function getCookie (name) {
    var dcookie = document.cookie;
    var cname = name + "=";
    var clen = dcookie.length;
    var cbegin = 0;
    while (cbegin < clen) {
        var vbegin = cbegin + cname.length;
        if (dcookie.substring(cbegin, vbegin) == cname) {
            var vend = dcookie.indexOf (";", vbegin);
            if (vend == -1) vend = clen;
            return unescape(dcookie.substring(vbegin, vend));
        }
        cbegin = dcookie.indexOf(" ", cbegin) + 1;
        if (cbegin == 0) break;
    }
    return null;
}

function setCookie (name, value, expires) {
    //alert(name + ' ' +  value + ' ' + expires);
    if (!expires) expires = new Date();
    document.cookie = name + "=" + escape (value) +
    "; expires=" + expires.toGMTString() +  "; path=/" + "; domain=.petfinder.com" ;

}


function delCookie (name) {
    var expireNow = new Date();
    document.cookie = name + "=" +
    "; expires=Thu, 01-Jan-70 00:00:01 GMT" +  "; path=/";
}

function clearOnClick (inputId, defaultText) {
    if ( document.getElementById(inputId).value == defaultText ) {
        document.getElementById(inputId).value = '';
    }
}