Richard Pryor Legacy Lives On For The
Animals Jennifer Pryor, Pryor's Planet Jennifer
Pryor and her late husband, actor-comedian Richard Pryor, shared
a passion for animals. Not too many people knew that the late
comedian Richard Pryor's love for the animals extended beyond
his stand-up routine (he often times gave voices to the animals).
As a result, they founded Pryor's Planet, a non-profit organization,
shortly before his death
in 2006. The couple has saved everything from baby elephants stolen
from their mothers to rallying politicians to prosecute animal
abusers.
Jennifer states they are both big animal
lovers, and in fact, "Richard would get out of the car on
long trips and have conversations with roadside cows and that's
when I fell head over heels in love with him!"
Pop Diva Sheena Easton Singer
Sheena Easton currently lives with 6 cats and 2 dogs who she spoils
shamelessly! She has one cat who seems to have a "peeing"
problem, so she keeps her furniture covered with plastic, just
like grandma used to do! She also keeps her bedroom doors closed
to keep the cats out.
Unfortunately while the cats get along
with the dogs, all of her cats don't get along with each other,
so she has separated them into two groups. The two "original
gangstas" don't get along with the four "newbies."
So, Sheena lets each group have control of the house at different
times. Her kids say she is headed for the title of "Crazy
Cat Lady." But she won't earn the title "Crazy Cat Lady"
until she lives alone in a tiny little apartment with 20 cats,
which she say could very well happen!
Easton whose singing career was inspired
by Barbara Streisand's "The Way We Were," released her
first single in the United States "Morning Train (1980)"
which hit #1 in the U.S. and topped both the Hot 100 and Adult
Contemporary charts in Billboard Magazine. Following her 1980
debut, Sheena made the cameo appearance performing her Academy
Award-nominated James Bond movie theme "For Your Eyes Only."
Notably, she is the only artist seen performing the song in the
title sequence in the entire Bond series.
Sheena currently lives in Las Vegas with her two-legged family,
as well as her four-legged family of six cats and two dogs. If
you think you spoil your pets, listen in to see how Sheena copes
with hers! http://www.sheenaeaston.com
Goats Help Boy Cope With ADHD Britt Savage Behind
a two-story house on a quiet cul-de-sac here in Clermont County,
a boy jumps on a trampoline with his goats. They're David Valentine's
4-H projects, his pets. He lets D.J. and Blessing in the house
to watch television, feeds them Tums and shares his sunflower
seeds.
The 2-year-old caramel pygmy and the 18-month-old American Alpine
are also the only things that help the 12-year-old manage his
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, David's mother, Patty,
insists.
But township zoning law says goats and
a subdivision don't mix. That led the family to federal court,
where an advocacy group for people with disabilities filed a federal
lawsuit against the Miami Township trustees.
The suit alleges that the township's refusal to allow the goats
is a violation of fair housing laws. Patty Valentine says the
family would have to move, which they can't afford to do, if David
can't continue living here with D.J. and Blessing.
David, a seventh-grader in Milford schools, keeps his grades up
because he knows he doesn't get to play with or take care of the
goats unless he does well in school, his mother says. Both goats
have won ribbons at the Clermont County Fair. David and his dad,
Dale, both showed them this summer and won.
D.J. and Blessing aren't walking to the bus stop in the mornings
with David anymore - the family is trying to keep them low profile
while the suits are pending.
David thinks the goats motivate him more than the other pets because
they're like a kid with ADHD.
Physical Therapy Dr. Jim Humphries, Veterinary News Network Physical therapy has gone to
the dogs. It used to be that physical therapy was only for humans,
but it has been discovered to help many animals. As our animals
age, they can get some of the same diseases that we do, such as
arthritis, osteoporosis, etc. And, if your veterinarian prescribes
the therapy, it may even be covered by your pet insurance. http://www.vetnewsnet.com
Kevin Fitzgerald "Emergency Vets" When Puppy Gets into Things He Shouldn't Everyone's heard about plants such
as poinsettias being bad for your dog, but did you know that Macadamia
nuts are toxic and can produce devastating neurological results?
