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Put it in the Digester boy!

A plan has been hatched in Gilbert Arizona for canine waste at a dog park to be used to power a streetlamp. Students from ASU's Polytechnic are hoping to design and build a "dog waste digester" a machine which will convert dog waste to methane gas which in turn is used to generate electricity.

What a great idea! Now if we can only get the dogs to pick it up and put it in the machine themselves we will have something!
Are there any other places on the planet that are considering this besides Arizona? Will doggy poop someday power the world?

Pet with his Vet

Pets For The Homeless Vet

Vets may be homeless, penniless, cold and lonely but their pets get great care & love. Vets can lose their homes, their marriage, their jobs but can't face the loss of a pet, even on the streets, a dog or cat, even though another mouth to feed, can be the most important things in their lives. Now there is an non-profit organization that recognizes this, Vets & Their Pets

According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs there are perhaps thousands of veterans, homeless on the streets with their pets. Vets and their pets was founded in Arizona by Maria Brunner, owner of a Phoenix marketing and entertainment company specifically to help needy veterans keep and care for their pets because homeless dog owners will give to their pets before themselves, be it shelter or food.

You Just Can't Beat The Comfort Your Pet Offers During Tough Times

When you can't pay your bills, your dog understands.

When you can't find a job and you get depressed, your dog understands.

When your kids need more from you than you can give, your dog understands.

When your friends have troubles of their own and act weird, your dog understands.

Only a few reasons why I was happy to see that Petsmart earnings jumped by 20% during third quarter of 2010. Consumers continue to dote on their pets!

A Friendship Between Animals That has moved Millions

Pet owners can identify with bonding when it comes to loving a particular pet, cat, dog, horse, hampster, ferret, pig, monkey, whatever kind of pet you choose, but one can only imagine what dogs and elephants have in common. Regardless of reason these two have a heart-warming affection for each other that goes beyond any animal bonding I have ever witnessed and has moved millions to happy tears & awe.

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There is a guy named Clay Thompson that writes a column in the Arizona Republic newspaper called Valley 101. The best way to describe his style would be to say, think of Dear Abby on crack. People email him with the stupidest questions and he patiently answers them all, but when he gets a really idiotic one he will react with "you people!" The questions are not about love and relationships but about things in general.

This particular article he wrote was back in July (when Phoenix temperatures hit 115 in the afternoons) and a woman had written him about a disagreement she was having with her mother: Seems that she leaves her medium sized dog locked up in a bedroom for 13 hours while she commutes to a 12 hour work shift. Her question to Clay was this:  "what would happen to my dog if shortly after I left for work the power went off,  and with it the air conditioning, would my dog still be alive when I got home?

Clay's response was classic Thompson stuff. Hmmm he says, what the heck are you thinking leaving a dog alone for 13 hours, never mind worrying about the power going off! That is not a good thing to do. Then he suggests that she look into other arrangements to have her dog kept by the mom or a neighbor. Other than that leave the dog plenty of food, water and some of their favorite toys.

It got me to thinking about how selfish people can be. This woman really has no business having a dog if she keeps it locked up for 13 hours! Dogs get lonely and bored and it's nothing short of cruel treatment if you ask me. I had a parrot once that I left in my bedroom while I was at work. I started working longer hours and I couldn't stand the thought of that bird being alone so I ended up giving him to a nice family with a stay at home mom. It pained me to let him go but it was best for the bird and that is what I think is most important.

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