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The Petside Digest: This Week's Must-Reads

by Wendy Toth
Published October 1, 2010
Dog Whisperer Cesar Milan to Answer Reader Questions: iVillage Our friends at iVillage Home & Garden will have the undivided attention of Cesar Milan this month. With with a new season of Dog Whisperer starting today and a new book out, he has lots to talk about. The editors are getting him started by taking reader questions at homeand.garden@nbcuni.com through October 13. Millan will answer a selection of the questions in a forthcoming article so keep checking back! Happy Sweet 16 to Sarge the Pit Bull: Dog Reflections Our favorite "elder bull," Sarge, turned 16 this week! Rescued in 2008 from a dog fighting ring in South Philadelphia, Sarge is now a model citizen. With the help of his mom, Kim Wolf, Sarge volunteers as a certified therapy dog, proving that second chances can travel out from their recipient to change so many more lives for the better. Cheers, Sarge! Dog Swallows $1.13 in Pennies: The Daily Treat Thanks to Janet McCully from Animal Planet's Daily Treat blog for telling us how dangerous the zinc core of a penny can be to a dog's kidneys. Lucky for the dog in her story, Isis, swallowing enough pennies to make change for a dollar was dangerous, but her owners got her to the vet in plenty of time. I wonder how they paid. Adoptable Pet(s) of the Week: Cairo and Theo These spotted Egyptian Maus are 6 and 8 and have a few little issues, like needing inexpensive medication, but if you click on their full profile and see how well they get along with kids - you might not be able to resist! Image Source: Adopt A Pet
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Wendy Toth Wendy Toth is Senior Editor, Lifestyle for Digital Works @ NBCU. She lives in Brooklyn, has two…

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Heather (Unverified)
Added 02-25-2011 12:42pm
This is how Delta advertises their pet travel: "Pet Travel from Delta for happy healthy, jet-set pets" BUT this is what happened to me: On 1/22/11 we were having our newest family member, a kitten we named Snickers shipped to us from Utah. We paid for her to be in a climate controlled cargo & even paid an extra $70 for an expedited service called Delta Dash which should have meant she was the first thing off or on the plane. When we got to the airport, we waited, her flight came in at 8:40, they didn't bring her out to us until 9:30. (50 minutes after the plane landed) She was cold, pale, limp & unresponsive & had blood coming from her nose & mouth. My family rushed her to the emergency vet, but on the drive, she passed. The vet pronounced her DOA, she died from extreme hypothermia, she froze to death. Apparently, what we thought was a warm cargo bin, wasn't. When a plane lands, climate control is lost & she didn't stand a chance for 50 minutes in their cargo hold. If for any reason there is a holdup on the tarmac, our animals are trapped, unable to escape the extreme cold or extreme heat in the summer. Our family is devastated & Delta's response has been disgusting. They valued her life at 50 cents per pound if you can even believe that. Life to them is worth no more then 50 cents a pound -- DISTURBING! BUYER BEWARE!
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