Total length: 7 inches (18 cm)Body weight: 30 gramsAge of sexual maturity: 4 monthsMaximum life span: 18 years
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Chris Brown is adding dog breeder to his resume. The controversial singer is looking to find homes for his two-month-old American pit bull terrier puppies, who were born to the pups he keeps at his mother's Virginia home.
Although his mother is marketing the dogs as "Chris Brown puppies" on Twitter and has set up a website, CB Breeds, a rep for Brown insists this will not be an ongoing business pursuit.
There are eight puppies listed on the...
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Cuts (lacerations) and scrapes (abrasions) in the skin are common in dogs and cats. Most are minor injuries that heal quickly with minimal treatment, but some are more serious injuries that may require surgery.Lacerations are cuts in the skin caused by sharp objects, such as broken glass, blades, jagged metal edges, or claws. Depending on the nature of the sharp object that cuts the skin, the resulting wound can have edges that are clean and well-...
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Body length: 10-18 inches (25-46 cm)Body weight (most): 350-600 gAge of sexual maturity: 4-6 yearsMaximum life span: 80 years
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Pets and children share a deep bond, one that teaches children empathy, compassion and respect. When Cynthia was five years old, her family acquired a cockapoo named Nellis from a neighbor who no longer wanted it. "I still consider Nellis to be the brother I never had," wrote Cynthia one afternoon a few months ago on the New York Times blog. Nellis played baseball with Cynthia by holding a plastic bat in his teeth and running the bases. When her...
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Q: My dog regurgitates 95 percent of the time after she eats her "breakfast,'' the first meal of the day. There's never a problem after she eats other meals. She's now on a special diet, but that hasn't helped. My vet suggested a surgery to cut the sphincter muscle. Does this make sense to you? T. M., Orlando, Fla.A: Dr. Colin Burroughs, an internal medicine specialist and chair of the small animal clinical science department at the University of Florida...
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