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ALL ABOUT PETS Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2013

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Murray

Type: Yorkie Owner: smurphy Story: Murray acts like he is a huge dog, but then when another dog comes up to him, he is nothing but a chicken!

Cha-Cha

Peter

Type: Terrier/Shepherd Owner: AnneKelly lided when they both took the same turn came over and checked her out to make turning into each other. Cha-Cha rolled sure she was okay. Then they proceeded over a couple of times from the collison. with their mission of finding squirrels.

Cha-Cha got up and shook herself. Peter They are buddies.

Type: Miniature Pinscher Owner: AnneKelly Story: Peter and Cha-Cha love to run around in our large back yard side by side checking out squirrels. On one occassion they were running so fast that they col-

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Sadie

Type: Cockapoo Owner: sammiann Story: We visit the dog park a lot, they both love it there. Well, when we went there a couple of days ago they were playing in the pond. When

Shadow

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Shaggy

Sheldon

Tiny

Abbey

Type: Lab Retriever Owner: sammiann we would throw a ball it sank and would just look at us like “What the they would go under the water to heck? Why doesn’t it float?” It was get it. They would come back out pretty funny. with out it sometimes and they

Type: Australian Shepherd/Cocker Spaniel mix Owner: JLandwehr Story: We have only had shadow for about 2 weeks now and he is starting to show more and more of his quirky personality - the funniest I think so far is how he is afraid of our cat who is about a fourth of his size - she will meow at him and he will run away scared of her.

Type: Chihuahua Owner: horselover Story: Tiny has no front teeth so when is relaxing he likes to stick his tongue out.

Type: unknown Owner: Camey Story: Sheldon (the cat) and our daughter Maeli are about a month apart. She was born in August and he was born in September. Since we brought him home in December, he and Maeli have grown and played together. Sheldon loves to cuddle, wreck things and escape occasionally.

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CARING FOR YOUR PET

ALL ABOUT PETS 2013

Healthy diet, exercise key to staving off ACL injuries

By JOSH BERHOW

A special section of the Faribault Daily News

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514 Central Avenue N Faribault, MN 55021-4304 Phone (507) 333-3100 Fax (507) 333-3102 Publisher & Editor Steve Pope Managing Editor Jaci Smith Creative Services Kate McGillen Advertising Sales Han Fuchs Editorial Jaci Smith Josh Berhow Camey Thibodeau Brendan Burnett-Kurie The All About Pets special section is distributed to subscribers of the Faribault Daily News at no additional charge. All rights reserved.

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uman knees and dog knees are very similar, and the injuries both are susceptible to is the same as well.

Dr. Marvin Trandem has been in practice for 42 years. He is one of three doctors at the Faribault Veterinary Clinic, and he does the majority of the clinic’s orthopedic work. He said ACL injuries are the most common orthopedic problem he sees in dogs.

“The knee in a dog is much like a human knee, so it is vulnerable to the same types of injuries that people are,” Trandem said. “But in a dog these ligaments, when they get older, tend to degenerate and become paper thin, and that’s where some of the vulnerability comes from.”

According to Trandem, the age and weight of a dog has a major influence in its ability to stave off ACL injuries.

The older a dog is and the heavier it is – the more weight it has to carry around on slender legs – the more likely it is to have an ACL problem in the future. Trandem said that labs are the breed he has to treat for ACL injuries the most, but that also is in part due to the large population of them in the area.

The majority of the dogs Trandem works with for ACL injuries are older, not in athletic shape and tend to be inside dogs. A likely scenario is that such dogs run around outside or at a park, and if they’re not used to it, they might come back hobbling. But healthy, active dogs still could come up with similar injuries, although a healthy lifestyle decreases their chances. Ex-

Miley, a 5-year-old lab, sits with Dr. Marvin Trandem at the Faribault Veterinary Clinic. Miley had ACL surgery about eight months ago and was recently in for a checkup to see if work needed to be done on the other. There’s about a 35-40 percent chance that if a dog has one ACL injury, within two years it will have problems with the other. (Josh Berhow/Daily News)

ercising and keeping weight down is the key.

“You don’t have much muscle there, and they are relying on that ligament too much and putting too much pressure on it (with their weight),” Trandem said. “If they are not in good tone they are just so much more vulnerable to these injuries.”

Depending on the severity of the injury, an ACL can be cured with simple rest or, in more severe cases, surgery.

