Returned to her owner
Date Impounded: 23/08/2010
Time Impounded: 03:15 PM
Location Found: Pine Creek-Yarrabah RD GREEN HILL
Description of Animal: Kelpie Cross, Desexed Female, Black, Tattoo in Ear
Contact: 07 4044 3044 and quote CCC ID No. 308560
This summer has been the rainiest in Atlanta history in a long time. Â The benefits of the rain include lower temperatures and great looking lawns. Â However, dogs often have to be forced outside on rainy days.
Dogs once lived in the wild. Â However, many modern day breeds were never wild dogs but have always been human companions. Â We often think that its a dog and he should be able to go out to do his business on a rainy day.
Just as humans do not want to get wet neither do dogs. Â We do not like the pelting rain or the soaking feeling. Â Some dogs would rather hold it than go out and do their business.
For many dogs going out in the rain is not about getting wet. Â Dogs have more sensitive ears and hearing than people. Â The sound of the rain is amplified in dogs ears. Â As humans, many of us love the sound of rain. Â Rain sounds like nails on a chalkboard to a dog. Â One of the reasons a dog hesitates and starts to back up when faced with rain is the sound alone.
When rain moves through it is using part of a frontal system.  These weather systems are often accompanied by changing barometric pressure.  Changing barometric pressure also affects a dog’s ears by making them feel like they need to pop.  Humans experience a similar situation during air travel or when driving through mountains.  Our homes are pressurized to a certain degree and the changes in pressurization adds to the feeling of fullness in the dog’s ears.
Some dogs have a thunder phobia. Â This fear not only has a psychological element but dogs experience the physical symptoms related to amplified to hearing and changes in barometric pressure. Â Thunder phobia may require a conservation with your vet or pet trainer.
On rainy days, it is best to plan in advance. Â Try to take your dog out for exercise before the rain starts. Â Consider activities you can play with your dog inside. Â Also, if one of the entrances to your home is covered consider letting your dog out that entrance on a rainy day.
In order to help relieve your dog’s discomfort during rainy and stormy days, stock up on a few items from your pet supply store.  In order to relieve the pressure in dogs’ ears they need to chew on something for an extended period of time.  Try a long lasting chew or bully stick.  Figure out what your dog enjoys the most BEFORE the rain and keep a few on hand.
Many dog trainers and pet care professionals recommend tranquility blends and thunder shirts for your dog.  As pet sitters, we always recommend consulting with your veterinarian if your pet has thunder phobia or other forms of separation anxiety.  However, convey your vet’s instructions to your pet sitter so that treatment remains consistent.
Just like us, dogs do not want wet feet and to be soaked to the bone. Â Remember that rain also causes uncomfortable physiological symptoms in dogs. Â If your dog has to go out in the rain, then make sure to towel him off and give him an extra treat.
This summer has been the rainiest in Atlanta history in a long time. Â The benefits of the rain include lower temperatures and great looking lawns. Â However, dogs often have to be forced outside on rainy days.
Dogs once lived in the wild. Â However, many modern day breeds were never wild dogs but have always been human companions. Â We often think that its a dog and he should be able to go out to do his business on a rainy day.
Just as humans do not want to get wet neither do dogs. Â We do not like the pelting rain or the soaking feeling. Â Some dogs would rather hold it than go out and do their business.
For many dogs going out in the rain is not about getting wet. Â Dogs have more sensitive ears and hearing than people. Â The sound of the rain is amplified in dogs ears. Â As humans, many of us love the sound of rain. Â Rain sounds like nails on a chalkboard to a dog. Â One of the reasons a dog hesitates and starts to back up when faced with rain is the sound alone.
When rain moves through it is using part of a frontal system.  These weather systems are often accompanied by changing barometric pressure.  Changing barometric pressure also affects a dog’s ears by making them feel like they need to pop.  Humans experience a similar situation during air travel or when driving through mountains.  Our homes are pressurized to a certain degree and the changes in pressurization adds to the feeling of fullness in the dog’s ears.
Some dogs have a thunder phobia. Â This fear not only has a psychological element but dogs experience the physical symptoms related to amplified to hearing and changes in barometric pressure. Â Thunder phobia may require a conservation with your vet or pet trainer.
On rainy days, it is best to plan in advance. Â Try to take your dog out for exercise before the rain starts. Â Consider activities you can play with your dog inside. Â Also, if one of the entrances to your home is covered consider letting your dog out that entrance on a rainy day.
In order to help relieve your dog’s discomfort during rainy and stormy days, stock up on a few items from your pet supply store.  In order to relieve the pressure in dogs’ ears they need to chew on something for an extended period of time.  Try a long lasting chew or bully stick.  Figure out what your dog enjoys the most BEFORE the rain and keep a few on hand.
Many dog trainers and pet care professionals recommend tranquility blends and thunder shirts for your dog.  As pet sitters, we always recommend consulting with your veterinarian if your pet has thunder phobia or other forms of separation anxiety.  However, convey your vet’s instructions to your pet sitter so that treatment remains consistent.
Just like us, dogs do not want wet feet and to be soaked to the bone. Â Remember that rain also causes uncomfortable physiological symptoms in dogs. Â If your dog has to go out in the rain, then make sure to towel him off and give him an extra treat.
The Companion wasn’t just beautiful; she was his kind of beautiful. Tumbling red, pouty mouth, emerald eyes, and that small, soft body he liked. With his crew, David hollered after spindly supermodel types. But privately he liked girls round in all the right places. And this girl was round in all the right places (p 33).
This is a review of an advance reader copy received at BEA.
Reading the back cover of this book immediately brought to mind Chobits, a manga written by the talented Japanese artists known as CLAMP, about Persocoms – robots that look like humans and act (somewhat) like humans. Read more about Chobits at AnimeNewsNetwork.
The same idea is employed in Cusick’s Girl Parts. In the near future, human-like robots can be ordered from a company called Sakura Solutions. (If there was any doubt about the author’s awareness of Chobits, it is dispelled. ‘Sakura’ means Cherry Blossom is Japanese.) Still in their test phase, the robotic girls are being used to befriend youngsters as a form of therapy. Should the boys attempt too much interaction with their luscious Companion, they get an electric shock.
On the social scale, David ranks top. His neighbor across the lake and classmate, Charlie, ranks last. Happier on his own than posturing for peers, Charlie is a nature boy whose awkwardness with girls is irrelevant with Rose, whom he knows is ‘fake’ and lacking essential girl parts.
Great literature doesn’t provide answers but instead challenges us to question our reality, our behavior, our assumptions. I can see where Cusick is headed, but I don’t think he is entirely successful. (I thought M.T. Anderson was much more convincing in setting a believable and frightening stage for futuristic computer-based technology in Feed.) There was a disconnect between Rose’s futuristic complexity and the ubiquity of current technology like cell phones and multiple monitors (smart ads are already in use as well).
This is a good book (many teens boys will probably find it satisfying!) but it doesn’t elevate to greatness, though I think it could (while still striking the popular chord). While Chobits uses a similar setup, Cusick is clearly tapping into a contemporary and concerning trend and I think it could be more. I’m curious to know what editing stage it’s in and what (if anything) will be changed for the final publication.
I would recommend this book to older teens. There’s drug use, alcohol and sex – the big three.
