European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 5, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 1985 the stars and stripes Page 17 modern living protecting your byrus Kazal United press International heat broken along with afflictions such As fleas and these dangers make summer the roughest part of the year for household at the Aspras Henry Bergh memorial animal Hospital in new the nations fourth arg est veterinary twice As Many cases of poisoning and broken Bones Are treated during summer months As during the rest of the some simple factors make summer a More hazardous time for household when its bitter you rarely get a dog hit by a car or in a because there on a notes Hospital director Gordon As the weather warms up and pets roam they also run a greater risk of being poisoned by Lawn sprays or spoiled animals confined in parked cars can easily suffer heat and cats Are susceptible to High Rise syndrome Falls from High Rise apartment windows left open during the the Bergh memorial Hospital deals with roughly 150 hrs cases usually it happens because cats always sit on win and  jump at whatever summer perils plague pets windows pose a threat to do not open unscreened upper Story windows wide enough to let a cat escape and problems v fleas Are controlled with Flea collars and Flea ticks must be removed to Soursos can infect dogs with heartworm which can be a blood test can determine the presence of hi4t St Toki always keep cod drinking water never Force exercise in the heat of the 20 never leave a pet in a even if it sparked in the Flics Robinson closed windows make such behaviour Only slightly hazardous during the but the heal of summer Robinson then one Day the window is left yet the summertime surge in animal health problems need not affect pets whose owners take proper Pecau according to the american society for the Preven Tion of cruelty to for pet owners who want to keep the summer fun for their the Asp a offers these tips poisoning pesticides used to repel summer insects also raise the risk of accidental animal if your pet ingests you should immediately Contact a veterinarian or regional Poison control having pertinent information ready will Speed your pets be prepared to give the Brand name of the its How much was swallowed and your pets if your pet has any underly ing medical and if it is on any broken Bones fractures and other animal trauma can Best be avoided by keeping your pet indoors or on a Robinson Calls the Leash Rule the Best Way i know to prevent a needless no matter How Well trained your dog you never High Rise syndrome in addition to keeping your cat never open an unscreened upper floor window wide enough to let it escape and perhaps plunge to its heat stroke provide plenty of Cool water for your pet during the hot summer and never give him or her forced exercise after exercise the animal in the Cool of the Early morning or and always provide plenty of Shade outside the never leave your pet in a even if it is parked in the if your pet displays any of the symptoms of heat exhaustion or stroke rapid hot muscular a dazed look and agitated or irregular behaviour immediately pour Cool water on be careful extremely cold water can throw the animal into heartworm carried by heartworm can cause heart fail ure and then death in a simple blood test can determine whether your pet has this medication is available to prevent heartworm it should Only be Given under a veterinarians fleas and ticks fleas Are common to both cats and but ticks Are usually found Only on a new three month Flea Collar in june and a replacement in september should take care of ticks can be removed individually with tweezers and drowned in lighter fluid or Nail polish consult your veterinarian before you use any Flea or tick Erm Bombeck or mothers have been begging their children to eat i can remember running Down the driveway screaming at my i dont want to panic but theres been an optimistic Buzzard following you to the bus Stop for a week breakfast is one if the biggest businesses in the fast food that int it with All the begging and nutritional visuals mothers All we needed was a Mcknuckle i have to ask what was such a turnoff about breakfast at Home certainly the ambiance was the breakfast table spread with a paper on the importance of soybeans in America that was due in 45 the dog poised like a statue waiting for anything to be the smell of Bologna and Mayonnaise being slapped on a Row of bread slices for the exhaust fumes Drifting in from the garage where the car was warming fifteen boxes of stale Cereal and someone dont we have any barfly Brickie Force feeding kids at breakfast used to be one of the most important things a Mother for that act she should have gotten combat for every spoonful of strained carrots that was shoved into a toddlers three came Back in the no one Ever knew How they did we bought cereals for them that did everything but choreograph production numbers in the television commercials Dingo need us to death before he goes out into the build a fire in his Mummy and if you dont feed your child hell be crabby All Day and wont grow up to be a phys sometimes knowing that i was building Strong Bones and Teeth eight ways just by the bread i bought was the Only thing that kept me there were a few mothers who stayed in the sack and let their children stumble around the stove like new born Field mice or who would occasionally open the Kitchen throw in a Box of powdered doughnuts and go Back to but they get theirs when their children ended up making License somewhere along the Way the breakfast club mothers dropped the kids today wont eat anything that int served by someone who is dressed in a what happens to the Mother who is obsolete who no longer eats leftover egg Yolks that look Hung Muf fins Burnt on the outside and Frozen in the Middle or Cereal too tired to communicate like an old Soldier who has done her Job the Best Way she knows How she will just crawl under the 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