And what do you do when your puppy gets into your medicine on
your nightstand? Also, do you think your dog will be fine if he
swallows a few pennies? Beware; the zinc in pennies can destroy
a dog's red blood cells. Dr. Fitzgerald has great information
regarding these subjects and many more. If you have a dog
you don't want to miss this! http://www.alamedaeast.com
Bobbie Hill, Special Correspondent Oxygen
Masks for Animals
Firefighters in every city deal with victims of smoke inhalation
victims every day, and sometimes those victims have four legs
and a tail.
The Champagne, Illinois Fire Department
Squad 171 is equipped with special oxygen masks designed to be
used on everything from gerbils to Great Danes. Thanks to the
effort of a local Brownie Group, the department received 3 oxygen
masks made to fit animals of different shapes and sizes. Until
now, when firefighters encountered a pet overcome by smoke, they
resorted to using standard human-sized masks which didn't work
as well. Deputy Chief of Training, Eric Mitchell said, "these
masks will be a better way of delivering oxygen to pets."
The girls from Troup 2523 sold over 220 boxes of cookies to raise
the money needed for those special masks.
Pope Benedict XVI is a cat lover Pope Benedict XVI is a cat lover,
according to several sources who have known him for years. When
the Pope was a Cardinal in Germany, a newspaper reported his affection
towards cats, and later he took care of felines who lived in the
garden of the Vatican, often bandaging their wounds. One Italian
newspaper, in 2005, reported the cats would usually walk him to
his office with the assistance of the Swiss Guard. In fact, his
former neighbor, a cat named Chico, has written an authorized
biography about the Pope.
Pope Benedict isn't the first Pope to
fancy cats, in the Fifteenth Century, Pope Paul II had his cats
treated by his personal physician. In the early 1800's, Pope Leo
XII raised a cat in the pleat of his cassock. And according to
a report in the London Tines, Pope Paul VI once dressed his cat
in Cardinal Robe's.
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Correspondent Bobbie Hill: This beautiful piece of artwork by
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Hill was drawn by the artist in 1990, at the very beginnings
of her career. Ms. Hill is a self taught artist who's talent awoke
18 years ago exploding onto paper and canvas. The Canadian Lynx,
done in colored pencil, shows each strand of fur on this magnificent
animal with incredible detail topped off by astonishing eyes.
This original 22" by 30" framed piece is available to
Animal Radio listeners "exclusively" with a portion
of the purchase price going to animal rescue organizations.
Vladae, The "World Famous" Russian
Dog Wizard Is your dog out of control
barking non-stop, pulling on the leash, chewing your belongings,
digging in the backyard, growling or possibly biting? If you have
a problem Vladae has the solution. Vladae, the World Famous
Russian dog Wizard, teaches people how to control their dogs.
Mini Dachshund Nips at People at Door What to do: 1. You will need a
short leash and a "shaking" can ready, a soda can with
pennies in it and taped at the opening, or you can use Co2 Tire
Inflator. Every time your dog barks, something must happen. 2.
When someone arrives at your door, put the leash on your dog and
when he barks, move forward and make a loud growling sound and
push the button on the compressed air or toss the can near the
dog to startle him. 3. When your dog backs off and stops barking,
praise him. Don't kneel down and cuddle your dog.
My Dog Licks Everything Dogs lick for a variety of reasons.
It could be compulsive disorder or the dog is bored and needs
a job. What to do: 1. Check with your veterinarian and make sure
your dog's body and mind are healthy. If he checks out okay, give
him something else to do. 2. Play with him hard, take him for
a walk, run with him, bicycle with him, put a backpack on him
with a little bit of weight. 3. Also use control exercises (obedience
training) of sit, stay, and down, stay. One minute of your dog
in a sit, stay position takes as much energy as running one mile.
