Animal Lifeline of Iowa, Inc. Mailing Address: PO Box 12 - Carlisle, Iowa 50047 Street Address: 4521 SE 14th Street - Des Moines, Iowa 50320 Email - Animlife01@aol.com Telephone: (515) 285-PETS Adoption/Office Hours - Monday through Saturday 1 pm to 5 pm

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	www.petfinder.com	Petfinder
	www.1-800-save-a-pet.com	Save a Pet
	www.avondalevet.com	Avondale Veterinary Healthcare Complex-Open 7 days a week
	www.roversranch.com	Rover's Ranch Dog Park and Training Center
	www.anangelsdestiny.com	An Angel's Destiny - Pet Memorials
	www.lovingrest.com	LovingRest Pet Cemetery and Crematorium
	http://www.woitv.com	WOI-TV 5
	http://www.mytdog.org	My T Dog Training
	http://www.AnimalShaman.com	Karen Craft, Telepathic Animal Communicator
	http://www.robinzingone.com	Robin Zingone Products including jewelry for your pet and you.
	http://www.fleurcritterspa.com	Fluer Critter Spa
	http://www.petadoptionsplaces.com	Pet adoption places
	http://www.justdogsgourmet.com	Just Dogs Gourmet-Jordan Creek Town Center
	http://www.fetchpetcare.com/	Fetch! Pet Care
	http://www.invisiblefence.com/	Invisible Fence
	dslapetsitter@yahoo.com	DSLA Pet Sitting Service

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Larger Black dogs are often the last to be adopted because of their size and color?

IF A DOG WAS YOUR TEACHER You would learn stuff like..... When loved ones come home, always run to greet them. Never pass up the opportunity to go for a joyride. Allow the experience of fresh air and the wind in your face to be pure ecstasy. When it's in your best interest -- practice obedience. Let others know when they've invaded your territory. Take naps and stretch before rising. Run, romp, and play daily. Thrive on attention and let people touch you. Avoid biting, when a simple growl will do. On warm days, stop to lie on your back on the grass. On hot days, drink lots of water and lay under a shady tree. When you're happy, dance around and wag your entire body. No matter how often you're scolded, don't buy into the guilt thing and pout... run right back and make friends. Delight in the simple joy of a long walk. Eat with gusto and enthusiasm. Stop when you have had enough. Be loyal. Never pretend to be something you're not. If what you want lies buried, dig until you find it. When someone is having a bad day, be silent, sit close by and nuzzle them gently. -Anonymous

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A Poem by Megan Rice Age 12 April 2002 A pet is something kind. A pet is something that can't always speak their mind. A pet is something that should be a pleasure to have around the house. A pet sometimes may not be as quiet as a mouse. A pet is a good friend. a pet needs food and water but that's not hard to get. So if you really care, you will surely have a new friend and if you have some toys that's probably best for them.

Dog Property Laws 1. If I like it, it's mine. 2. If it's in my mouth, it's mine. 3. If I can take if from you, it's mine. 4. If I had it a little while ago, it's mine. 5. If it's mine, it must never appear to be yours in any way. 6. If I'm chewing something up, all the pieces are mine. 7. If it just looks like mine, it's mine. 8.If I saw it first, it's mine. 9. If you are playing with something and you put it down, it automatically becomes mine. 10. If it's broken, it's yours.

A Poem sent in by T. Dahl Dogs are Sweet Dogs are so sweet. They can listen to every heart beat. If we did not have them what would we do? We would be unhappy and our joy would be gone too. So this is a poem I'm writing for you. For all the stuff all you do.

 

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Rules for Cats Who Have a House to Run Doors: Do not allow closed doors in any room. To get door opened, stand on hind legs and hammer with forepaws. Once door is opened, stand halfway in and out and think about several things. This is particularly important during cold weather, rain, snow or mosquito season. Swinging doors are to be avoided at all costs. Chairs & Rugs: If you have to throw up, get to a chair quickly. If you cannot manage in time, get to an Oriental rug. If there is no oriental rug, shag is good. Bathrooms: Always accompany guests to the bathroom. It is not necessary to do anything--just sit and stare. Hampering: If one of your humans is engaged in some activity and the other human is idle, stay with the busy one. This is called "helping", otherwise known as "hampering". Following are the rules for "hampering",: When supervising cooking, sit just behind the left heel of the cook. You cannot be seen, and thereby stand a better chance of being stepped on and then picked up and comforted. For book readers, get in close under the chin, between eyes and book, unless you can lie across the book itself. For knitting projects or paperwork, lie on the work in the most appropriate manner so as to obscure as much of the work as possible, or at least the most important part. Pretend to doze, but every so often reach out and slap the pencil or knitting needles. The working may try to distract you. Ignore it. Remember that the aim is to hamper the work. Embroidery and needlework projects make great hammocks, in spite of what humans may tell you. For humans paying bills (monthly activity) or working on income taxes or Christmas cards (annual activity) keep in mind the aim--to hamper! First sit on the paper being worked on. When removed, watch sadly from the side of the table. When activity proceeds nicely, roll around on the papers, scattering them to the best of your ability. After being removed for the second time, push pens, pencils, and erasers off the table, one at a time. When a human is holding a newspaper in front of him/her be sure to pounce on the back of the paper. They love to jump. Walking: As often as possible, dart quickly and as close as possible in front of the human, especially on stairs, when they have something in their arms, in the dark, and when they first get up in the morning. This will help their coordination skills. Bedtime: Always sleep ON the human at night so s/he can't move around.

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Poem for cats And God asked the feline spirit, Are you ready to come home? Oh, yes, quite so, replied the precious soul. And, as a cat, you know I am most able, To decide anything for myself. Are you coming then? asked God. Soon, replied the whiskered angel. But I must come slowly, For my human friends are troubled. For you see, they need me, quite certainly. But don't they understand? Asked God. That you'll never leave them? That your souls are intertwined. For all eternity! That nothing is created or destroyed? It just is... forever and ever and ever. Eventually, they will understand, Replied the glorious cat. For I will whisper into their hearts, That I am always with them, I just am...forever and ever and ever. Author Unknown

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Top Ten Signs Your Cat Has Personality a Disorder

Courtesy of the Top five site on the World Wide Web.

10. Couldn't muster up sufficient disdain if all nine lives depended on it!
9. Teeth and claw marks all over your now -empty bottle of Prozac.
8. No longer licks paws clean, but washes them in the sink again and again and again.
7. Doesn't get Garfield, but laughs like hell at Marmaduke.
6. Rides in your car with its head out the window.
5.Has built a shrine to Andrew Lloyd Webber entirely out of empty "9-Lives" cans.
4.Makes an attempt on the "First Cat", Sock's, life in a pathetic attempt to impress Jodie Foster.
3. Sullen and overweight, your sunglass-wearing cat shoots the TV with a .45
Magnum when it sees cartoon depiction of stupid or lazy felines.
2. Your stereo is missing, and in the corner you find a pawn ticket for two kilos of catnip.
1. Spends all day in the litter box separating the green chlorophyll granules from the plain white ones.

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  An Animal's Love On her soft warm fur My tears began to fall She came without me asking She came without a call She comforted me without a sound Just her gentle touch She knew that I was hurting And she knew just how much And patiently she waited For at least an hour or two Until my tears began to fade Until there were only a few I realized just then That an animal's love is true They'll always be there by your side And they'll never stop loving you -Heather

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