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Chat - Thursday, August 12, 2010
Topic Started: Aug 12 2010, 05:16 AM (630 Views)
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The four 2010 Purina Animal Hall of Fame Inductees join
142 heroic animals.

Service Dog of the Year
Bingo from Shilo, Manitoba


Bingo is an intelligent, ten-year-old Jack Russell Terrier with a truly keen set of ears. An extraordinarily sharp hearing dog, she was brought home by Mandi and Dwayne Hein to help care for their son, Cole.
Eight-year-old Cole suffers from a life-threatening and undiagnosed condition that causes him to retch and stop breathing with little to no warning. As he was growing up, Mandi and Dwayne took Cole from specialist to specialist, trying desperately to figure out what illness was taking hold of their son. Because of the severity of his symptoms, Cole has to be under constant supervision - 24-hours-a-day. The Heins used everything from monitors to nurse aids. Cole was also constantly in the hospital for scans and surgeries both to help diagnose his illness and to treat its effects on his body. Not only did this continual medical supervision put a toll on the family, it also didn't allow Cole to ever be left alone - or lead a normal life. In addition, Dwayne, a military officer, was often away from home - most recently in Afghanistan - making it even more challenging for Mandi to care for Cole's mysterious condition along with the rest of the family on her own.
After years of searching for a diagnosis and cure and finding nothing, Mandi decided that it was time to take charge and come up with a way to accept and manage with Cole's mysterious condition at home. She decided to enlist the help of a hearing dog who would be able to alert them to Cole's retching. After an extensive search and with the help of the National Service Dogs, she found Bingo.
Bingo was specifically trained to bark whenever she heard Cole retch, alerting Cole's family to the fact that Cole may have stopped breathing - an amazing feat as most hearing dogs "tap" their deaf owners. With this unique skill set, Bingo proved herself to be Cole's saviour time and time again, barking and alerting Mandi - often just in time to either get help or administer artificial respiration. In fact, according to Mandi, within the first six months of receiving Bingo, she had already saved Cole's life three times. Today, Mandi cannot even begin to count how many times Bingo has rescued Cole from near-death.
Bingo's acute sense of hearing, dependability and loyalty completely opened up a world of independence for Cole and his family. She gave them a sense of peace (and a little extra sleep!) knowing that Bingo was always watching over Cole, ready to react should his condition put him in any danger.
Cole and Bingo's story is one that sends a message of hope. Mandi and Dwayne often refer to Cole as a "miracle baby", who was never supposed to survive. To them, Bingo is "the answer to their prayers" and the reason Cole was able to grow up to be the boy he is today.


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Last week the Franklin Park Zoo outside of Boston welcomed a new Chilean Flamingo chick. These flamingos create nests out of mounds of mud, which can reach two feet tall. A single egg is laid and is incubated by both the parents, who also jointly raise the chick. Thanks to photographer S. Woodruff for sharing these images.
http://www.zooborns.com/zooborns/2010/08/swaddled-in-flamingo-down.html
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That's such a sweet and charming photo of Reece and Whitley, Deb. It could be used for a Christmas card insert for other family members.

Penny, I was able to sign the letter about the Sable Island seals this morning. Yesterday I couldn't get my computer to connect to the link.

OM is having some difficulties with the crane cam connections so it will only be on for a couple of hours both in the morning and evening. Right now I can't get a connection at all.

Kibbled, got them both wrong, oh, well.
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My usual rate for kibble is 50/50 (or less) LOL

how cute is baby flamingo all tucked in

lots of work this AM so I can go away tomorrow :)
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Awoke to a gorgeous orange glow illuminating everything early this morning but it was :rn: again. Yesterday was so hot all day it is actually a relief to have cooler temps. The weather man says it will be thunderstorms and :rn: for the next 3 days here :(
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Cheryl - I am really enjoying your animal rescue stories. :)^

Topa - The baby flamingo looks so comfy and cuddly. <3

Kibbled only 1 right :chk: missed the dog one.

Deb - Wishing you and ES a fabulous trip.

Busy day here, plumber just arrived to install a new sink, 2 sets of taps, shut-off valves, etc. I had to unload 3 vanities, what a mess, water is turned off now, can't wait until it's finished.
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Portraits of the Wild
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“It was the most mesmerizing sound that I had ever heard,” David Bolin recalls of listening to wolves howling in Denali National Park. Bolin, a photographer from Black Forest, Colorado, was visiting the iconic Alaska park in September 1995 when he first heard that call of the wild.

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Driving south of Big Sur, California, last September, photographer Nathan Renn spotted a turnoff overlooking a large group of seals on the beach below the road. He pulled off and put a zoom lens on his camera and watched the seals, hoping to catch a memorable moment. He saw a seal scratching and had just enough time to compose and shoot one frame. “That’s a good one,” he said to himself when he saw the image on his camera viewing screen. The Flagstaff, Arizona, resident knows his wildlife: He volunteers for local groups that relocate prairie dogs to safe locations and seek to return Mexican gray wolves to the Grand Canyon region.
http://www.defenders.org/newsroom/defenders_magazine/summer_2010/portraits_of_the_wild.php


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Posted Image to all of you who signed the Save The Seals letter.

I truly hope it will make a difference. I have always been very proud to be a Canadian but am so :angry: every year when the whole sealing issue rears it's ugly head. I really don't understand who the customer is for the pelts these days. Our gov't needs to find another industry for the sealers and fisherman who need work to sustain themselves and their families.
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The newly weds taxied in last night at 9pm from Kaui, Hawaii. :D
I thought they were coming home Tuesday.
Glad they had that extra day to themselves. :Hugs:
I'm looking forward to hearing about their honeymoon. <3 <3
Haven't talked to them much about the wedding either,
but I know they were both happy with that.
One of Rachels friends said he has been to 17 weddings this year
and that Rachel and Johns was the most fun.
Rachel ran around with reckless abandoned in her wedding dress.
I guess " why not " you only wear it once!
I can't wait to see photo's. :clk:

C U later ^"^ :soar:
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Topa - Some of those wildlife photos from the contest are amazing. :)^
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Topa so glad they and all of you had such a wonderful day at the wedding - looking forward to more photos! 17 weddings in one year - shoot me :( holy cow.......

we've no weddings this year but lots of babies - woo hoo.......

carole the mess is well worth the wonderful outcome! (and you don't have to make the mess - someone else is AND they have to make it work) :)
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I'm still quite saddened by the loss of yet another young bald eagle who so many had such high hopes for. Come on Mother Nature - work with us ..... please  :<S><: B-)) (((GH)))
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