Ballet dancer Joaquin De Luz takes his place center stage and throws out his arm melodramatically, gesturing with what will be a bouquet of flowers.

They’re Nigel’s cue.

The cairn terrier jets off, landing squarely in between De Luz’s spread legs, front paws on his chest, licking him lovingly and slobbery on the cheek.

“I have some serious acne thanks to you, buddy!” laughs De Luz.

Nigel, 6, has hit his mark. And he’ll hit it again and again thanks to Bill Berloni, Broadway’s premier animal trainer.

“The kissing was probably the hardest part,” says Berloni, 55. “He’s one of those macho, funky terriers. He’s just too cool to kiss. A little peanut butter, and we’ve changed his way of thinking.”

Nigel is in his seventh month of training for his stage debut in this month’s revival of Susan Stroman’s “Double Feature” at the New York City Ballet.

But this isn’t Berloni’s first pas de chien. Berloni got his start in 1976 while working as a technical apprentice for a regional theater. Strapped for cash, the production offered him an equity card in exchange for finding and training a dog to be the original Sandy in “Annie.”

“I trained him as I had trained my own pet growing up,” says Berloni. “I created what was a positive reinforcement method of training.”

The success led to a Broadway transfer and for Berloni, a new career.

For the past 36 years, he’s trained animals for countless stage productions and revolutionized what people thought dogs were capable of onstage.

“Up until ‘Annie’ a dog had never really played a role in a theater piece. They had been props and sight gags and carry-ons,” he says. “But nobody had ever thought that an animal could do the same thing eight times a week.”

Through all those productions, though, one thing’s never changed: All of the animals Berloni works with extensively onstage, he adopts. As a result, he and his wife now happily reside on a 90-acre Connecticut farm 120 miles from Times Square with 25 dogs, four horses, four chickens, two cats, two llamas, a donkey, a pony and a macaw.

“The year that you put into getting a dog up to speed for a project, you fall in love with it,” says Berloni. “He becomes another part of the family.”

Berloni finds most of his “family members” through Petfinder.com.

“The dogs that we use for this type of work really have to enjoy working and wanting to please,” he says. “This is a dog who will play ball with you for hours. You just keep throwing the ball, he’ll just keep bringing it back.”

To avoid competition — for both his fatherly love and his masterly praise — Berloni keeps the 25 dogs in four groups: large, medium, small and cairn terriers. (America’s need for Toto is limitless.)

Each group lives in one of four rooms in the 600-square-foot “dog wing” Berloni and his wife built three years ago.

“We rotate them into our living area so they get socialization time throughout the day,” says Berloni, “Some of them sleep with us, some of them watch TV with us, some of them come to the office with us.”

They all go out for relief once every three hours. Breakfast is between 8 and 9 a.m., training time is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and dinner is served promptly at 9 p.m.

“I’m the go-between, between what the creators want and what the animals are capable of doing. And then I create what’s possible,” he says.

So when a photographer at rehearsal shouts, “Can you make him jump higher?,” Berloni’s on the defense.

“As an acrobat, he just jumped three times his height, nine times.”

And Nigel wags his tail in agreement.

Owners and dogs talked and showed their stuff Saturday during Woofstock at Memorial Park in North Platte.

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One of the dogs was getting distracted during the Best Kiss contest but when the owner whistled and asked, Wanna win? the dog started kissing its owner.

That was typical the friendly interactions at the fifth annual Woofstock.

A small crowd arrived as several stands were set up throughout this park for a flea market, a flour power bake sale and Woofstock tee-shirts.

Owners also gathered with dogs for the Pet Contest from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

Rascal Ds hosted the events, and also interviewed dog owners about their dogs. Rascal Martinez also talked about the booths that were set up.

The pet contest contained several categories. Amber Opfer and Liz Brown and their dogs Louie and Cootie won the Best Costume medal.

We figured the contest could be something fun the two dogs can do together, Opfer told the Bulletin afterwards. Opfer claimed another first place with another dog Trixie, in the Best Kiss contest.

