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FDA Cautions Pet Owners Not to Feed Performance Dog Raw Pet Food
dogs, pet food, Pet food recall, pets, Uncategorized, veterinary health
What follows is directly from the FDA website. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is cautioning pet owners not to feed their pets Performance Dog frozen raw pet food purchased after July 22, 2019 because a sample tested positive for Salmonella and L. mono. The FDA collected two samples of raw pet food manufactured by Bravo Packing, Inc.…
Dog Flu Outbreak Hits Oakland Animal Services
animal shelters, dog flu, dogs, Uncategorized, veterinary health
Ignoring the dog flu or canine influenza virus can lead to consequences. And right now Oakland Animal Services is paying the price with occurrences of the fu. To be clear this is a factor of not enough individuals vaccinating in the community; the shelter did nothing wrong. If on intake they accept a dog harboring…
Dog Scared to Death of Fireworks? What Happened in Toledo?
dogs, human animal bond, Uncategorized, veterinary health
Can a dog be scared to death, literally? On May 31 during a dog-friendly event called “Paws and Pints”at Firth Third Field in Toledo, fireworks followed the minor league baseball game. On the spot, an 18-month-old Samoyed, named Stella, dropped dead. According to a report in the Blade, the dog’s owner said “We don’t blame…
John O’Hurley on WGN Radio: Beverly Hills Dog Show Presented by Purina
cats, dog behavior, dogs, pets, Steve Dale, Uncategorized, WGN Radio
I kick off my Steve Dale’s Pet World WGN radio show with John O’Hurley, one half of today’s broadcast team of the Beverly Hills Dog Show presented by Purina, seen today – Easter Sunday – on NBC, 1 PM ET, Noon CT, 10 AM PT. Listen HERE as O’Hurley tells me why he’s talking to…
Cats In Mexico: Times Are Changing
Cat Cafe, cats, Featured, TNR - trap, neuter, return, Uncategorized, veterinary health
Cats have not always had it so great In Mexico, considered by some historically to be vermin or just an annoyance. “Indeed, many people in Mexico and have historically treated cats like the very vermin they help to control,” says Janice Chatterton, founder of the SPCA Puerto Vallarta. Cats in Mexico weren’t spay/neutered, much less taken…
Cats with FIV May Help People with HIV
cats, Featured, human animal bond, One Health, Uncategorized, veterinary health
When we think comparative medicine, how animals can be used to study medical issues that impact people, we typically think about dogs. Indeed, increasingly, dogs are being used to study cancers. In general, dogs are far better models than lab rats. In the 1980’s the fear about HIV-AIDS was so extreme that cats with FIV…
Queen of Poop and Puppy Mill Project on WGN Radio
animal cruelty, cats, dogs, Featured, pet adoption, pet store, puppies, Puppy Mill, Puppy Mill Project, Puppy Mills, Steve Dale, Uncategorized, veterinary health, WGN Radio
Cari Meyers of the Puppy Mill Project offers a quick update on the efforts of Illinois’ Will and DuPage counties to move to prohibit the sales of dogs and cats at pet stores HERE on WGN Radio. She also explains why that’s important. And, the ultimate goal is to go state-wide with this type of…
Aeris, Movie About a Kitten with FIP, Screened at Lincoln Center
cats, Featured, FIP, Uncategorized, veterinary health, Winn Feline Foundation
The Lincoln Center has rooms to screen films, often documentaries or art films. I suspect with the hundreds or more films presented over the years, this is the first one ever about a kitten with feline infectious peritonitis (FIP). These young and clearly outrageously talented New York City-based actors, Paul Castro Jr. and Aly Miller,…
Now is the Time to Vaccinate for Dog Flu
canine influenza virus, dog flu, dogs, Featured, Uncategorized, veterinary health
The dog flu outbreak in Ohio continues, but the influenza virus doesn’t pay attention to state lines. As recently as 10 days ago, the bug began to creep into Michigan. Now, it’s settled into the Saginaw County Animal Control facility to such an extent that they’re being forced to temporarily shut their doors. In various…
Treating Canine Cognitive Dysfunction
dogs, enrichment, old dogs, pet food, Uncategorized, veterinary health
Older dogs have older brains, and as our dogs are generally living longer, there’s an increased risk of canine cognitive dysfunction syndrome, which is nearly identical to Alzheimer’s in people. In fact, as veterinary behaviorist Dr. Valarie Tynes points out, cognitive decline in dogs is so similar to cognitive decline in people, researchers are using…
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