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Non Emergency Medical Resources ... _________________________ See Fido's Health Pages Dog rescue Organizations ... __________________________ See Fido Rescue Page for a list of local organizations Community Dog Organizations ... _________________________ We welcome any new web links which you happen to run across! Bay Ridge Home of the Owl's Head Dog Run www.bayridgebarks.org Brooklyn Heights Friends of Hillside Dog Park Friends of Hillside Dog Park, Inc (FHDP) is an community-based nonprofit group founded in 2001, comprised of people who use, improve, advocate for, enjoy, and love Hillside Dog Park. Brooklyn Height's largest enclosed dog run. www.hillsidedogs.org Park Slope Prospect Park Dogs (and their owners) A pictorial site for those Prospect Park dog owners who love their dogs and are lucky enough to have a place to take them where dogs can get their much needed exercise and socialization in a responsible manner. Continually updated, this site contains dozens of pix of dogs and their owners taken by Connie Marder. www.geocities.com/herbalpetes/index.html The Good Dog Foundation Based here in Park Slope, GDF screens and trains dogs for hospital visitation - pet therapy. Over a dozen dogs are presently working in New York Methodist Hospital. GDF also serves hospitals in Manhattan and Westchester as well. For details: Contact Rachel McPherson 718 788 2988 To file an on-line pre screening form www.thegooddogfoundation.org/ Fort Greene Fort Greene Pups Fort Greene Park Users and Pets Society (P.U.P.S.) is a collective group of dog owners who use Fort Greene Park on a regular basis. We are responsible dog owners who believe that in order to enjoy the park's beautiful grounds and many resources, we must clean up after our dogs, keep our dogs under control, and prevent our dogs from harming the park's landscape www.fortgreenepups.org Marine Park Marine Park Dogs  Featuring the dogs of Marine Park and the Gerritsen Creek salt marsh. www.marineparkdogs.com Prospect Heights Prospect Place Dog Owners Co-Op Based in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, we're a group of busy professionals just trying to make our pups happy & well-adjusted. We share responsibilities like dog walking, petsitting, and get together for play groups. We're also dedicated to the continuous growth of our community: We want a safe place for our dogs to play! prospectplacepups@yahoo.comwww.prospectplacepups.citymaker.com/home.html Sunset Park Sunset Park Dog Owners Group and Friends www.sunsetbarkpark.org/ Williamsberg WAG The Williamsburg Dog owners group. Website will be going up shortly. Contact Paul Wein, 718 387 7654 NYC & Beyond ... _________________________ New York City Council of Dog Owners Groups These are the people who spearheaded the defence of responsible off-leash throught the summer and fall lawsuit of 2006. Read more about it at: www.nycdog.org Urban Hound... One of New York City's most comprehensive site for dog owners. Need to know where the closest dog run is in your neighborhood? www.Urbanhound.com/houndPlay/dogRuns.html New York City Pets.Com A resource guide for the pet-set ... for dogs, cats, birds, small furries. Profiles ... event news ... stories and links of interest. Send in : your pet's picture for posting ... details of your organization or animal-related business for listing ... comments. www.newyorkcitypets.com New York Tails A quarterly FREE magazine devoted to pets in NYC. Outstanding dog related section with well researched material such as Landlord/pet owners situation is currently featured on their site. Available for the price of mailing www.newyorktails.com/ American Dog Trainers Network The late Robin Kovary's awesome collection of articles and links pertaining to almost everything having to do with dogs. Some of the categories are: Resources, Tips, Books, Training, Helpline & Articles among others. www.thedogsite.org The Pet Info Line Everything you need to know when you're dealing with the five bouroughs of NYC. A soup to nuts approach to your pet care needs. www.nycpetinfoline.com Ani-Med(TM) Pet Care Information Tips ASPCA Understand your companion animal's health and behavior. www.aspca.org/site/PageServer?pagename=animed NYC Greyhounds A website in progress with some useful information brought to you by Caroline & True (the greyhound) www.nycgreyhounds.com Delta Society.... http://petsforum.com/deltasociety Statewide California Dog Owners Group To promote responsible dog ownership www.caldog.org Canine Massage Featured in FIDO's 2002 Lecture Series, Tellington TTouch, is a form of massage developed especially for dogs and other animals, involving among other things pressure points and special hand movements that can soothe, calm, and even heal your dog. www.animalmassage.org RuffRuf..... Good resource for rescue and training articles... www.rufruf.com Your dog bite? Not my little Poopsy! Yet in event of the unforeseen, you might very well be sued. See what this famous dog bite attorney specialist is going to hit you with..... www.dogbite.org Must Have Books ... ________________________ Our Dogs By Park Slope Author, Susan Ring Verse and original cartoons for canine lovers of all ages. Available at Community Books on 7th Ave NYC Pet at 5th Ave bet. Berkeley & Union NYC Pat at 12th St & 7th Avenue Monster Mutt 297 Warren Street Lives of the Monster Dogs by Kirsten Bakis Set in 2008, this is a Sci-Fi'ish" novel of "monster dogs" with intelligence, voice boxes, and human hands who massacre their mad scientist masters and move to New York, where they become power-drunk celebrities. Obviously some have already made it to Prospect Park! A Dog's Got To Do What A Dog's Got To Do By Park Slope Author, Marilyn Singer Henry Holt A celebration of working dogs. Just released, informative children's book with appeal to adults alike. Dog Owner's Home Veterinary Handbook By Delbert G. Carlson, D.V.M & James M. Griffin, M.D. Hardcover published by Howell Book House Lifesaving tips, as well as a comprehensive review of veterinary procedures. How To Speak Dog By Stanley Cornen Hardcover published by The Free Press Mastering the art of dog-human communication, complete with illustrations! Social Life of Dogs The Hidden Life of Dogs By E.M. Thomas Simon/ Schuster Dogs, don't try this at home.... Winterdance--The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod by Gary Pulsen Harcourt, Brace and Co It is with self-mockery and blind determination that Gary Paulsen takes on the challenge of training and racing in his first Iditarod. It is the story of a man and his dogs and the courage and passion needed to face Mother Nature head on, in the "last great race on earth." FIDO welcome other suggestions..... More Brooklyn Resources ... _________________________ If it's Brooklyn... Hello Brooklyn.com Best of the business guides where you'll find anything, any time... www.HelloBrooklyn.com Best Local... SmallTownBrooklyn.Com A comprehensive and dependable community resource dedicated to the neighborhoods between the Brooklyn Bridge and Prospect Park. Check out their scrolling streets... www.SmallTownBrooklyn.com