Trail Head Tavern
Denver Post - Belle is an active little Maltese. The pearly pooch was making friends with everyone on the patio at the Trail Head Tavern on nearby fireworks with a boy and a beer, Belle made fast friends with me, leaning against my leg and making pretty puppy eyes
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Copters join battle against Calif. fire

Times-Leader - Outstanding Hunting AND Family dog - love children. Both parents on premises. Sire: Pedigree; show adorable maltese - 09/24/2006 02:05 PM EDT we are not selling this pet but simple looking forward for a home that will spoil it with love and
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Giving her dog a bone, then wings
Macon Telegraph - Giving her dog a bone, then wingsCherie Mock doesn’t normally allow sleeping in her kindergarten class. Tail wagging is not THEY ARE AKC REGISTERED AND COME WITH FULL Beautiful Maltese puppies - 09/20/2006 08:47 AM EDT Beautiful Maltese puppies
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Fashion goes to the dogs
Delmarva Daily Times - The 18-month-old Maltese likes to dress to impress and Disharoon is finding a whole range of doggie duds at stores such as Besides, a dog held upright shows off the clothes to better advantage than a dog racing around on all fours. Heavy-coated
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Let your loving pooch change your life

Cleveland Daily Banner - canine care that is actually fun to read. Scared Poopless is narrated by Chiclet, an opinionated, four-pound Maltese know most dogs are getting vaccinations immunologists no longer recommend and that adult Great Danes and Chihuahua puppies
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111 dogs rescued from home
Asheville Citizen-Times - The group now is looking for homes for 85 of the Chihuahuas, Shih Tzu and Maltese dogs, Tucker said. Headley kept about 10 of Headley, who lives alone on Social Security and sold puppies to pay her $365-a-month dog food bill, said she hopes people
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Ethics panel quizzes candidate
Lexington Herald-Leader - puppies. Baby doll faced loves, devoted, non TINY TEA CUP YORKIE FEMALE FOR ADOPTION - 09/27/2006 03:53 AM EDT “PRINCESS KATE” VERY TINY THICK COATED SHORT LEGS, SHORT BODY FEMALE TEACUP YORKIE, BABYDOLL FACE . lovely maltese for adoption
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PETS: Little dogs are big again 

Being a lap dog today is not always as easy as it looks. Thanks to Paris Hilton and other toy-dog-toting celebrities, pint-sized pooches have become important fashion accessories. Find Out More…

SDSU rape trial scheduled

Aberdeen News - We offer Classifieds, Breeder Directories, Service CUTE AND ADORABLE MALTESE puppies FOR SALE - 09/01/2006 02:53 PM Have dog training lessons, Adorable chihuahua puppy for sale - 08/31/2006 11:27 PM GMT Beautiful Akc Chihuahua Pup Read More

Contra Costa Times - i have two adorable rabbit ridge bulldog puppy for adoption sale.BLACK and WHITE PARTI.WE take care Cute Maltese puppies for Good Homes. - 09/21/2006 05:03 PM EDT Cute MALTESE puppies with champion blood lines, with superior conformation and Read More

Times-Leader - hi we do have eggs of various species like the hyacinth macaw eggs ,eclectus,scarlet,timneh playful maltese puppy - 09/24/2006 12:01 AM EDT Description: Princess will be the belle of the ball! She is very sweet, loving, and playful! She Read More

Lexington Herald-Leader - i am a puppy breeder in florida due to mission service i have to go with my puppy Who live with me ADORABLE AND CUT MALTESE FOR ADOPTION - 09/15/2006 04:11 AM EDT Adorable Maltese puppies. We breed for health and temperament. Our goal is to Read More

Don’t Believe Hype Over New Hypo-Allergenic Pet Breeds

WRAL - But there are some dogs that drop less dander than others. “Each individual dog is different, just like each individual’s The American Kennel Club suggests looking at breeds such as the Bedlington Terrier, the Maltese and poodles for people with
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Judith Conroy
Quad Cities Onlines - His hobbies included Maltese dogs and antique cars. He was past president and life member of Rock Island Eagles Club, a member of the Eagles Club, American Legion, VFW and Elks Club of Lehigh Acres, and a 50-year member of the Trinity Lodge Maconic
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Fashion goes to the dogs
Delmarva Daily Times - Fashion goes to the dogs Pet owners find a variety of fun canine clothing in stores, online By Marlene Jensen Special to the The 18-month-old Maltese likes to dress to impress and Disharoon is finding a whole range of doggie duds at stores such as
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Copyright lawsuit
Vindicator - Miller is charged with two counts each of failure to confine vicious dogs, failure to have insurance and failure to register the animals. A Mahoning County deputy dog warden has said Miller’s pit bulls attacked a small Maltese across the street last
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