Hypoallergenic Dogs, Todays featured article

Hypoallergenic is a term coined by advertisers (based on the Greek prefix hypo meaning "below normal" or "slightly") and first used in a cosmetics campaign in 1953. It is used to describe items (especially cosmetics and textiles) that cause or are claimed to cause fewer allergic reactions. Hypoallergenic pets still produce allergens, but because of their coat type or absence of fur or absence of a gene that produces a certain protein, typically produce fewer allergens than others of the same species. People with severe allergies and asthma may still be affected by a hypoallergenic pet.

List of possibly hypoallergenic dog breeds

		Breed	Reason cited for reducing allergic reactions
		Airedale Terrier
		Barbet (dog)
		Basenji
		Bedlington Terrier	Doesn't shed
		Bergamasco	Doesn't shed
		Bichon Frisé	Springy undercoat doesn't hold much hair or dander
		Bolognese	Doesn't shed
		Border Terrier
		Bouvier des Flandres
		Cairn Terrier
		Chinese Crested	Has very little fur, doesn't shed much
		Coton de Tulear	Doesn't shed
		Dandie Dinmont Terrier	Doesn't shed
		Fox Terrier (Wire)
		Greyhound	Short hair, single coat
		Havanese	Doesn't shed
		Irish Water Spaniel	Doesn't shed
		Kerry Blue Terrier	Single-coated, short hair, sheds less
		Lagotto Romagnolo
		[[Lhasa Apso
		Maltese	Doesn't shed
		Peruvian Inca Orchid	No hair
		Poodles of all sizes and Poodle hybrids	Single coat, sheds less
		Portuguese Water Dog	Doesn't shed
		Puli	Doesn't shed
		Samoyed (dog)
		Schnauzers of all sizes	Short hair, sheds less
		Scottish Terrier
		Shih Tzu	Doesn't shed
		Silky Terrier
		Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier	Doesn't shed
		West Highland White Terrier source: wikipedia.com

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Hello mga ate and mga kuya,, someones reading my site and leave a comment on me..
Check ko daw grammar ko before posting here coz nakakahiya daw..
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Another Unang Hirit featured..

Hello guys its me again.. well sembreak na kc so nandito na naman ako sa blog ko at paboritong tambayan ng mga dog breeder. Well just to imformed you that my dads featured his dog again in Unang Hirit on GMA7. This time its all about cross breed dogs. So again Dads keep up the good work.. And again to all readers wanted to earn money online, just click the dog icon on the left or click here so you will guided on how to erned money on your PC and tips on how to earned more. More meaning, until its time for you to say goodbye to your boss...
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Pinoy Abroad !!

US-based Filipino Charmaine Manansala joins Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama during an organizational meeting before the campaign. Manansala made the list of '100 Most Influential Filipinas' of the Filipino Women's Network 2007 and was also a policy adviser for Speaker Nancy Pelosi from 2003 to 2005.

source: gmanews.com / Joseph Lariosa file photo

My Dad featured in Unang Hirit!!!!

Hello guys, its sembreak time so i have an ample time to write again here in my simple blog.
And its has been forsaken for a long time coz of my studies. But still i have good news to you folks. Remember last October 15, 2008, my Dad was featured in Unang Hirit TV show of GMA7. I thought it was a joke when he text me " son Im in a Unang Hirit this morning so keep watching me ok".
So i woke up in bed and eagerly turn the TV on and click it on a kapuso channel. And patiently waiting him on a dog segment of the show. At last after half an hour of waiting i saw Ms. Jolina Magdangal and Ms. Pia (dunno what her surname is) had a small interview with my Dad who was with his dogs name Charles and Negra and Pippay, all are american cocker spaniel breed dog.
They featured my Dad's dogs and ask my Dad whats the best care for a dog like them.
Unfortunately my Dad's nephew doesn't have a camera nor camphone that morning. So they didn't have a photoshoot of that special morning. All the proof i have are those poeple watching him that morning and throw him a tons of calls and asking about the dogs and how to avail pups from him.
But Im happy to see my Dad on national TV. And Im proud of him coz, even hes not as good as top breeder is, hes the one who have a chance to see on television as a good breeder.
So guys keep visiting my site and again those who are looking for a condominium units for investment. Just click on the banners ok.

Google Maps launched in RP

MANILA, Philippines - Global Internet giant Google has launched its Google Map Maker application in the Philippines, which will provide a detailed map of the Philippines for locals, tourists and potential investors.With the launch, the Philippines will be the first Southeast Asian nation where the application is available. "The Philippines has a challenging topography featuring a diverse landscape and many remote, unexplored regions," Google said in a statement.Google Map Maker will let local users locate, draw, label and accurately render existing tourist destinations and create maps of uncharted areas, making these visible to tourists and investors for the first time on the Google Map Web site. The maps will include street names, house numbers, parks, forest areas and other geographical features."This capability provides new commercial opportunities for local residents and businesses based on information provided by local users," the company said. "Google Map Maker is all about leveraging the knowledge of local experts found in every neighborhood and in every town and city," it said. It added that since map data is collected from people who have first-hand knowledge of the area, the information becomes more meaningful and relevant to users.Palawan is a an example of a beautiful Philippine location with limited online visibility, out-of-date maps, and many uncharted areas. Google Map Maker is expected to have far-reaching implications on the country’s agricultural and environmental landscape as well. Detailed geographical information can be used to identify arable land, route irrigation, and in extreme cases, ensure accessibility to areas suffering from natural and man-made calamities. — Paolo Luis G. Montecillo, BusinessWorld

Virgin shark got pregnant in Virginia aquarium

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10, 2008 (Reuters) — Scientists using DNA testing have confirmed the second-known instance of "virgin birth" in a shark -- a female Atlantic blacktip shark named Tidbit that produced a baby without a male shark.The shark came to the Virginia Aquarium & Marine Science Center in Virginia Beach not long after being born in the wild and lived there for eight years with no males of the same species, said Beth Firchau, the aquarium's curator of fishes.

The 5-foot (1.5-meter) shark died after being removed from the tank for a veterinary examination, and a subsequent necropsy revealed that Tidbit was carrying a fully developed shark pup nearly ready to be born, Firchau said.

Demian Chapman, a shark scientist with the Institute for Ocean Conservation Science at Stony Brook University in New York state, performed DNA testing that showed the pup had no father. Virgin birth such as this is known as parthenogenesis.

A year ago, Chapman used genetic testing to confirm that a hammerhead shark at a zoo in Omaha gave birth to a pup in 2002, also after parthenogenesis.

"It tells us that the original case we documented last year was not some fluke of nature. This is something that might be more common than we think it is, and widespread among sharks," Chapman said in a telephone interview.

Parthenogenesis also has been documented in Komodo dragons, snakes, birds, fish and amphibians, Chapman said.

It occurs when a baby is conceived without male sperm fertilizing the female's eggs. In the type of parthenogenesis seen in sharks, the mother's chromosomes split during egg development.

How the sharks do it is unclear. Chapman said they may use a hormone to trigger eggs to develop in this manner in the absence of males. Or perhaps if eggs remain unfertilized with no males around, a certain fraction develop into embryos.

"It's a finding that kind of rewrites the textbooks a little," Chapman said. "It just goes to show how the ocean keeps its secrets very well. And the sharks in particular."

"Of course, sharks are being killed at such a rate that unless we do something to stop that, we're not even going to learn all their secrets before they're gone," Chapman added.

The findings appear in the Journal of Fish Biology.

source:news daily