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The number of dog bites rises over the holidays

Dec 10, 2003 2:16AM PST
DALLAS (Reuters) - The strain of the holidays can become too much for family dogs and when they get the Christmas blues, they may bite back.

According to Kent Robertson, manager of Animal Services for the city of Dallas, pet bites go up by about 10 percent during the holiday season as dogs overwhelmed by a flood of visitors and new activity around the house may mark the holidays by biting


http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=3970334

I can certainly agree with the points made in the article.

There are, as always, exeptions.

My dog, Buddy, loves having lots of visitors, conversations, and music -the more the merrier.

We had a dachshund for 17 1/2 years. When the tree and decorations were in place, she began sleeping poorly. But after the presents went under the tree on Christmas Eve, she slept very well that nigh. This happened year after year. I suspect she sensed the excitement of our children.

Angeline
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