4. Your dog should then be a tired dog, and a tired dog is a good
dog. 5. If after that, your dog still licks things, correct him
by using compressed air, such as the Pet Convincer (do not use
the air can that you clean your computer, as this contains harmful
gasses to your dog), and make a loud growling sound at the same
time. When he stops licking, praise him.
Dog Has Severe Separation Anxiety
What to do: 1. The dog currently sleeps on a dog bed in the bedroom.
Move that bed to another room such as the living room. You need
to break the dependency and increase the confidence of your dog.
2. Do not allow your dog to follow you around the house. If your
dog follows you around, turn around suddenly and make a loud growling
sound to startle the dog. 3. Do not greet your dog whenever you
return to the house, and when leaving, do not speak to the dog
for around 10 minutes prior to your leaving. 4. Also use control
exercises (obedience training) of sit, stay, and down, stay. Tire
your dog out before you leave the house by walking or running
him. A tired dog will not think about you leaving the house. 5.
When you leave, provide your dog with a special toy for when you
leave the house only (do not leave the toy out when you are home).
You can also sleep with the toys so that when you leave them with
your dog, they will have your scent on them. 6. You can also play
the CD Canine Lullaby when you leave the house. http://www.controlyourpet.com
Billboard Rabbit Vinnie Penn, The Party Animal I wanted to talk about something
that I spotted in my neck of the woods in recent days, my neck
of the woods being Connecticut. Actually, where I see this is
right where you enter into New York. It's an enormous billboard
that I think has been up before Easter, and basically it has a
picture of the most adorable little bunny rabbit that you have
ever seen in your life. It also has the words "We're not
just Easter presents, we're a lifelong commitment."
Now the only thing missing is a billboard
about 100 feet after that one, with the word, "Duh!"
written on it. What idiot parents out there are bringing a bunny
home for their little boy or little girl for Easter morning and
regarding it as no different than a goldfish? Give it a name,
treat it like you would a toy, and if it happens to die, we'll
bury it in the backyard and have a really touching ceremony that
we will film on the camcorder and we will watch at your wedding,
"Oh look, this is when dad eulogized Hugo, my beautiful pet
rabbit that I stopped playing with three days after Easter."
Isn't it a given not to give a living
creature flippantly to a little child? Never mind the fact that
rabbits aren't the easiest pet to maintain in the first place.
I mean, you can't just put them on a wheel like you would a hamster.
There's a certain diet there. You don't know how many people I
know who have done this, and within a week of having this brand
new adorable bunny in their backyard, they throw it in a cardboard
box in the backyard, and are shocked when a fox has eaten it overnight.
Nothing like an eleven-year-old girl coming out to see her brand
new bunny and screaming in horror to find it chewed up, chomped
up, spit out, with a few bones left in the box.
Parents have to start using their heads
and realizing what is an appropriate gift and what isn't. A Furbee
is an appropriate Easter gift, not a bunny. But the fact of the
matter is that stores shouldn't be selling these in the first
place. You shouldn't be able to look in a newspaper and see "Bunnies
for Sale," unless the word "play" is before it
and the number to call has a name attached to it that reads "Hugh
Hefner." Everybody should know who's to blame? The
blame is on the parents and the blame is on the seller. Feel free
to give a call in am I wrong? Everybody should know bunnies
are not gifts unless their name is Kendra and you are buying it
from a man with a pipe in his mouth.
VINNIE PENN hosted his own
Top 40 morning show in CT for almost 10 years, in addition to
writing an equally long-running newspaper column in the New Haven
Register. He has appeared on VH1's "Best Week Ever"
and The Howard Stern Show, has written for Maxim, Hit Parader,
and Circus magazines, and his first major nonfiction title hits
bookstore shelves in Sep., '08. http://www.vinniepenn.net
Chihuahua ends Up in Freezer Britt Savage A barking Chihuahua in Lancaster,
California got a cruel punishment when five burglars put her in
the freezer as they rifled through her family's home. Roxie, the
tiny Chihuahua is fine now, but she could have easily died.
Her owner, Kimberly Holtzer, was at work
when neighbors called the police after seeing men jumping over
her fence. Luckily, the suspects were caught a short time later.