During intermission, Woofstock hosted a BBQ meal. Good food meant good comments. Pat Milne said the burgers were good and so were the hotdogs. A line of hungry people were satisfied with the meal and the entire event.

After lunchtime intermission, owners and pets competed in categories such as: Prancy Dance, Look-a-Like, and Best Trick.

Teresa Johnson was at the PALS of CATS booth and said the reason for PALs of CATS is to help reduce pet population.”

Barb McIntosh and Pat Dannatt were at the CASA booth.

CASA stands for Court Appointed Special Advocates, Barb said. CASA is a nation-wide network that helps young children in court cases, with services in Nebraska for more 20 years. A Lincoln County chapter has formed.

Dogs that were more than 10 years old received Lifetime Achievement recognition for staying healthy from Dianne Morales.

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Originally published: May 19, 2012 4:13 PM
Updated: May 19, 2012 4:32 PM

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Photo credit: News 12 Hudson Valley | Walkill police arrested a 64-year-old woman on animal cruelty charges, calling the case the worst of its kind in town history. (April 30, 2012)

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The fates of more than 70 dogs are in limbo after they were found living in “deplorable” conditions at an Orange County woman’s home late last month, according to authorities.

Police raided the Wallkill home of 64-year-old Sylvia Panetta on April 30. They found 76 Rottweilers on Panetta’s property, most of them malnourished and living in dirty cages, according to police and rescue groups.

Panetta was charged with animal cruelty, and rescue groups — including Orange County-based Mountain Rottie Rescue — stepped in to care for the dogs. One animal was euthanized, while others had limbs amputated, according to published reports.

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Until Panetta’s case is resolved, authorities can’t put the animals up for adoption or place them with families, according to an Associated Press report. Animal rescue volunteers began removing the dogs after the April 30 raid, but quickly ran out of room at local shelters. The wire service said an additional 18 dogs were removed from the run-down Wallkill property on Friday, but 31 dogs remained.

In addition to allegedly mistreating the animals, Panetta is accused of presenting herself as a breeder — despite the lack of a state-required dog breeding license — and selling some of the Rottweilers via the Internet.

In the meantime, volunteers from several local animal shelters have been returning to Panetta’s Derby Road home daily to feed and care for the animals.

In a joint news conference with Wallkill town leaders, volunteers appealed for donations to help cover the cost of veterinary services for the dogs, as well as food, collars and leashes.

Panetta called her unlicensed breeding operation Karousel Kennels, and her website, which is still operating and offering dogs for sale, features photos of healthy-looking puppies and adult Rottweilers.

Attempts to reach Panetta were unsuccessful. A phone number listed on her website returned a busy signal during several attempts on Saturday, and a second number listed in public records has been disconnected.

Visit http://home.mountainrottierescue.org for more information.

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Bo and Luke, who were rescued from ending up in a dogfighting ring, are very sweet and loving little boys. They would do well with a family or active person, and they get along with other dogs, cats and children.

Both boys are current on their shots and crate-trained.

Kim, Khloe and Kourtney were saved from the streets of South Central Los Angeles. They are cute, easygoing and loving, and would do well with an older couple or family with children. They do well with other dogs, cats and kids.

The three girls are current on their shots and crate-trained. They’re in the process of being housebroken.

The Lovejoy Foundation also has a litter of 10-week-old shepherds, nine-week-old boxers, eight-week-old Chihuahuas and eight-week-old Chihuahua mixes.

For more information on these puppies or any of our other previously featured dogs, call the Lovejoy Foundation at 310-350-0980, email the organization, check out its Facebook page or visit its website.

The Lovejoy Foundation is a Redondo Beach-based organization that holds pet adoptions on Saturdays and Sundays at Church of Christ in Hermosa Beach.

“Traffic has been really brisk today,” said Huntington Woods homeowner Jules Sipes who sold most of her sought-after children toys, Disney costumes and CDs before 1 p.m. “The best stuff went quickly.”

