Wendy Toth

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Wendy Toth is Senior Editor, Lifestyle for Digital Works @ NBCU.

She lives in Brooklyn, has two cute rescue cats and would like everyone to know that the handsome dog she is pretend-showing in this photo is a Chesapeake Bay Retriever.

Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, iVillage.com, Weight Watchers, Parents, Spa, PDN, Supermarket News, New York Press, Newsday, and more.

Wendy Toth's Articles

german shorthaired pointer
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Teaching Emergency Stop

Emergency stop is an essential command to teach your dog because, no matter how diligent a dog sitter you are, there will come a time when you need your dog to stop in his tracks…
Chinese Dogs Rescued from Butcher
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Chinese Dogs not Butchered

In the past year at least nine truckloads of dogs headed to butchers in central China have been rescued by animal activists.
To the Arctic
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The Mothers of ‘To the Arctic’

The expanse of ice floes in Greg and Shawn MacGillivray’s IMAX documentary “To the Arctic” is so gorgeous, haunting, and alien, that you forget where you are.
Therapy Dog Reading Program
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Reading Dogs Make Magic

Reading to dogs, possibly more than any other type of pet  therapy, is powerful.
Dog Scouts of America
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Dog Scouts of America

A growing movement in doing good with your dog, the Dog Scouts of America program, is now in 22 states, according to the AP.
baby giraffe
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Bronx Zoo Baby Giraffe

A baby giraffe, born at the Bronx zoo this month, made her debut to the public.
Rescue Dog Field Trip
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Rescue Dog Field Trip

An SPCA in New Jersey went beyond walking its rescue dogs, and took them on a field trip instead.
Dog Self Control
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Dog Self Control

Training a dog can be made a little easier if you pay attention to your dog’s self-control stores.
dogs rescued
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160 Puppy Mill Dogs Rescued

Best Friends Animal Society rescued 160 dogs from puppy mills in the Midwest this week.
Dog Dials 911
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Dog Dials 911

Like a dog dialing 911 in the U.S., George, a Basset Hound in the UK dialed emergency 999 while trying to free himself from a phone cord, and saved his own life.