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Is Your Dog Fat? Blame Covid

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Melissa Marion, 22, noticed her 4-year-old cavapoo Louie gaining weight last year when the neon vest the dog wears for nighttime walks became a little snug.

“Before the quarantine, it was loose on him,” says Ms. Marion, who lives with her parents and two brothers in Warren Township, N.J., where she works remotely in public relations. “But with everyone at home, baking banana bread and feeding him table scraps, we could barely strap it on.”

So many people have struggled with weight gain during the pandemic that the term “Covid 15” has gained currency, a variation of the familiar “Freshman

Granite City man charged with abusing small dog

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Ron DeBrock, [email protected]

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7:35 pm CST, Monday, March 1, 2021

ALTON — Police are seeking a Granite City man in connection with the abuse of a small dog.

The Madison County State’s Attorney’s office on Monday filed aggravated cruelty to animals charges against Lance L. Small, 39, of Granite City.

Alton Police Chief Marcos Pulido said that, on Feb. 26 officers were notified that a small Yorkshire Terrier dog named Carl allegedly was physical abused by Small Feb. 11 at an Alton residence. Alton Police were provided video of the reported

The star of the early part of Cubs’ spring training? Anthony Rizzo’s dog Kevin

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MESA, Ariz. – After a winter that featured some changes to the roster and a lot of questions about where the team is headed, the start of spring training games has finally arrived for the Cubs.

The Cubs hit the field to face the Padres in Peoria on Monday afternoon, beginning their stretch of Cactus League games in preparation for the 2021 MLB season.

Leading off the preseason for the Cubs is a familiar face with a familiar circumstance in 2021 with the club, as Anthony Rizzo prepares to play in the final year of his contract.

To find some

Arrest made in dog burning case in Magna

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MAGNA, Utah — A man has been arrested after police say he lit a dog on fire near Interstate 80 in Magna Monday evening.

Michael Busico, 40, was booked into the Toeele County jail on multiple charges.

According to Unified Police, a female red tick heeler was lit on fire and set loose along the North Frontage Road of I-80. A witness saw the suspect lighting the dog on fire and called the police.

Within about 30 minutes of the call, police and animal control officers found the dog by driving slowly along the frontage road and using a searchlight.

San Antonio man offering 10k reward for missing service dog

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Money is no object for a local man who is doing everything he can to find his beloved dog.

Nearly four months ago (on Nov. 18), Roi Biton let his dogs, Golani and Rona, out to play on a vacant commercial property he was looking to buy near Jones Maltsberger and U.S. Highway 281.

While playing, the dogs found a critter and chased it, but Golani ran after it farther than he was supposed to. Golani, whose fifth birthday is today, ended up running across a canal and into the parking lot nearby at Security Service Bank.

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Lady Gaga’s dog walker speaks out after Hollywood shooting

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Lady Gaga’s dog walker, who was shot last week during a robbery in Hollywood when two of the singer’s French bulldogs were stolen, described the violence and his recovery “from a very close call with death” in social media posts Monday.

Ryan Fischer’s posts included pictures taken from his hospital bed, where he says “(a) lot of healing still needs to happen” but he looks forward to reuniting with the dogs.

Fischer was shot once as he walked three of Lady Gaga’s dogs on Wednesday night on a street just off the famed Sunset Boulevard. Video