After participating in the event almost every year, Sipes is an expert at selling her goods and attracting traffic. Her strategies include bundling children toys together in groups like kitchen, complete with plastic groceries, dishware and appliances, to sell them for a higher price than they would by themselves and keeping her solitary children’s item below the average price for the neighborhood, $5 or under. She also knows how to attract customers.

“My husband’s the one over there yelling ‘hot dogs!,’ ” Sipes said, pointing to the white tent at the corner of her lot on Lincoln. “He tends to get people’s attention, although at the rate we sold out, tomorrow we may just be selling the hot dogs.”

This is the first year the Sipes family decided to put a hot dog cart in front of their house, hawking dogs from the family catering business Great Lakes Hot Dogs, but Terry Sipes said he thinks the cart was effective in drawing attention to his house.

“We had a good turnout for the first day of the sale,” Terry said. He estimated that he sold around 100 hot dogs over the course of the day. “Though, tomorrow will be booming.”

On the other side of the street, Neal Zalenko’s strategy to attract attention to his and his daughter Karen Weinbaum’s garage sale is to wave a pom pom in the air.

“I haven’t really had to do it too much because the traffic has been really good,” he conceded. “People were walking up to the house before we even had a chance to pull stuff out of the garage.”

Zalenko said he sold a snow blower, and Weinbaum said she, like Sipes, sold out of many of her children’s toys.

“We had tables all the way back into the garage, but the stuff all went,” Zalenko said, gesturing to the few tables that were left in the driveway. “So unless we get a shipment from Walmart tonight, we might not open tomorrow.”

However, even with Friday’s high sale volumes, Jules Sipes said there will still be good finds for shoppers to discover later in the weekend.

“There are more sellers and things to buy on Saturday because people wait until they have the day off work to open,” the garage sale veteran explained. “Then Sunday is deal day since everyone is exhausted and just wants to get rid of whatever they have left.”

The Huntington Woods Garage Sale runs 9 a.m.-7 p.m. again Saturday and Sunday.

Maggie May McMuffin is a 8-year-old yorkie available for adoption through the St. Louis Senior Dog Project.

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If you would like to meet Maggie May or any of our other adoptable senior and not so senior dogs stop by Kirkwood Petco Saturday or Sunday from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. You can get more information by visiting the St. Louis Senior Dog Project website.

Thank you to St. Louis Senior Dog Project for introducing us to Maggie May McMuffin.

Meet Sadie

Sadie is approximately 6 years old and came into our rescue in January, a day after she delivered six puppies. She has been a great Mother to her pups but they are now weaned from their mother and it is time for Sadie to relax and have her own home. She is an affectionate and beautiful cocker that loves to sit on your lap and snuggle. She sleeps quietly all night on a dog bed in the bedroom. 

Our mission is to place older dogs in the loving homes of older people in the St Louis area. We do, however, take in dogs of all ages and adopt to people of all ages. We do home visits and ask for a $200 adoption donation for adult dogs and $300 for puppies. 

We are at the Kirkwood Petco every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., except May 19 when we will be at the Bark in the Park event in Forest Park. Please visit our Senior Dogs 4 Seniors website.

Thank you to Senior Dogs 4 Seniors for introducing us to Sadie.

Hundreds of retirement communities across the country now allow seniors to live with their pets and more and more keep house pets that provide the benefits without the responsibility.

Some people have latched on to studies that show pets can help their owners’ health physically and psychologically, said Lori Kogan, a professor of veterinary medicine at Colorado State University.

Shirlee Horowitz and her husband chose the Regency Grand in West Covina, about 20 miles east of Los Angeles. Meals are provided, as is housekeeping and transportation. Medication management and help with dressing and bathing can be arranged. But most of all, their collie Barney was welcome.

“I worried more about him because he had a big yard before,” said Shirlee Horowitz, 77. “But he has adjusted to this better than we have.”

