Home, not alone.
Byline: Randi Bjornstad The Register-Guard Lots of dogs - and even some cats - love to go to the kennel for vacations of their own when their people head out of town. Professional boarding facilities have been a longtime, popular choice for pet owners in need of...

Zootoo.com Announces Winners in First Annual Pet Lovers' Choice Awards(TM).
Hundreds of Thousands of Pet Lovers Across America Voted -- Zootoo.com Reveals "Best of" Pet Services, Products and Cutest Pets SECAUCUS, N.J., Dec. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Zootoo.com -- the leading online community and resource for all pet lovers -- today announces the winners in the first annual...

BUSINESS BEAT.
Byline: The Register-Guard People Robin Oberg has been named vice president and manager of collections and special assets at LibertyBank's corporate office in Eugene. Oberg has more than 25 years of experience in special assets management. Dr. Mary Miller, a pediatrician, has joined...

Waste removal services seem to prove people will do anything for their pets.
Byline: Lisa Eckelbecker There's just no easy way around it. This story is about, ahem, what pets leave behind and the people who want to clean it up. Jack Sheehy, engineer by day, DoodyCalls business operator by night, has launched what appears to be the...

'Bark-n-Beautiful': Author Presents Entertaining and Educational Pet Care Guide.
HOOD RIVER, Ore., Jan. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Kelly Carroll provides unconventional instructional theories involving pets' mindsets, alternative nutrition and behavior and also helps people decide what pet is best for them in her new book, "Bark-n-Beautiful" (now available through AuthorHouse). "Bark-n-Beautiful" is written in an easy-to-understand format...

Pet spending at all-time high.
The pet industry has doubled in size in the last 10 years, from $17,000,000,000 in 1994 to a projected $34,300,000,000 in 2004, growing larger than even the candy and toy industries. "More and more people consider and treat pets like children, and increases in spending reflect that trend," notes...

Remembrances of Oneita Hedgecock, MD.
Lawrence G. Diana, MD I met Dr. Hedgecock in 1990 while interviewing for a position with Dallas Anesthesiology Associates. DAA--or BHJ (for Boehning, Hedgecock, and Jackson) as it was known to the majority of the operating room and surgical staff--had its humble beginnings under the auspices of...

Grooming on the go; Mobile pet service travels North County.
Byline: Jay Gearan The following correction was published April 6, 2008: WESTMINSTER - The correct telephone number for the Woof Wagon dog grooming business is (978) 386-0992. A story in the April 3 edition of The Montachusett T&G contained an incorrect number. Additional information can...

OPEN FOR BUSINESS.
Byline: blue chip Morgan Sanchez has opened Willamette Street Bar & Grill in the historic Lane Building at the northwest corner of Fifth Avenue and Willamette Street in Eugene. The new restaurant is open from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Tuesday through Thursday and 11...