Some dogs who only suffer a small Reach Sports Reporter Josh Berhow unraveling of the ACL can fix it by at 333-3119, or follow him on Twitter. restricting activity, resting and using com @joshberhow anti-inflammatory medication. (“TLC can help a lot of sprains,” Trandem

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Other times more serious action is needed. The method Trandem uses is called an extracapsular technique, which is when they strategically place a band in the knee to reduce the instability, and that helps produce scar tissue to hold the knee in place (recovery time is usually three to six months).

There are other techniques as well, one of which is a more sophisticated type of surgery that involves breaking the tibia below the knee and repositioning it to minimize the instability.

Course of action also relies on the owner. Owners of an older dog may not want to undergo a serious surgery, and others who own hunting or sporting dogs may want a top-notch fix.

But beware of future problems: There’s about a 35-40 percent chance that if a dog has one ACL injury, within two years it will have problems with the other.

Trandem said the best way to avoid ACL injuries is to put dogs on a healthy diet and give them lots of exercise, much like the key to a healthy life of their owners.

“Exercise your dog, and make sure it keeps a good muscle tone and keeps its weight down,” Trandem said. “The more weight they have the more pressure it puts on the legs … It’s the same problem in our society. We are eating a lot of food that gradually just picks up weight over a lifetime, and it’s the same with our dogs.”

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e certainly love our animals, don’t we?

Just consider how much time you spend on Facebook each day checking out the meme or GIFs (my personal favorite site is one called “News Cat GIFs).

Perhaps you’re not a social media person? No matter. Pick up a photo album, any photo album, in your house and see how many times your pets are in the photo?

How about the number of times they are featured?

In Faribault, we strut our pet

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stuff proudly each year during the Pet Parade, when we doll ourselves and our animals up and stroll down the street for the admiration of the masses.

In celebration of that annual event, we asked folks to submit their favorite pet photos to our website. We’re publishing them here along with a short anecdote about what makes that pet so special.

Thanks to those who contributed and we look forward to seeing you Thursday at the Pet Parade!

Type: Black Angus Owner: McGillen Story: Baby is a preemie calf born on Mother’s Day 2013.

She weighed around 25-30 lbs and stood at about a foot - Jaci Smith, Managing Editor & a half tall. Her mom who’s only around 1 year old, wasn’t supposed to have a calf & Baby was a big surprise.

Type: Calico kitten Owner: Treuvers Story: Every time I see this kitten it is in some kind of bucket.

Bandit

Type: Mutt Owner: Adams Story: He thinks he’s human.

Baby

Buddy

Type: Bichon Frise/Poodle mix Owner: Mshuda Story: He always has to go with us every time we go somewhere such as for a walk, bike ride, horse back riding, swimming, canoeing, tubing, for a drive, everything but when we try to leave him at home, he will try to climb in one of our bags to ensure that we won’t forget him but when he can’t come along, he stays in the house. When one of us comes back home, he will always tear around the house going around the couch, the counter, going into my bedroom, all over until we give him attention!

Bernie

Type: Jack Russell Owner: Townsend-Noet Story: Though Bernie has lost his sight he continues to be the best fetcher in the pack who tracks tossed toys by sound and always brings them back for another go.

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Type: Bichon Frise/Shih Tzu Owner: Keith Story: Harley likes to ride in the bike cart and stick his head out.

He fell out once and did a tuck and roll; he was ok.

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Britta

Type: Sheltie Owner: Dan B. Story: On the day that we brought her home; she ran across the room and jumped on the mini trampoline. Since that day; she has regarded it as her possession. Britta is perfecting her gymnastic skills with the hope of earning a scholarship to advanced puppy training school.

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Aullie

Type: Australian Shepherd/Lab Owner: Alyssajr Story: Before Aullie became too big for it, she preferred to nap in a baby pack and play crib!

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Baxter

Type: Shih Tzu/Bichon Frise mix Owner: cristeta Story: Baxter is only about 20 lbs., but he loves to get himself in trouble and “tease” bigger dogs. A few weekends ago, we were at a family party and he goaded my aunt’s 80 lbs black lab to chase him all around the barn and through the pasture.

Benjamin Francis Smith

Type: Beagle Owner: Smith Story: Benji is very small for a beagle and when he runs, sometimes his back end gets a little ahead of his front end, which usually results in a rollover wipeout of epic proportion.