Barney’s friendliness has made it easier for the couple to meet their neighbors, and his walks have helped them get to know the complex.

Living centers usually prefer smaller pets and put the limit at two.

As much as 30 percent of the residents at the Regency Grand have pets at any one time, said Leah Hynes, Regency Grand’s marketing associate. Seldom do the elderly move in with puppies or kittens, she said. Most of the time, their animals are older, too.

One of the residents lost her husband of many decades. She wanted a pet so Hynes helped her choose a cat. They named it Annie and had the cat spayed, vaccinated and microchipped.

“It was like bringing a new baby home. She had the apartment set up and couldn’t wait to have the companionship and someone to care for again,” she said.

Residents who don’t have pets of their own are encouraged to share Alley, the office cat. At the center’s memory care center, a dog, a cat and two bunnies live with a couple of parakeets and a lot of fish.

Pet-friendly living centers are still in the minority, so people who don’t like animals will easily find centers that say “No Pets Allowed.”

But some living centers are cultivating small menageries.

At the Silverado Senior Living center in Encinitas, 25 miles north of San Diego, residents have miniature horses and for several months every year, a very young kangaroo, said Steve Winner, co-founder and chief of culture for the company’s 23 centers in six states, including Illinois and Texas.

They’ve had a pot-bellied pig, chinchillas, guinea pigs and even a llama until he got too big, said Winner, who estimated that 20 percent of their new residents move in with pets.

When it’s time to walk the dogs, a staff member might play “Who Let the Dogs Out” by Baha Men as a signal that it’s time to put leashes on the dogs.

Kogan founded a prototype program called Pets Forever, a Colorado State class where students earn credits while helping elderly and disabled pet owners care for their animals.

As people grow old, they lose relatives and friends, maybe some of their mobility, their jobs and homes. “So pets become increasingly important,” Kogan said. The relationship between a person and a pet may be the only thing an older person has left, she said.

“Clients will often say their pets are the reason they try to continue living,” she said. “These pets really give them meaning and value in life, a purpose for getting up in the morning.”

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8:30am Saturday 19th May 2012 in News

By Josh Layton

DANGEROUS dogs have attacked police officers in Swindon and Wiltshire on almost 20 occasions over the past three years.

The worst incident involved a Staffordshire bull terrier-type breed which was destroyed after clamping its jaws around an officer’s thigh.

The attack, in 2010, only ended when PAVA spray, which is more powerful than CS gas, was used twice on the crazed animal.

The same year a Rotweiller jumped up and bit an officer on the arm, resulting in a scratch and broken skin, during an arrest and search.

Two incidents last year involved Staffordshire bull terriers kept in the kitchen of a house. Both officers received puncture wounds.

A colleague required a tetanus jab after being bitten on both thighs while dealing with a domestic incident in 2009.

In the latest attack, this year, an officer received three puncture wounds to a finger after being bitten.

The statistics, released by Wiltshire Police, come after sentencing guidelines for dangerous dogs were made tougher.

In total, 16 officers were victims of dog attacks between 2009 and 2011, with the majority taking place in people’s homes, but also on a caravan site and while an officer rounded up a stray.

Small breeds, such as terriers, also left officers needing treatment for bruises, bleeding and puncture wounds.

Superintendent Gavin Williams said: “There is always an element of risk when police officers approach dogs which are dangerous and not under control. That includes situations where the dog will be
used as a weapon to attack officers.

“We will use the relevant legislation to deal with that and we will not tolerate any dog being used as a weapon.

“From our perspective the new guidelines are a positive change which will help us to do our job more effectively.”

The Sentencing Council for England and Wales has recommended judges take a tougher line on those convicted of offences under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991.

The new guidelines will mean more offenders will face jail sentences, more will get community orders and fewer will receive discharges.

The first set of guidelines, introduced on Tuesday, suggest that 18 months’ imprisonment should be the maximum sentence when an out-of-control dog injures somebody.

A sentence of six months’ custody for possession of a dangerous breed will be suggested in another set of recommendations coming into effect on August 20.

