Scituate nonprofit trains therapy dogs, owners Nov 5, 2009
Local Search Site Search. THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING. (Boston Globe)
'Looking for miracles' Oct 10, 2009
Two parents reported Sally helped their kids get over a fear of dogs, Blackburn said. Sally always knows, no matter what classroom she is in, that the teacher is in charge. (Casper Star-Tribune, WY)
20-year-old gets 7 years for killing dog with samurai sword Oct 9, 2009
A public defender said Simoneaux had an irrational fear of dogs and killed an acquaintance's chow last New Year's Eve because he had been attacked at age 13 by another chow. But a prosecutor said Simoneaux "carved up" the dog in an unprovoked attack. (WWLTV.com, LA)
The Silent General Sep 17, 2009
In this sequence, relatively benign techniques ("Category I") such as yelling and deception are supplanted by increasingly harsh ones "Category II" and "Category III" such as prolonged stress positions, deprivation of light and sound, hooding, forced grooming, removal of clothing, and manipulation of "individual phobias (such as fear of dogs) to induce stress." The memo also concluded that, beyond these fifteen, three additional Category III techniques, including waterboarding, "may be legally... (The American Conservative)
Blinded by Nazis, guided by a dog Jul 29, 2009
From that night forward, Edelman's fear of dogs was intractable. But when he retired, he wanted to relieve his wife of the job of taking him everywhere he wanted to go. (USA Today)
Aisles at local business emptier following recent death of resident greeter Duncan Jun 4, 2009
He helped some people get over their fear of dogs, she said. One child had panic attacks and would scream and cry at the sight of any dog and wouldn't even come in the store. (Murray Ledger & Times, KY)
LETTERS: NCT, April 11, 2009 Apr 11, 2009
"Instead of using tax dollars to renovate the road, this could prevent more of the recent tragedies on our Highway 67.Alice KelleyEscondidoHow about adopting here in the U.S.A.?It seems to me that Madonna would try and adopt a child right here in America. You see, everyday, everywhere, here there are adoptable children in need of a home.It makes me wonder whether Madonna is seeking attention and publicity?Think about it, Madonna!Patricia GoslinOceansideReal Easter bunnies are not toysJust as... (North County Times)
New technique could help erase fear Apr 3, 2009
Formation of a fear A is of course triggered by some stimulus or event that scares us, say a dog bite that causes a fear of dogs. That memory doesn't get lodged into the brain right away though. (MSNBC -- Health)
Recruited to serve and sniff again Mar 30, 2009
And officials at the U.S. detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, began using dogs to intimidate detainees during interrogations in late 2002, after Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld approved techniques that used "detainees' individual phobias [such as fear of dogs] to induce stress," according to a military memo Rumsfeld signed in December 2002. Band of brothers'At Andrews Air Force Base, which has the largest K-9 unit in the region, two dog teams recently deployed. (MSNBC -- Terrorism)
No more unleashed dogs in Missoula's North Hills Feb 26, 2009
Lucas Rainforth wrote on Feb 24, 2009 10:22 AM:" I think the leash law should be more enforced, because apparently not many people relize that there is a leash law now. I've always had known about the leash law, and have always kept my dogs on a leash and kept of the streets. In Florence, where I am currently living, dogs are running all over the place. I cant even step outside without being chased by a dog. I have a fear of dogs, unless I know the dog and it reconizes me, Then Im not afraid, I... (Missoulian, MT)
Rex counsels on dog bites Feb 23, 2009
The first is your son's fear of dogs. You say he was bit in the face when he was 3. (Juneau Empire)
Pit bull that attacked teen to be euthanized Feb 14, 2009
If you had any fear of dogs, you would definitely be troubled by the fact that the fence (at the home) could be stronger, said La Crosse Common Council member Audrey Kader, who represents Bolling s district. The dogs stir up a rumpus when people are near, Kader said, adding that three attacks in a less than a year are totally unacceptable. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Jason Leopold suggests Feb 12, 2009
"But no genuinely independent investigator has been empowered to connect these decisions and events and conclude where accountability truly should lie. Congress could put a stop to this bureaucratic cover-up.A separate report issued by Army Maj. Gen. George R. Fay several years ago said other prisoner abuses resulted from Rumsfelds verbal and written authorization in December 2002 allowing interrogators to use stress positions, isolation for up to 30 days, removal of clothing and the... (Harper's Magazine)