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Doyle

Type: Beagle Owner: Jeepgirl Story: Our dog Doyle is the sweetest, most loving and all around super awesome bestest doggie we could ever ask for! Normally, he is a lazy bones just laying around all day. But get a tennis ball out and he transforms into a whole new dog! He will chase a tennis ball for as long as you are willing to throw it.

Maurice “The Rocket” Richard Pebbles

Type: Basset Hound Owner: Rott Story: When “Moe” was a puppy, he would trip on his ears trying to climb up the hill in the back yard, then tumble down the hill. It was adorable and sad all at the same time!

Type: Toy Poodle Owner: Not given Story: Pebbles loves to have her belly rubbed and snuggle with her mommy!

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Charlie

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Type: Cavalier King Charles/Spaniel Owner: Judy B. Story: She snores so loud she can be heard on another floor of the house!

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CJ Rosenau

Type: 1/2 Mini Dachsund, 1/2 Pomeranian Owner: Chadly Story: He carefully planed an escape from my parents’ house one morning. By the time we realized he was outside he was 3 houses away. It took 4 of us, 30 minutes, chasing him in between all our neighbors’ houses before we caught him. I’m sure our neighbors thought we were nuts. haha!

Fergie

Type: Cavalier/Lhasa cross Owner: Not given Story: One day my husband and I were talking in the kitchen. Fergie walked up to the oven and sat down facing it. It took us awhile to discover what she was doing was watching our reflection in the oven. It’s like she’s watching TV. She’s been doing it ever since.

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Ginger Marie

Type: Pitbull Owner: Rebecca25 Story: One year we went camping, when we returned from a walk, Ginger saw a chipmunk sitting in her food bowl eating away. Ginger chased the chipmunk away, and upon returning to her dish, discovered some of her food missing, and didn’t seem very happy. She was on the watch for that chipmunk for the rest of the trip!

Hildie

Type: Corgie/Rat Terrier X Owner: Townsend-Noet Story: When she is not wrapping her paws around your neck and pressing her whole body against your chest in one of her patented “Hildie Hugs” she can be found fishing all floating water plants out of the koi pond-can you blame a girl for wanting an uncluttered water feature?

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Jingle

Kallie

Joker

Klaus

Echo, Ariel & Daisy

Devo

Type: Grey & white Tabby Owner: Holdensmom Story: Jingle will run from the farthest part of the house if he hears us shake his cat snack container. He’ll run so fast that he’ll slide into the room to get to you! It’s hysterical to watch!

Type: Boxer Owner: Not given Story: Joker can’t swim. I took him to White Sands dog park and in his excitement of running off-leash he fell off the platform in the deep end of the pond! I was laughing so hard it took me a second to realize ... he wasn’t coming up! I had to drag him out of the pond while he was coughing and flailing!

Type: West Highland White Terrier (Westie) Owner: jjbaldwin Story: Kallie loves to watch TV shows and commercials with animals and dogs. She will jump at the screen to try to say hello to them and protect us from the living room invaders. Loves to chase after squirrels and rabbits.

Type: Rottweiler Owner: ASeverin Story: Well this little guy is something else! He loves to play with his water bowl. Right when you fill it up he takes one sip then dumps it out and lays in the water! Klaus hates the heat! He’ll go outside do his business then runs in the house! He is one that can’t wait till winter comes!

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Type: Guinea Pig Owner: ARRC Story: Echo likes to nibble on our Golden Retriever’s fur; especially between his toes.

Type: Parsons Russell Terrier Owner: Kathryn Story: Devo has his own swimming pool. He loves to take a dip on hot days!

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Lily

Joy

Jade

Type: Bull Terrier Owner: Kathryn Story: Jade loves camping. She has her own lounge chair!!

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Type: Heinz 57 Owner: Becca Story: Joy and I went to the dog park one afternoon and as I was getting ready to leave, Joy decided she had more exploring to do. So Joy took off around the pond and wouldn’t let me get within five feet of her. A nice man said he would help me out, so he went around the other side of the pond.

Before long we had Joy cornered. She kept evading us, making her way to the very edge of the slab right next to the pond. And of course, with one wrong step, Joy slipped into the water and began splashing around as we scooped her out. She never fought leaving the park again.

