Odd Couplings

Princess, a Shih Tzu dog, is nursing three female puppies along with a newborn squirrel that she has adopted as one of her own. Doug Thomas, the owner of Princess, said the abandoned squirrel was found near his Agoura Hills property.  Ventura County Star, Sept. 09, 09 This story brings to mind that age old question: Is man really dogs best friend? We can laugh about it, but I see countless households... [Read more]

What To Do If Your Dog Eats Chocolate

The day began with my dog eating the leftovers of a chocolate Éclair!  How much did she eat? How long ago? How much chocolate was in that frosting?  In my anxious state, knowing only that Chocolate is BAD for a dog, I knew that I needed to do something. But what exactly? These are the kind of things that a book can tell you on the page, but until you go through it, experience it, feel the emotion... [Read more]

Alternative Ideas About Training Your Dog

Who is training who in this picture? In the spirit of training, it goes on all the time,  in all kids of relationships.  Not just you and your dog. How any relationship developed is a result of certain processes that are repeated over time. If you boyfriend or girlfriend always makes a big deal about it when you dress up then you feel more encouraged to dress up. And likewise, if they don’t... [Read more]

Unlikely Friends Fall in Love

I too have had the expereince of unlikely pals. My cats sleep with my dogs.  We call it alternative friends. Well here is another example of just the same thing. I think that predjudice might be a human condition. What do you think? [Read more]  Read More →

Food Can Kill Your Dog

I got this letter from my favorite vet today. He is my mentor of sorts. I learn from him all the time. And I have long since known about the dangers of dog food. I have already written about it here on my blog. But stil, even my closest friends, resist the truth. I tried to convert one dear friend who is feeding her recently adopted 10 year old dog food with these very ingredients discussed here at... [Read more]

ESSIAC TEA for your PET

Essiac for pets is safe and can help improve their health and quality of life. My first call of the day was “Can Essiac tea help my cat with cancer?”  Yes! Using essiac for pets is an idea whose time has come. Let me explain why. // < ![CDATA[ _uacct = "UA-297708-1"; urchinTracker(); // ]]> Domestic pets are becoming increasingly likely to suffer from some form of cancer in their lifetime.... [Read more]

FLEAS Go Away Home

This morning My Six Pack awoke to the not so often phenomena in my house of itchy fanatic scratching. Three out of six are scratching. Those three have a circus of fleas visiting their crotch area. I confess that  it crossed my mind to do the easy thing. Buy some front line, momentarily on sale at costco and forget about bugs for 30 days. Then I reminded myself about the hazards of these chemical... [Read more]

TRAINING all Dogs

This little video (see link at end of article). came to me this morning just shortly after breathing a sigh of relief when my dog Gigi came running back to me from nearly a 1/4 mile away after having her “shit eating” party with the neighbor’s horse. Yum. But yuk. Despite her party she came a runnin’. But in that moment before I had my doubts and realized that I could be using... [Read more]

Pet Food LAWSUIT RECALLS UPDATE

Pet Food Recall Update The Pet Food Recall lawsuit designedto compensate many of the THOUSANDS of pets affected by tainted food is still NOT yet settled. Here’s the story: [Read more]  Read More →

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