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Pets, Pets, Pets
In the 1860s dog biscuits were accidentally invented in a London butcher shop. The store owner was experimenting with a new biscuit recipe which he thought turned out terrible. He tossed one to his dog who gobbled it right up so he remade them in the shape of a bone for customers' pups. They sold like mad. Exactly a century ago the dog snack was introduced here when a baker on Manh attan's Lower East Side bought the British recipe. The F. H. Bennett Biscuit Company was established and began selling the treats under the name "Malatoid" which was changed to "Milk-Bone" around 1915 to reflect cow's milk as one of the ingredients. Nabisco acquired the company in 1931 and dominated the market as virtually the only pet biscuit manufacturer until the late 1960s. Milk- Bone® became part of Kraft in 2002; then Del Monte in 2006.
To commemorate 100 years of bringing joy to dogs and pet parents, Milk-Bone® launched the "Make a Milk-Bone Moment"™ contest. Until the 9/18/08 deadline, anyone can enter a digital photo of their pooch at www.milkbone.com. The top 100 Milk-Bone Moments™ will be posted on the website, and America will vote to choose the $100,000 grand prize winning 100th anniversary SpokesDog. (The 99 runners up will receive digital cameras.) In addition Milk-Bone® will donate more than $1 million to provide 108 dogs- 37 canine assistant dogs and 71 police dogs- via the Milk-Bone® Canine Heroes Program™ as well as give away more than $1 million in product to assist other service dog organizations. Since the program's inception in 1997, Milk-Bone® has sponsored training for 320 canine assistants and 470 law enforcement K-9s.
Sit. Give me your paw. Beg. Our dogs wolf down more than 68,000 tons of Milk-Bones® each year. To put that in perspective- one year's worth of biscuits is equivalent to the weight of 17,000 full grown elephants. Total treat consumption is 15,000 tons heavier than the Titanic. Gotta "sinking" feeling in your stomach? Think of it as merely "the tip of the iceberg" to our hungry hounds' howling for many more.
Unique Breed Rescue Site: "Special Needs Dobermans" (SND) a national online fund is dedicated to helping senior Dobermans plus Dobies of all ages with extraordinary medical expenses- whether the dog is in a rescue group, foster home or owned by a loving family. SND is different because most purebred rescues, actually most humane organizations, do not assist owned pets. SND had a record year in 2007-disbursing over $80,000 in financial aid to 109 Dobermans across the US. Many of these Dobies would have been euthanized or surrendered to shelters because their families or rescues wouldn't have been able to afford their veterinary care. Visit SND at www. doberman911.org to learn about their dogs in need or to participate in one of their EBay auctions.
Readers can write to Joanne Anderson at 65 Deer Park Ave., Babylon NY 11702, or via email at acjnews@rcn. com
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