Man and beast: a meat and greet tale

Age - This exhibition offers a multiplicity of animal-related images ranging from the innocuous - William Wegman’s aristocratic Weimaraners, Ariel Orozo’s soccer-ball spotted cur - to the addled. Why, exactly, has that girl placed a budgerigar’s head in
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Fall Arts Preview: A genteel season
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Photographs by William Wegman from the Polaroid Collection” brings the famed Weimaraners to Carson Street, remaining through Nov. 4. Events include a gallery talk on Wegman Sept. 29 ($10) and screening of his videos Oct. 11 ($5). At 6:30 p.m. Sept
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The kindness of strangers overcomes cruelty of others
Kansas City Star - They re very outgoing now, said Gail Orth-Aikmus, founder and director of Heartland Weimaraner rescue in Pleasant Valley. Weimaraners are pretty resilient and pretty forgiving of human unkindness. In June, Dennis McGee, 47, and his son
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September calendar
Connellsville Daily Courier - The famous photographs of Weimaraners will be on display until Nov. 4. 412-431-1810. 7 The Pittsburgh Steelers open the regular season, hosting the Miami Dolphins at Heinz Field . Martina McBride and Rascal Flatts perform. Catch it at 8:30 p.m. on NBC
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MMS kids raise a pile of money for animal shelter

Marietta Times - typically does a fundraiser for the humane society each December, but this year Christmas came early for the organization after Marietta Middle School teacher Judi Perrin and some students learned about Faith, a rescued Weimaraner at the shelter.
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pet calendar
Detroit Free Press - Michigan Weimaraner rescue Weim and Cheese Event: Wine-tasting, food and silent auction, 1-4 p.m. Sept. 24, Knights of Columbus Animal Welfare Society of Southeastern Michigan: The shelter is at 29081 Dequindre, Suite E, Madison Heights. shelter hours
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St. Mary a possible victim of payroll theft

Hudson Reporter - It was the county’s dogs who dominated the show, with only three cats and no exotic pets in attendance. Everything from Weimaraners and “puggles” (trendy pug/beagles) to good old mutts paraded along the water, many accompanied by children. Full Story
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Best Anachronistic Bird Watching
Los Angeles Weekly - dog walkers abound. There are more purebred Labradoodles and Weimaraners than mutts, and more families than there once were out for nature walks. Cadets from the police academy jog through the park, and on most days you can hear them across the
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Off-leash dog park sought by west Mesa residents
AZCentral.com - the park lands in Riverview, at Dobson Road and Eighth Street, or somewhere else, it will satisfy Lisa Zato, as long as it’s in west Mesa. “It’ll be nice if we can get it around here, but there isn’t a lot,” said Zato, the owner of three Weimaraners
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Heat waive Derek Anderson

Lexington Herald-Leader - GOOD HOME ONLY!! no breeders!!! This old lady needs a good loving home to spend the rest of her Male Weimaraner 9 months for sale! - 09/12/2006 07:16 PM EDT Great dog, good with kids, but we live in a small apt. and really needs a yard or
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Are You Planning On Buying A Weimaraner Puppy From A Pet Store?

Ideally, every potential Weimaraner owner would go to a caring Weimaraner breeder and have a puppy carefully matched to them by an intelligent, people-wise and puppy-wise breeder, who would then offer to be of help and counsel for the life of the dog. This happens sometimes, but often owners procure a pup from a bad breeder or a pet store that just doesn’t care. There is no attempt made to match the right pup with the right person, and buyers may have no outlet except a disgruntled or inexperienced employee who hangs up on them when they call to ask for a shred of advice.

Part of the problem stems from the original environment in which the puppies were born. Pet store puppies are often, but not always, conceived on “puppy farms” in a Midwestern state (Kansas and Nebraska come to mind immediately) that has very lenient regulations concerning the raising of puppies. Such establishments are commonly called “puppy mills.”

Weimaraner puppies that get a start in puppy mills are often shunted from pen to pen, and are sometimes weaned prior to the fourth week, so that the mother doesn’t have a chance to act as an Alpha and establish basic rules of cleanliness. As early as the fourth or fifth week these pups are often crated and in the air on their way to a pet store, so that they will arrive for public display at their cutest age - eight to ten weeks. Their sales potential is then greatly enhanced, but their house-training potential is greatly diminished in most cases.

During the time they are with their mothers they are clean enough, but the mother is removed too quickly (often to dry her up milk-wise and get her ready for another litter). Because of this the pups never have the benefit of her guiding hand (paw) for socialization and house-training purposes. After the separation from mom, these puppy mill “children” are often caged in substandard holds, often with flooring that either allows them to mash their stools and urine or allows it to drop through wire to the ground. Depending on the arrangements made, the airline flight can be harrowing, often involving hours of time with the pups reclining in their own stools. It’s not a good start for a puppy, especially in the area of house-training.

When the Weimaraner puppies arrive at the pet store, they are often kept in cages in a back room and then deposited in window display areas to encourage impulse buyers. Finely shredded paper might be provided, or, in some stores, drainage systems or trays may be installed beneath the display pen, but the pups inevitably defecate, urinate, step on and play in their waste. The buying public sees only cute puppies cavorting and playing in seemingly clean shredded paper, but underneath the paper are packed down piles of stools and urine. Even if the pet store operator changes the paper several times a day, if even one stool is spread around when pups play, the resulting message to the pups is not one of the necessity of keeping their area clean.

USGA Senior Amateur Results

Macon Telegraph - AKC Weimaraner pups. Silver males. Vet certified, tails docked, dew claws removed, rescue FRENCH BULLdog PUPS - 09/09/2006 10:34 AM EDT HAVE RECIEVED UP TO DATE SHOTS AND WORMINGS,AKC REGISTERED,HAVE GOOD TEMPERAMENTS AND GET ALONG
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Prized pooch reported stolen from owner’s van 

Cod Kennel Club dog show yesterday, her owner told police. Read More…