Holtzer, who is pregnant with twins and whose Air Force husband
who is an Afghanistan, quickly called her mother to check on Roxie.
Police searched everywhere and could not find her until one deputy
had a hunch to check a large freezer next to the living room.
Inside, they found a near-frozen Chihuahua and rushed her to the
vet, who gave her a clean bill of health.
The suspects were booked on suspicion
of animal cruelty, burglary and receiving stolen property. Holtzer
is happy to have her little dog back, saying, "everything
in my house, whatever's damaged, whatever's lost is stupid replaceable
stuff, but she's not!"
Improper Food Storage Dr. Jim Humphries, Veterinary News Network Toxic pet food caused the recent
deaths of more than 100 dogs nationwide. But improper food storage
and handling at home can also threaten your pet's health.
Sometimes people buy too much pet food
so that it will last six months. But within a few months, it isn't
very fresh anymore, and some of the vitamins and nutrients are
starting to break down over time. A better strategy is to buy
only enough to last 2-4 weeks. Pet food should be stored in an
airtight, hard-plastic or metal container. Paper bags are subject
to insect and rodent infestations. Pet food shouldn't be stored
near stoves, hot water pipes or heating ducts. Heat and moisture
can cause food to lose quality much faster.
The FDA continues to investigate the Aflatoxin
poisoning incident involving 19 brands of diamond, Country Value
and Professional dog food. http://www.vetnewsnet.com
Animal Moms Rae Ann Kumelos, Voice of the Animal
We share one very powerful characteristic with animals all
of us have a mom. This Mother's Day, discover our common kinship
in qualities that transcend species. http://www.voiceoftheanimal.org
Dr. Debbie White, Lone Mountain Animal Hospital Dr. Debbie White, Lone Mountain
Animal Hospital in Las Vegas, is the official Animal Radio®
veterinarian. She is available to take your medical calls.
My Italian Greyhound has Suffered
Multiple Broken Bones Will Supplements Help?
Unfortunately this is not uncommon in Italian Greyhounds, who
are very fragile. First, you should make sure you are feeding
a good quality diet and not feeding table scraps. Don't rely on
supplements for your dog, such as glucosimine (which is meant
for arthritis). You can try a vitamin such as Pettabs, but a good
quality diet is first and foremost for the health of your dog.
Dr. Debbie White is a small animal and exotic animal veterinarian
in Las Vegas, NV. Originally from Hammond, Indiana, Dr. White
attended Purdue University School of Veterinary Medicine and has
been in practice for over 13 years.
Dr. White is an enthusiastic
promoter of pet health and educator of the pet loving community.
In addition to Animal Radio, Dr. White is also a regular veterinary
contributor on her local NBC affiliate, KVBC TV in Las Vegas.
Dr. White is a volunteer in the Veterinary Medical Reserve Corps
in Las Vegas and is active in Pet Disaster Planning. She is a
member of the Veterinary News Network, American Veterinary Medical
Association, American Animal Hospital Association & the Association
of Exotic Mammal Veterinarians.
Dogs That Know Alex Tsakiris, Skeptiko Does your dog have the unexplained
ability to know when you're coming home even when you come home
at odd hours even when she couldn't possibly hear your car? If
so, then we urge you to join our study to determine if some dogs
know when their owners are coming home.
The first step to joining the experiment
is to self-test your dog to see whether they know when you're
on the way home. The easiest way to do is to have someone at home
with your dog while you're away running errands. Have the person
watching your dog call you on your cell phone and tell you to
come home. You might observe your dog spending more time at the
door or window when you 're on your way.
This anticipating behavior (e.g. sitting
at the window, or door, or anything else you normally observe)
should be much more noticeable when you're returning home than
when you were out. For example, in experiments carried out by
Dr. Rupert Sheldrake of Cambridge University, one dog spent 70%
of his time by the window when his owner was on her way home,
versus only 20% when she was not.