Mattie Mae

Type: Golden Doodle Owner: dekenelson Story: I came home from work one day to find Mattie covered in mud. I was very confused, wondering how she let herself out and then back in. Then, I discovered she had completely shredded an indoor palm tree and dumped 5 gallons of dirt in our living room. That wasn’t enough for Mattie ... she also drug her waterdish into the middle of the huge pile of dirt and tipped it over, creating mud. Yes, Lola & Lulu mud in my livingroom. Good thing we can never stay mad Type: A mystery long at that cute poodle doodle face!

Owner: Jim Norma Story: Lulu and Lola sleep and play together. They love to lick their owners faces while they are sleeping.

Type: Bugg (Pug/Boston hybrid) Owner: greasyowl Story: Lily will hunt flies in the house, and she will not stop until she catches them.

Max

Type: American Bulldog/Pug Owner: ckalow07 Story: Max is a very confident and outgoing dog. He makes friends where ever he goes; human and canine alike. He does, however, have a few strange fears which include such things as hanging plants, sombreros, plastic starfish and harmonicas. When encountering any of these items he typically runs away as fast as possible. Then he will turn around and proceed to bark and growl (from a safe distance, of course) until whichever terrifying and threatening inanimate object is removed.

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Milo

Type: Jack Russell Terrier Owner: Townsend-Noet Story: Milo the woodsman lives for time in the out of doors. This mellow house potato turns into a fun-loving and frolicking force in the forest. Spring, summer, winter or fall, Milo is always ready for a scamper in Fairbault’s natural environs.

Ozzy

Type: Australian Shepherd Owner: Suelaine Story: Ozzy likes to drink like people do, out of a glass, sitting in a chair. We were downtown to pick up a pizza and the door to the restaurant was open. Windows to the vehicle were obviously down too far because all of sudden in strolls our dog, jumps up on a bar stool and looks at server like “where is my drink?”

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Mylie

Oliver

Type: Cockapoo Owner: Karen Story: Mylie is 2 years old and beyond spoiled, and as you can see she pretty much lets me do anything. She is my little sweetie.

Type: Toy Yorkie Owner: Terri Story: Oliver loves to ride with us on the motorcycle; he went to Sturgis with us last year and the North Shore Drive this year. And he also has his dress up side, too.

Pebbles & Hunter

Ralphie

Type: Jack Russell Terrier and King Charles Cavalier Owner: Emac Story: Pebbles is the trouble maker and Hunter follows behind her copying what she does. One night they were barking and I get up out of bed and Hunter was barking in the bathroom; it ended up being a bat. My husband was out of town so I had to catch it in the net and get it out of the house while the dogs were barking nonstop.

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Type: Jack Russell Owner: Townsend-Noet Story: The ever present patroller of the yard keeps the garden free from squirrels and safe for democracy.

Sammy

Type: Mini lopped ear rabbit Owner: Jamie Story: One day; after our towels were done in the washer; we put them on the floor to fold. We were almost done; but then Sammy came running into the room and started messing them all up. He was jummping on top of them until they were completely unfolded. He only did this to the ones that were folded.

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Kati

Type: Boxer Owner: Karenn Story: Kati thinks that she is a lap dog and will do whatever it takes to lay on your lap.

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Wallee & Whoopee

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Type: Morkie and Yorkiepoo Owner: CNS18 Story: Wallee and Whoopee love to do everything together. They are best friends, yet total opposites. Wallee likes to bite at the vacuum and kiss everything he encounters. People can’t believe how loud Wallee snores. I’ll bet he scores about a 9 on the snoring dog Richter Scale.

Whoopee likes to think she is a frog and hop on things.

I took her down to my parents slough one time and she jumped right in with a multitude of bull frogs! That was one messy pup.

Sierra

Type: Ragdoll Owner: nan2147 Story: While I was sick, Sierra kept me company. This picture shows her “praying for me.” She is a “laid back” cat, but has a “crazy” time at about 9 p.m. One night she ran through the house and jumped on her tower and tipped it over with her on it.

Kirby Killebrew

Type: Shihtzu Owner: Pride42 Story: Named him after the two greatest Minnesota Twins Players of all time ... Kirby Puckett and Harmon Killebrew.

Nyu

Type: Pomeranian/Chihuahua Owner: nyu27 Story: When we blow on Nyu’s face; she shakes her head.

Wesley

Type: African Grey Owner: Not given Story: Unlike most animals, Wesley has the ability to talk. Most of the time he randomly rattles off everything he knows; however, when he uses the word “wow,” he manages to use it correctly every single time, usually creating a comical moment for the bird. Wesley is not easily impressed, to say the least.

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