The guidelines come after several dog attacks in the town, including two guide dogs attacked in the space of two weeks in March by Staffordshire Bull terrier type-animals.

And last year father and son Ian and Danny Draper, formerly of Swindon, were jailed for offences related to dogfighting.

At one raid in Swanage Walk during Operation Dragnet last year, police were set upon by two bull terrier-type dogs, leading to minor injuries to the hand of an armed response officer and to the leg
of a female officer.

PC Mark Giles, of the Armed Response Group (ARG), described the moment he tried to subdue the dog that bit him. He said: “The owner was trying to control the two of them but they were trying to
fight each other and get at us.

“I had to deploy my Taser in order to try and prevent them from attacking but one of them leapt up and bit me even after I hit it in the mouth.

“It got me on my trigger finger.”

On another raid PC Rory Draper had to leap over a fence to get away from a dog that had been put outside while other officers searched the house. He said: “I was covering the rear entrance and the
dog was put outside – it was not particularly aggressive but it was protecting its territory.

“He did try and bite me but I jumped over the fence. It was something and nothing really and it’s just something we have to face.”

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Robfm

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8:37am Sat 19 May 12

It is simply not enough to deter these owners. There needs to be proper controls as many have previously outlined.

It doesn’t help of course when Rod Bluh has publicly stated that he would not support a bye-law banning dogs from shopping areas, and ensuring dogs are on leads or muzzled as appropriate.
Robfm

LordAshOfTheBrake

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8:40am Sat 19 May 12

Quote “The first set of guidelines, introduced on Tuesday, suggest that 18 months’ imprisonment should be the maximum sentence when an out-of-control dog injures somebody. ”

Shouldn’t it depend on the nature of the injuries.

Most of the incidents above are not random attacks, but dogs that are protecting or defending; probably as they have been trained to do so.
LordAshOfTheBrake

Robfm

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8:46am Sat 19 May 12

Come on Lord A most of the attacks are because the dogs aren’t under control, running free and off lead, and in the police scenario are deliberately being used as a weapon.

I would agree some of these dogs in the right hands may be OK but the majority of reports clearly show the type of owner.
Robfm

LordAshOfTheBrake

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9:03am Sat 19 May 12

@RobFM

Most of the attacks are in the home of the owners where the police are carrying out duties.

The dog simply seems a stranger causing grief to the owner.

How would your proper controls change this?
LordAshOfTheBrake

Robfm

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9:26am Sat 19 May 12

They owners would know despite the actions of the police the dog should be restrained perhaps put in another room.

If the police come to your door on a routine enquiry surely simple common sense would tell you to do this anyway.
Robfm

Bored of Robfm

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9:30am Sat 19 May 12

Thankyou for your essential knowledge 3 times over.
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Bored of Robfm

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9:31am Sat 19 May 12

We ALL look forward to your multitude of sage like comments on every thread.
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Bored of Robfm

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9:33am Sat 19 May 12

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Jim Royle

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9:35am Sat 19 May 12

What about police dogs? don’t they act in the same manner as described in the article. I’d welcome measures but don’t believe there are dangerous dogs. Just bad owners which are to blame
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mydogsmells

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9:35am Sat 19 May 12

I can’t think of many pet dogs who would bite someone just because they are a stranger in your home. If you have a guard dog you must have strict control over it and take every precaution. Let’s not blur the lines between a pet and a guard dog. Many of the dogs causing problems are status dogs not controlled or cared for properly. I don’t see why people need a dog that is likely to bite anyone. Poor dogs shouldn’t have to live with that much stress.
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Robfm

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11:27am Sat 19 May 12

mydogsmells absolutely agree. As for Police dogs we’ve done this before, they are not trained to attack they are trained to restrain.

The dog handler is legally liable for the actions of his dog, which works both ways really, if the dog is attacked it is considered an assault on the handler.

Police dogs are not let off their leads in areas of high population or confined spaces.
Robfm

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