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n many families, kids and pets get along famously. Many youngsters are natural born animal enthusiasts while pets tend to respond to kids’ gentle and loving nature. But the bond between kids and pets is one that develops over time, and parents welcoming a new pet into their home should know that this transition is not always easy. Teaching kids to treat pets with love and respect and watching pets to ensure kids are safe in their company can help calm parents’ nerves. The following tips, courtesy of the ASPCA, can ensure both kids and pets stay safe while building a strong bond and a healthy relationship. • Teach kids to protect themselves from overexcited pets. Pets, especially puppies, can easily become overexcited.
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Do you have a pet with an interesting story, history or special talent and would like it to be featured in a future issue of High Desert Pets? If so, please send a photo and brief description of the pet and its story, plus a contact phone number to mbrown@vvdailypress.com If selected, Daily Press Special Sections will write a story and take photos of the pet to be featured on the cover.
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omeowners use pesticides in their yards for a variety of reasons. Some utilize pesticides to make their lawns appear lush and healthy, while others must use pesticides to address issues like insect infestations. Applying pesticides is often frowned upon by environmentalists, but it’s not just Mother Earth who can suffer from the use of pesticides. If your family pet loves to get outdoors and run around in the yard, you might be putting your four-legged friend in danger if you’re not careful when applying pesticides. Exposure to pesticides can make pets sick and, in some instances, prove fatal. But pet owners can reduce that risk significantly by adhering to the following tips. • Remove pets and their items from the lawn before applying pesticide. It’s a no-brainer to move Fido inside before applying pesticide to your lawn. But homeowners should also scour the yard for toys, bedding and feeding dishes and move them inside or into the garage before applying a pesticide. Pet health could be at risk if such items are left in the yard and get even a drop or two of pesticide on them. Therefore, carefully scour the yard for your pet’s belongings, raking high grass to find toys or bones when necessary, before applying pesticides. • Adhere to the instructions on the pesticide label. The label on the pesticide you choose should have specific instructions as to how much pesticide you should apply and how long you must wait before allowing anyone, including the family pet, to gain access to the treated area. If you let your pet back in the area too quickly, the animal could be poisoned. • Be careful inside, too. Chemical products are not only used to treat lawns. If you need to use a chemical product like a bug bomb indoors, keep pets in mind before application. Remove bedding, feeding dishes and toys, and cover your fish tank to prevent liquid and vapors from getting into the tank and threatening the lives of your fish. • Keep areas treated for pests off limits to pets. If you have a pest problem in your home, be it insects or rodents, keep any areas you treat with chemical
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“Bingo” S. of Hesperia
“Buhna” S. of Hesperia
“Charlie” P. of Victorville
“Dior” of Apple Valley
“Kady” of Apple Valley
“Lady” S. of Victorville
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“Mr. Shady” H. of Victorville
“Sonic” M. of Hesperia
If you have a cute photo of your pet and would like it to be considered for the gallery, please e-mail a medium file size (500 kb or larger) JPEG to mbrown@vvdailypress.com Be sure to include Pets Gallery in the subject line. Also include the pet's name and city in the body of the e-mail.
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id you know that every year the Apple Valley Kennel Club puts on two dog shows each licensed by the American Kennel Club? These licensed shows have been part of the High Desert for 20 years. This year’s shows are April 5 and 6 and will be held once again at Victor Valley College. If you’ve never been to a dog show, you are really missing out. Where else can you go to see hundreds of purebred dogs competing for points toward championships and qualifying for national championship shows in breed and specialty divisions while their owners and handlers are two-legged ambassadors for their dogs. In addition, the AVKC event provides creative and educational opportunities for area school children as well as for those seeking to learn more about all aspects of dogs — from breeds to training, obedience to agility, and more. There is also a boost to the local economy, as well. The dog show entrants come to the High Desert for the two-day event and restaurants, hotels, grocery stores and other businesses enjoy the increase in customers. In other words, everyone benefits when the High Desert “goes to the dogs.” What many people may not realize is that the club that became the Apple Valley Kennel Club — The High Desert Dog Club — got its start in the late 1960s when a small but dedicated group of dog lovers wanted to get together and share their passion for “all things canine.” The HDDC held training classes, fun matches, and regular meetings featuring guest speakers — handlers, judges, and community residents who were doing things with their dogs. Eventually, the club decided to seek recognition by the “Club of Clubs,” The American Kennel Club. Being recognized by the AKC involves more than just filling out an application and sending it in. The application must be “letter
