<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/0cccded9-0280-49ea-b6b2-51fa327908bf/D24AC667-B345-4F20-9110-1C265AD0532A/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.newser.com/story/42162/economic-slump-hits-the-dog-house.html" href="http://www.newser.com/story/42162/economic-slump-hits-the-dog-house.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.newser.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newser.com/story/42162/economic-slump-hits-the-dog-house.html"><P> <SPAN class="source"> (Newser) </SPAN> – Our furry friends don't know what an economic downturn is, but they're feeling its effects as much as we are, Reuters reports. Between owners finding they can't afford the best cat food to dogs being sent to foster care when homes are foreclosed, shelters are seeing a spike in abandonments. Grooming salons and pet-accessory stores will be hit next. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.newser.com/story/42162/economic-slump-hits-the-dog-house.html"><P> One laid-off makeup artist with four dogs and two cats is getting some assistance. "I was finding I couldn't handle it all. It was costing me $350 to $400 a month just for their foods,"she said. "I can't tell you how many people said, 'You're being cruel to them, give them away.' But they're like family. 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