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Little Bites
If you're looking for quick info, then Little Bites is your section. It's a collection of canine tidbits that have been put together in quick-read style. You'll read about the latest trends along with snippets of pooch news. You'll have information and fido facts at your fingertips.
Book and Film Reviews, Pet-Terrific Travel and Pomo's Telltale TiPs will keep you out of the dog house and put you into the K-9 insiders' world. |
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Tony Conza is the dad of WOOF Patrol Mascot, Pomo. Tony is the Founder of the Blimpie sandwich chain. His years of experience in the restaurant business led him to believe the way to one's heart is through food. Pomo agrees. One night over dinner he sat down and compiled what WOOF Patrol has since and most appropriately tagged "Little Bites". |
Little Bites by Tony Conza
 USA Today reported on hotel WOOF-WOOF 'do not disturb' door hangers. Next time you check into a Ritz-Carltons with pet program be sure to enjoy your door signage. Oh, if you have a cat, flip it over for "MEOW!" Business Week reported that scientists, by studying the DNA of 143 dog breeds, hope to learn more about how people grow. "Researchers from the National Human Genome Research Institute have identified a gene variant that gives small-breed dogs their pipsqueak statue. Since humans have the gene too, the discovery could yield clues as to how height is genetically programmed in humans." Atlanta Falcons quarterback Michael Vick has been accused of being involved in a dog-fighting ring. Shameful ... Digital cameras have a feature to remove red-eye caused by flash but what about pet glow-eyes? Hewlett-Packard's new R837 does just that. "Light can reflect differently on animals' retinas - creating an eerie glow. As in removing human red eye, software in the camera detects the glow and replaces it with a remarkable lifelike black dot. In addition to replacing glowing pupils, the camera finds the eyes' focal points and adds a tiny white dot, indicating the direction the pet is looking. Alas, if a picture is shot in a dark room and the glow is extreme, the retouching does not work well. The pet ends up looking like a bug-eyed marmoset." The Wall Street Journal reports that Americans will spend $1.1 billion on dog training this year. ARRP Bulletin featured a Sid Kircheimer story entitled Caught in a Canine Con. It seems as though buying a puppy online can turn into a plain old swindle. Helpful suggestions to safely buying a dog online include the following tips:
- If you want a certain breed, contact a local breed club for legitimate dealers in your area.
- Call the seller. Legitimate online breeders post traceable phone numbers and addresses. You can check the information via directories such as http://www.whitepages.com/
- Have the sellers send a photo of the dog next to a sign that includes your name and the date on in the frame. This verifies that they have the animal they advertised.
- Never wire money to purchase a puppy - or any other item for that matter - on the Internet. Pay by credit cards, since most card have fraud protection policies.
- Be aware that e-mails sent via yahoo.com or hotmail.com are often used by scammers because they are free and don't require identity verification.
- Lastly, if you thick you've been bitten in a puppy scam, contact your state attorney general or local Better Business Bureau.
To view Caught in a Canine Con by Sid Kircheimer place the following link in your browser:
http://www.aarp.org/bulletin/consumer/scam_alert_canine_con.html |
| Yvonne Conza, Founder of WOOF Patrol - ph: 917.847.2854 |
June 2007 |
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