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If Dick Cheney were a dog

By Josh Grossberg on November 24, 2008 10:59 AM | | Comments (0) |
This story hits the trifecta. It's about a dog shooting a human. It takes place in Oregon and it can be found right now on the Daily Breeze Web site. What more could you possibly ask for?

Heck, there's even a magazine about itmac_gun_dog.jpg

PORTLAND, Ore. - Henry Marcum has nothing but kind words for the dog that shot his 23-year-old son this weekend.
Marcum says his son, Matthew, was standing in Tillamook Bay at the start of duck-hunting trip when his dog jumped into the boat, setting off a 12-gauge shotgun.
The blast blew a hole in the aluminum boat before hitting Marcum, who is recovering from injuries to his legs and buttocks at Portland's Legacy Emanuel Hospital.
Henry Marcum says he's not angry with the dog, and neither is his son.
The elder Marcum says the Labrador named Drake is a good dog and the shooting is "just one of those things."

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Snake vs. cop

By Josh Grossberg on April 19, 2008 8:56 PM | | Comments (0) |
A pet-shop owner takes a python out of its cage. That wasn't her first mistake. Her first mistake was having the python in the first place.

I guess it's sort of a danger of the job, being eaten by a snake. In fact, that's how several reporters have described my editing.

According to this story in the Oregonian, once the snake had its chance, it slithered into action. And it happened to a Eugene woman, which somehow makes it funnier.

Teresa Rossiter, who has owned Best Friends in Eugene since February, was attacked just as she was about to show Darla the python to a customer.

"I reached in to grab her head, and she grabbed me first," Rossiter said Friday. "She bit onto my right finger on my right hand and with her body grabbed my left arm and threw me to the floor."

Long story short: The cop showed up and pried the animal away and is now being hailed as a hero. The end 


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Daily Breeze reporter Donna Littlejohn has shared her homes with a succession of wonderful, funny, and occasionally difficult canines -- Muffin, Fritz, Ellie, Mercy, Pilgrim and now Cowboy, an Australian shepherd-border collie, and Tess, a border collie. From strong-willed terriers to weirdly obsessed Australian shepherds, they've invaded her world with boundless energy, wet noses, muddy paws and soggy tennis balls. But they've really brought so much more than that -- like laughter and joy, some unexpected life lessons, and more than a few tears along the way.

E-mail Donna at donna.littlejohn@dailybreeze.com.

Josh Grossberg grew up with the usual array of animals: goldfish, dogs, hamsters, parakeets and turtles. He now owns the loudest dog in the South Bay(Video: Rocket the Dog) and is the least popular person on his block. He spends his free time in dog parks, pet shops and always has an extra plastic bag in his pocket just in case. He also has a cat.

E-mail Josh at josh.grossberg@dailybreeze.com.

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