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A week after notifying retailers, Wysong Pet Foods just put a notice on their website about a recall. Via Therese at PetSitUSA.com, from Wysong:
The following batches of Wysong Canine Diets...
It’s smart. Especially before you’ve made the decision to get married. Slate’s Emily Yoffe–Dear Prudence–does an online Q&A with readers every week. This week, a woman wrote in to say that she is...
A man enjoying a summer day with his dog? Or a dog-fighter doing strength-training?
The Baltimore Sun photographer saw the former. Readers saw the latter. There’s no way of knowing without...
Regular readers know — because I’ve whined about it, plenty — that I’ve been bedeviled by back pain in the last couple of years.
Until recently, the flair-ups were always stress- and...
I’ve had a hard time with the way the big animal organizations have issued their lame little statements mewling that they sure do hope Michael Vick has learned his lesson and will be a better...
With the news yesterday about a cat in Iowa who contracted the H1N1 virus from other family members, it’s certain there’s no more timely topic than the one our Dr. Marty Becker already had lined up for today’s “The Dr. Oz Show.” (Check for local times...
A dog rescued many years ago, found as an emaciated stray with baling wire wrapped around her snout, repaid my friend last week by saving her life.
Thanks to a liver transplant a couple of years ago, Linda Mawhinney is getting back to a fairly...
As a writer on canine topics myself, I’m always on the lookout for a good book about dogs. I have favorite authors I look for and others I tend to avoid, but often I reach for a book because something draws me to it. With “The Wolf in the Parlor: The...
A cat in Iowa contracted the H1N1 influenza virus — the so-called “swine flu” — from his stricken family members. This is the first confirmed feline case of the disease, previously thought to affect only humans, birds and pigs.
There has also been a...
We promised you details about Thursday’s edition of “The Dr. Oz Show,” and here they are. Check your local listings for channel and time.
Our Dr. Marty Becker is a member of Core Team Oz, and on Thursday America’s Veterinarian and Dr. Oz are...
I have a giant Schaunzer, Molly she is 7 years old and I just noticed a black spot the size of a dime on her tongue. It's not raised. Should I be concerned or do you think it may be over pigmintation? Thanks Kathy