Other Considerations:
While testing your dog, make sure to watch
out for:
Routine. Try and make sure your dog
isn't cluing into your normal schedule. If you always come home
at 5:47 pm, allow your schedule to slip by 15 minutes and see
what happens.
Distractions. Take note of ordinary
distractions (e.g. other dogs walking by) that interrupt the
normal patterns your observing.
Hit or miss. Make sure to keep track
of the times when your dog doesn't pick up on your trip. Recording
misses is just as important as recording hits.
Next Steps:
If you're dog makes it through this first
round of testing we'd like to hear from you. Contact us at: info@dogsthatknow.com.
We'll send you the equipment and resources
you need to perform more rigorous testing, and you may earn a
$1,000 prize offered to successful participants
Alex Tsakiris is a successful entrepreneur
turned science philanthropist and podcaster. In May of 2007 he
founded OpenSourceScience.net,
a non-profit project for funding controversial science experiments.
The effort has earned praise from a wide spectrum of scientists
including skeptic Dr. Michael Shermer, and noted parapsychology
researcher Dr. Dean Radin. http://www.dogsthatknow.com/index.html
Jennifer
Pryor and her late husband, actor-comedian Richard Pryor, shared
a passion for animals. Not too many people knew that the late
comedian Richard Pryor's love for the animals extended beyond
his stand-up routine (he often times gave voices to the animals).
As a result, they founded Pryor's Planet, a non-profit organization,
shortly 
before his death
in 2006. The couple has saved everything from baby elephants stolen
from their mothers to rallying politicians to prosecute animal
abusers.
Singer
Sheena Easton currently lives with 6 cats and 2 dogs who she spoils
shamelessly! She has one cat who seems to have a "peeing"
problem, so she keeps her furniture covered with plastic, just
like grandma used to do! She also keeps her bedroom doors closed
to keep the cats out.
Behind
a two-story house on a quiet cul-de-sac here in Clermont County,
a boy jumps on a trampoline with his goats. They're David Valentine's
4-H projects, his pets. He lets D.J. and Blessing in the house
to watch television, feeds them Tums and shares his sunflower
seeds.
Physical therapy has gone to
the dogs. It used to be that physical therapy was only for humans,
but it has been discovered to help many animals. As our animals
age, they can get some of the same diseases that we do, such as
arthritis, osteoporosis, etc. And, if your veterinarian prescribes
the therapy, it may even be covered by your pet insurance.
Everyone's heard about plants such
as poinsettias being bad for your dog, but did you know that Macadamia
nuts are toxic and can produce devastating neurological results?
And what do you do when your puppy gets into your medicine on
your nightstand? Also, do you think your dog will be fine if he
swallows a few pennies? Beware; the zinc in pennies can destroy
a dog's red blood cells. Dr. Fitzgerald has great information
regarding these subjects and many more. If you have a dog
you don't want to miss this!
Oxygen
Masks for Animals
Pope Benedict XVI is a cat lover
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Mini Dachshund Nips at People at Door
My Dog Licks Everything
I wanted to talk about something
that I spotted in my neck of the woods in recent days, my neck
of the woods being Connecticut. Actually, where I see this is
right where you enter into New York. It's an enormous billboard
that I think has been up before Easter, and basically it has a
picture of the most adorable little bunny rabbit that you have
ever seen in your life. It also has the words "We're not
just Easter presents, we're a lifelong commitment."
A barking Chihuahua in Lancaster,
California got a cruel punishment when five burglars put her in
the freezer as they rifled through her family's home. Roxie, the
tiny Chihuahua is fine now, but she could have easily died.
Toxic pet food caused the recent
deaths of more than 100 dogs nationwide. But improper food storage
and handling at home can also threaten your pet's health.
Animal Moms
My Italian Greyhound has Suffered
Multiple Broken Bones Will Supplements Help?
Does your dog have the unexplained
ability to know when you're coming home even when you come home
at odd hours even when she couldn't possibly hear your car? If
so, then we urge you to join our study to determine if some dogs
know when their owners are coming home.
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