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Facebark account gets an Award

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Facebark which is a page on a social networking site Facebook was set up to help reunite lost dogs with their owners. Middlesbrough Council dog warden service created this page where it posts pictures of dogs that have been found. It also shares photos of animals it wants to rehouse, as well as using the site to send out messages about microchipping pets.

And now Facebark has won one of the RSPCA's Community Animal Welfare Footprints (CAWF) Innovator Awards. The first of its kind in the UK. The judges praised the Middlesbrough entry as an example of a simple but extremely effective and well managed idea. The page now has around 1,400 followers with around 20,000 hits every month. It has helped to reunite owners and rehomed many dogs.

The Facebark page can be viewed at: http://www.facebook.com/facebarkmiddlesbrough

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Dog Saves Family from fire

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Another dog saves lives. A family saved by their dog from being a victims of a burning house. Sunday morning at Shire Way near Lawrenceville, a house is on fire. A woman and her child were fast asleep when they woke to the sound of their dog barking.

When the woman got up to check on what was going on, she discovered her home was on fire. The family immediately get out of the house, and luckily one was injured, but there was extensive damage to the walls, attic and roof of the two-story wood frame home. Smoke alarms inside the house had not yet sounded because the majority of fire was on the outside and in the attic. Gwinnett County firefighters received the call around 4:20 a.m, and they took about 40mins to control the fire. The firefighters praised the family dog for saving the family.

Bret Michaels Designing a Pet Products

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Bret Michaels from the band Poison is working with a pet product company to launch his own pet product line. Bret known for his outfit bandanas are now into a new business, he said: "As a dedicated pet owner myself, this is a natural partnership for me, and I can't wait to unveil the collection,” the singer said. “I know my own pets rock, and I wanted to design a line of pet products every bit as fun and cool as they are."

He is working up with PetSmart to launch this pet products to be sold exclusively at the chain called "Bret Michaels Pets Rock Collection." It has not yet been revealed what the line will look like, but the company says it will include dog beds, pet clothing, bowls and feeders, collars, and leashes, among other items. The Bret Michaels Pets Rock collection will be available at PetSmart and is set to launch Summer of 2012.