perfect” — all i’s dotted, To make a long story member Carol Parker ha getting other dog clubs a she put the local club’s a submitted it. Approval w presentation, and in July licensed Apple Valley Ke held. The original logo Palmer. AVKC members keep cational programs for contest for children tha nual dog shows, organiz ence trials, which are op agility trials and other They also invite area dog shows. Even the Girl Sc at AVKC dog shows, sell The annual poster co fabulous. This year’s the The entries received by home-schooled children played in the hospitality for disabled children is a Anywhere from 700 ceived, and the AVKC bo by grade level and selec final judging. Prizes are chosen for First throug grade. Major sponsors f Vet Supply and the Daily Parents and teacher as the children, and th contest generates mean everyone involved. As you can imagine, p in two days isn’t just a m dates and then waiting require “a cast of thous more than 150 breeds o owner and handlers. There are judges and caterers, vendors, the c nies to be contracted. AV orders T-shirts and hats The schedule for eac
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name, ring number, time, breed — is published in the Daily Press and other area publications so anyone wishing to see their favorite breeds in action or wanting to know more about a specific breed can plan their day. Tours of the dog show are available too, for groups Each day’s show is a separate show. Dogs that win their classes both days will have been judged by different judges each day. Victor Valley College is the ideal place for the AVKC dog show because there is plenty of room for everyone. There is an $8 Day of Show parking fee, which includes admission. Only dogs entered in the show are allowed on the grounds. Vendors will have people food and dog products. There are information booths, and everyone can share in and enjoy the atmosphere. Jack Bradshaw Dog Shows is the Superintendent for the show every year. This company has been in the business since the late 1890s when the first Jack Bradshaw organized his first dog show. The present Superintendent is Jack Bradshaw IV. When not up to their ears in dog show planning, members of the AVKC go to area schools and present programs in the care, training and handling of dogs as well as teaching the children how to behave around dogs they do not know. School programs can be scheduled by contacting Linda Lucas at linlucats@verizon.net or by calling 760-240-8033. Linda also handles the Children’s K-9 Poster Contest. The club offers Canine Good Citizen certification, too. CGC is a program that promotes responsible dog ownership and basic good manners for dogs. Any dog registered or listed with the AKC and receiving the CGC title may have that title appear on its records. AVKC also publishes a monthly newsletter, “The Hydrant,” available by subscription to non-members. AVKC meets at 7 p.m. the first Wednesday of each month. The general public is welcome to attend. For location and more information or to schedule a dog show tour, call Carol Parker at 818259-9671 or email carolparker@rippa-na.com.
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kids to respect these “safe spots,” which might be a crate or a sleeping area, leaving pets alone when they retreat to of defensive aggression include: such areas. Pets react defensively when • ears back, pupils dilated others try to access their safe spots. • tail down and tensed • Teach kids and pets rules for each • posture mildly crouched, weight game. When playing reward games, over rear legs such as those when a pet gets a treat • muzzle tense, wrinkled and or toy if it behaves correctly, teach pets snarling, and teeth exposed to sit in order to get their reward, and When a dog is exhibiting any of these teach kids that the pet must be sitting in signs, adults and kids should not aporder to earn its reward. This can keep proach the dog and let it cool down. kids from being jumped on or acciden• Keep kids’ toys away from pets and tally bitten when a pet gets overexcited vice versa. Kids’ toys are not always by the sight of a toy or treat. It also pet-safe and pets’ toys are not always teaches pets that they can’t get what safe for kids. Separate the two and they want simply by being physical. If explain to kids that they should not use the pet won’t sit, then adults and kids their toys when playing with pets. should walk away without giving the pet • Teach kids to respect a pet’s “safe its treat or toy. spot.” Pets may need a “safe spot” to Parents who bring a new pet into which they can retreat and be sure no their home often find the pet quickly one will follow them. These spots are becomes an irreplaceable member of safe havens for pets, especially those the household. But parents should still adopted from shelters who might need take certain precautions to protect kids more time to adjust to a new environand pets alike. ment than a puppy or kitten. Teach — Metro =IFD G8>< *
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High Desert Pet Services SHELTERS â&#x20AC;˘ Apple Valley Animal Control & Shelter 22131 Powhatan Rd., Apple Valley Ph: 760-240-7000; Ext. 7555 for animal control/licenses; Ext. 7510 for the shelter. View adoptable animals at Website: www.applevalley.org
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â&#x20AC;˘ Barstow Humane Society 2480 E. Main St., Barstow Ph: 760-252-4800 Adoptions at the shelter and on weekends at Victorville PetSmart. â&#x20AC;˘ Hesperia Animal Control Shelter 11011 Santa Fe Avenue East, Hesperia Ph: 760-947-1700 View adoptable animals at Website: www.highdesertinsider.com â&#x20AC;˘ Victor Valley Animal Protective League (VVAPL) (The original
Shelter on Zuni Road) 21779 Zuni Road, Apple Valley Ph: 760-247-2102 View adoptable animals at Website: www.vvapl.com â&#x20AC;˘ San Bernardino County Devore Shelter 19777 Shelter Way, Devore Ph: 909-887-8055 or 800-472-5609 â&#x20AC;˘ San Bernardino County Shelter â&#x20AC;&#x201D; High Desert 19575 Bear Valley Road, Apple Valley (next to Dogâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day Inn boarding and grooming facility) Ph: 760-961-7535 Website: www.sbcounty.gov/acc
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E-mail: gsrhd@hotmail.com Ph: 760-565-8012. â&#x20AC;˘ Mustang-Spirit Equine Rescue P.O. Box 290640 Phelan, CA 92329 E-mail: info@mustang-spirit.org Website: www.mustang-spirit.org Ph: 888-267-0196 â&#x20AC;˘ North Star Pet Assistance E-mail: lindee33@charter.net Website: www.localrescue.org Ph: 760-953-3557 â&#x20AC;˘ PAL Humane Society P.O. Box 3298, Wrightwood Ph: 760-249-1237 Fax: www.palhumanesociety.org â&#x20AC;˘ Pets Forever Found Ph: 760-953-7140 www.PetsForeverFound.org Adoptions on Saturdays at Apple Valley PetSmart
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