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                  Ready! Set!  Read and Prepare!
                    http://www.petsmart.com/articles/article_165.shtml
                   
                    Be a Responsible Dog Owner
                    http://www.dogscouts.com/responsibleowners.shtml

Removing urine stains
http://www.stretcher.com/stories/971009g.cfm
http://pets.yahoo.com/pets/dogs/care/puppies/own_care_safety/groom_sani/?fsarticle=20000922594

Re-training an adult dog
http://www.pacesettertrainingkennel.com/housebreaking.htm

Grooming
http://mnmn.essortment.com/howtogroomyou_rikc.htm
http://www.purina.com/dogs/health.asp?article=237

Dogs shed
http://dogs.about.com/library/weekly/aa060898.htm?pid=2807&cob=home

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Health Issues for the New Dog Owner

   Canine First Aid
http://www.labbies.com/firstaid.htm

   Food and feeding

Understanding dog food ingredients
http://www.api4animals.org/doc.asp?ID=79
http://home.att.net/~wdcusick/index.html
http://www.peteducation.com/category_summary.cfm?cls=2&cat=1661
http://www.iei.net/~ebreeden/kibble.html

   Preventative health care

Home Health Exam
http://www.doglogic.com/debeldredge1.htm

Vaccine schedule
http://www.doglogic.com/vaccination.htm#DrDoddsSched

Hypothyroid disease is very common in dogs. Learn the symptoms.
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/veterinary_info/2812
http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/veterinary_info/3005
http://www.workingdogs.com/doc0112.htm

Heart Disease in Dogs
http://www.avma.org/care4pets/b2b2.htm

   Parasites and Tick Born diseases

All about intestinal parasites
http://www.malteseonly.com/parasite.html

Giardia
http://www.pawsativechoice.com/CanineGiardiasis.html

Tick-borne diseases are a growing health problem for man and beast:
http://www.canine-epilepsy-guardian-angels.com/tick_borne_diseases.htm

The Lyme Disease Foundation (LDF) is a nonprofit medical healthcare  agency dedicated to finding solutions to tick-borne disorders.
http://www.lyme.org/index2.html

Lots Of Links On Lyme Disease
http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Oasis/6455/lyme-links.html
http://www.lymenet.org/
http://www.aldf.com/

Additional tick-borne diseases you should know
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/list_tickborne.htm
http://www.geocities.com/HotSprings/Oasis/6455/other-tbd-links.html

Heartworm disease
http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~insects/hartw.htm
http://www.goodnewsforpets.com/news/current_releases/AHS_Top.htm
 

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