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Candice Bergen Checks Out What Lengths Pet Obsessed People Take to Pamper Their Furry Loved Ones.


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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 5, 2002

Oxygen's "Candice Checks It Out" Talks with a Pet

Taxidermist, a Dr. Doolittle, and a Doggie Spa Owner on

Sunday, September 8, 2002 at 9:30 p.m.(a)

Host Candice Bergen Candice Patricia Bergen (born May 9, 1946) is an Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning American actress and former fashion model, known primarily for her roles in sitcoms and television.  may dress up her dogs for special occasions, but questions how much is too much when people's love for their pets includes massage therapy Massage Therapy Definition

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 and freeze-drying.

In this week's episode of Oxygen's "Candice Checks It Out," airing Sunday, September 8, at 9:30 p.m., "Pet Obsession" examines to what extremes owners go for their four-legged friends when it visits a pet taxidermist, a pet psychic and a dog wellness center.

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. Mac McCullough, owner of Mac's Taxidermy taxidermy (tăk`sĭdûr'mē), process of skinning, preserving, and mounting vertebrate animals so that they still appear lifelike.  in Pennsylvania, just expanded his business to include freeze-drying deceased pets. With just a freeze dryer and approximately $1500, Mr. McCullough can create a loving memorial for anyone interested in preserving Fluffy or Spot for years to come.

While Mr. McCullough's removes a customer's cat from the freeze-dryer, Ms. Bergen does not hold back her opinion when she exclaims, "Oh, my God! That is the ugliest cat I've ever seen. Oh, my God," she continues. "I have to take a picture of this -- it's so hideous."

Sonya Fitzpatrick, an animal communicator, chats with Ms. Bergen and the star's dogs as well. Host of the Animal Planet's new series, "The Pet Psychic," the real life Dr. Doolittle talks to the animals, while people pay her $300 an hour for her to get into their pets' psyches. Ms. Bergen checks out if her dogs, Louis and Harry, really do like the groomer and car.

Dog lovers may go as far as hosting doggie swim parties, as Ms. Bergen finds out. At Bonnie's K9, owner Jodi Richard services dogs from New York City New York City: see New York, city.
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 that not only want a dip in the pool "Dip in the Pool" is a short story by Roald Dahl that appeared in the 1953 collection Someone Like You. Plot Summary
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, but also need to loose weight and psychical therapy. Ms. Bergen looks on at this dog spa, realizing its facilities pamper pam·per  
tr.v. pam·pered, pam·per·ing, pam·pers
1. To treat with excessive indulgence: pampered their child.

2.
 as much of the owners' well beings as its pets'.

Linda Corradina serves as the executive producer for "Candice Checks It Out," Oxygen's new half-hour weekly series in which host Candice Bergen takes to the streets to explore the latest trends and look into unfamiliar territory. The series' episodes repeat during the week on Oxygen on Mondays at 7 p.m. and Saturdays at 4 p.m.

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