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Posts tagged "Best Friends Animal Society"

Walk Your Hound, Spend Time with Your Pet

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Are we leaving our pets home alone too much, not interacting with them enough….does this all impact separation issues and or weight gain? The very best thing you can do is to take a walk with your dog. Hmmm….maybe not dressed as I am, however (or you dog may be embarrassed).
By Steve Dale,
May 15, 2012 at 2:20 pm
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WGN Radio Petcast: Newt Gingrich on Pets; How Animals Die in Shelters; New Puppy Mill Truths

WGN Radio Petcast: Newt Gingrich on Pets; How Animals Die in Shelters; New Puppy Mill Truths
Listen HERE to the latest WGN Radio Petcast: (may take a moment to load) Republican Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich kicks off this political petcast. Senator Andy Dineman and dog trainer Joesph Dwyer talk about their bill to ban carbon monoxide poisoning of shelter animals (which remains the only choice in many states), and there’s a... Read more »
By Steve Dale,
March 3, 2012 at 9:04 am
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Skip Haynes, Alliota, Haynes and Jeremiah Performs Today - It's Free

“There pets I want to tell you about, they live in my home town” Skip Haynes of Alliota, Hanyes and Jeremiah wrote a song which he pefrom today at Dog Day on the Green (Montrose Harbor in Lincoln Park), specifically to promote shelter adoption in Chicago. Fund of some proceeds of the tune benefit Safe... Read more »
By Steve Dale,
August 29, 2010 at 7:53 am
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There Aint No Festival Just Like It - Dog Day on the Green on WLS

Driving South on LSD to Dog Day on the Green. Skip Haynes of Aliotta, Haynes and Jeremiah who inked the Chicago classic Lake Shore Drive wrote a version (with me helping out) to promote Dog Day on the Green and pet adoption. Skip Haynes performs on WLS again, and at Dog Day on the Green... Read more »
By Steve Dale,
August 28, 2010 at 11:05 am
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Gov. Pat Quinn Signs Dogfighting Law with a Bite

Dogfighting has been a felony in Illinois for some time, and it’s now a felony is all 50 states. Yet, somehow, when dog fights occur near day care centers, schools or playgrounds – the activity strikes me as even more horrifying. Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart at the dogfighting bust in Maywood in 2009. He... Read more »
By Steve Dale,
July 18, 2010 at 1:17 pm
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New Dogfighting Measure Has Teeth!

Following Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart’s dogfighting bust at a day care center last fall, the Sheriff appeared on my WLS-AM radio show. Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart in Maywood last fall I suggested as horrific as dogfighting is – it’s even worse when kids are involved….and worse yet that this bust happened at a... Read more »
By Steve Dale,
July 16, 2010 at 7:40 pm
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Are They Joking? Elgin Says They Will Comprimise on Their Pit Bull Restrictions

When the wording of the “compromise” began all Pit Bulls will continue to be deemed dangerous, I knew this wasn’t a compromise at all. As it stood previously Elgin, IL public officials wanted to restrict Pit Bulls – for starters – by instantly deeming each one dangerous (without temperament testing) and mandating $500,000 of insurance... Read more »
By Steve Dale,
March 5, 2010 at 4:10 pm
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Animals in Illinois are Safe

Report Ranks Illinois Best in Animal Protection Laws, according to the Animal Legal Defense Fund. Actually, I personally agree with this…And soon, I hope, for a new law. And you read it here first: Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart (who we can credit for many animal protection laws) was on my WLS show discussing the... Read more »
By Steve Dale,
December 20, 2009 at 12:12 pm
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Cat Stuck in Wall, announcements from the Chicago Veterinary Medical Association and Miss Meowsky on Steve Dale's Pet World

I work a double shift tomorrow (Saturday, November 28) on WLS – Steve Dale’s Pet World, www.wlsam.com or 890 AM. At 6 am (cst) – listener Ann Bodman tells the amazing story of how she extricated her cat from between walls in her home (check out the gallery here). And Dr. Yuval Nir, president of... Read more »
By Steve Dale,
November 27, 2009 at 8:04 pm
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Prescription for Violence: Safe Humane Chicago

Mayor Daley, Senator Durbin, and so many others . . . too many for me to count off here have recently weighed in on violence in Chicago. The question: What can be done? Well, right here under our noses there’s a community based program called Safe Humane Chicago. Bill Hageman wrote a great piece in... Read more »
By Steve Dale,
October 18, 2009 at 8:58 pm
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