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Tom Shelby

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The Dog Charmer: No Prong Collars, Please

J and P, if I pull you by your noses, you know what’s going to follow? Your heads, followed by your bodies. It’s that simple. The gentle leader fits around the dog’s snout, with the leash attaching underneath. The one negative, which I don’t really consider a negative—it will take you about 15 minutes to acclimate Della to the GL.…

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The Dog Charmer: Why Won’t Lara Go Through the Doorway?

Our 2-year-old Dalmatian, named Lara, suddenly developed a crazy fear of going out the door to our two-acre fenced yard. And it's not the yard; she'll enter at either of the two other ways of getting into the yard and have a great time, but will not pass through the doorway from the game room.…

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Editorial: Putting the Community Back Into the Newspaper

Our motto here at “The Freeman’s Journal” and “Hometown Oneonta” is “putting the community back into the newspaper.” Whether you read our hard-copy newspapers or subscribe to our website, AllOtsego.com, we believe it is important to not only cover the news of Otsego County, but also to provide a forum by which its residents can contribute their own views and expertise.…

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The Dog Charmer: How To Handle a Chicken Dog

I’ve got a 3-year-old boxer who I adopted from a shelter at age 1. He’s killing my image! His name is “Macho” and I’m thinking of changing it. He’s afraid of everything, I mean, everything! If I raise my voice, he’ll pee. A friend scared Macho when he dropped his phone and two weeks later Macho still avoids him like the plague.…

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Editorial: Celebrating Otsego’s Shining Stars

In fact, we can be proud of many of Otsego County’s residents, for a variety of reasons. Some are your neighbors, or kids you went to school with. Most are two-legged, but some walk on all fours. Their accomplishments are as unique as they are, themselves, and all—in their own way—shine a little extra light on Otsego County.…

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