http://WWW.SOMERVILLEDOG.COM/ serving the human and canine residents of Somerville, MA en-us 2007-01-14T19:04:35-05:00 http://WWW.SOMERVILLEDOG.COM/archives/001409.php The somerville dog weblog is moving to www.somervilledog.com/weblog/. Please update your bookmarks. Also, the feed for the somerville dog weblog is now located at www.somervilledog.com/weblog/atom.xml.... website news Canis Major 2007-01-14T19:04:35-05:00 http://WWW.SOMERVILLEDOG.COM/archives/001188.php It's a new year and this year Somerville's Canine Good Citizens are sporting gold dog bones—2007 Somerville dog license tags! Did you know that the Somerville Public Library was funded in part by dog licenses? I learned that on the... Canine Good Citizenship Canis Major 2007-01-04T21:40:35-05:00 http://WWW.SOMERVILLEDOG.COM/archives/001187.php BostonDOG is holding a Community Meeting tonight about the suspension of Boston Common off-leash hours until 2008. The meeting is at 7:00 p.m. at Hill House, 127 Mt. Vernon St. The Boston Parks and Recreation Department in partnership with... D.O.G.s (Dog Owner Groups) Canis Major 2007-01-04T17:46:31-05:00 http://WWW.SOMERVILLEDOG.COM/archives/001189.php In an article that ran in the Brookline Tab on November 30, 2006, Correspondent Lara Farrar contributed a story about off-leash hours at Winthrop Park, in which she spoke with people from neighboring communities about successful off-leash recreation programs. Ward... Friends of somerville dog Canis Major 2006-12-30T19:44:41-05:00 http://WWW.SOMERVILLEDOG.COM/archives/001183.php Britney Spears tops the charts of The New York Dog and The Hollywood Dog as worst celebrity dog owner because she abandoned her three dogs. Am I the only one who recognized that Spears was a bad dog owner when... Dogs in the News Canis Major 2006-12-21T10:44:45-05:00 http://WWW.SOMERVILLEDOG.COM/archives/001182.php Tyler B. Reed, writing for the Framingham TAB, has a very balanced article about responsible dog-owner behavior as the critical ingredient for multi-use parks that permit off-leash recreation: "Teaching your dog to listen" (December 14, 2006). For his article, Reed... Massachusetts Canis Major 2006-12-17T09:23:18-05:00 http://WWW.SOMERVILLEDOG.COM/archives/001181.php The Somerville Journal today printed a letter from park users, thanking employees of the Somerville Department of Public Works for the work they did earlier this month on improvements to the Nunziato Off-Leash Recreational Area.... Friends of somerville dog Canis Major 2006-12-14T10:13:56-05:00 http://WWW.SOMERVILLEDOG.COM/archives/001178.php The New York Council of Dog Owner Groups (NYCdog) cheers the unanimous vote of the NYC Health Board to amend Section 161.05 of the City Health Code, commonly known at the "Leash Law," granting the NYC Parks Commissioner explicit authority... United States Canis Major 2006-12-11T22:31:37-05:00 http://WWW.SOMERVILLEDOG.COM/archives/001177.php Five Somerville dog owners were among over 150 people who attended a public meeting held by the Department of Conservation and Recreation in Framingham, MA about off-leash recreation at Callahan State Park The turnout was impressive and largely dog-friendly, favoring... Massachusetts Canis Major 2006-12-05T22:30:00-05:00 http://WWW.SOMERVILLEDOG.COM/archives/001174.php The New York Council of Dog Owner Groups applauds the State Supreme Court ruling from Judge Peter J. Kelly on November 30, 2006 denying, in its entirety, the Juniper Park Civic Association’s petition to compel the Parks Department and the... United States Canis Major 2006-12-03T08:18:27-05:00 http://WWW.SOMERVILLEDOG.COM/archives/001172.php Callahan State Park is an 820-acre park located in Northwest Framingham. Park uses come from many different cities and towns to exercise and socialize their dogs off-leash there. The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) will hold a public... Massachusetts Canis Major 2006-11-29T18:48:37-05:00 http://WWW.SOMERVILLEDOG.COM/archives/001170.php RoDogRun is sponsoring their first fundraiser to build a fenced dog run in Ronan Park, located on historic Meetinghouse Hill in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston. Make a toast to the dogs, Saturday, December 2, 2006, 5-8pm at the Blarney... Massachusetts Canis Major 2006-11-27T17:50:41-05:00 http://WWW.SOMERVILLEDOG.COM/archives/001171.php via e-mail In the years that dogs have been allowed to run free in [New York] city parks, dog bites have decreased 90 percent according to an op-ed piece in the New York Times today by Jonathan Safran Foer, "My... United States Canis Major 2006-11-27T15:50:29-05:00 http://WWW.SOMERVILLEDOG.COM/archives/001164.php Today is Election Day! Somerville residents are voting in federal, statewide and county elections today. The City of Somerville Election Department allows voters to bring our dogs with us to the polls: dogs must be on leash, remain close to... Voter Information Canis Major 2006-11-07T07:00:00-05:00 http://WWW.SOMERVILLEDOG.COM/archives/001157.php See Prison Pups, a documentary about the Concord Farm prison's training program for service dogs, tomorrow, Saturday, November 4, at the Museum of Fine Arts! via e-mail Filmmaker Alice Bouvrie's documentary, PRISON PUPS won the Best Documentary Award at the... Dogs and Culture Canis Major 2006-11-03T09:06:21-05:00