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Another Pet Food Recall

Another pet food recall, this time for “Natural Balance”-brand foods for cats and dogs made with venison. Although kidney issues are vomiting are said to be symptoms, so far it seems to be unrelated to last month’s Menu Foods tainted gluten issue. We’ve decided to cook Porter’s food for the time being, using mostly scrap meat like pig knuckles in a binder of oatmeal or (occasionally) rice, along with his beloved fruits and vegetables. (If you decide to do something similar, be sure to look into what human foods are safe for dogs. [CNN]

I don’t think any of you guys are stupid enough to fall for this shit, but I just wanted to point out how loathsome our fellow humans can be. Remember that pet food scare a couple weeks back, when a bunch of gluten made its way into the pet food supply? A couple of dozen […]

It seems the pet food recall may have longer-lasting effects than one might have first thought as pet owners find making food for their animals to be a safer and possibly more healthful alternative to prepackaged foods. According to this AP piece, books on cooking for pets have been moving steadily up the Amazon charts.
But […]

Our condolences to local favorite Smuttynose Brewing of Postmouth, New Hampshire, in the loss of Olive, the “Old Brown Dog.” Olive gave her likeness to the labels of their famous “Old Brown Dog Ale,” a brown ale they have brewed since 1988. Olive was just shy of sixteen.
Company Page [Smuttynose] (Thanks, Brigitte.)

Anti-Tank Dogs

The Soviets used bombs strapped to hungry dogs to attack tanks in WWII. [Wikipedia]

Breaking news from the realm of science, as SmartPill Corp. announces it has begun trials of its SmartPill GI Monitoring System for “evaluation of gastrointestinal motility disorders.”
The SmartPill pH.p Capsule is a wireless, ingestible medical device — about the size of a large vitamin pill — that measures pressure and pH and temperature and provides […]

Puzzle Toys for Dogs

How cool are these Kyjen Puzzle Toys for Dogs? They’d get gross pretty quickly—anything plush inside a dog’s mouth gets a fast crust—but they’re cheap. [Cool Hunting]

Menu Food’s “cuts and gravy” dog and cat food—the sort that comes in a pouch or can—has been recalled after causing death by renal failure in several pets due to a bad batch of gluten. This food is sold under several brands, so check the page to see if your pet’s food should be tossed. (Eukenuba and Nutro don’t make their own food? That’s troubling.) [Snopes}

Horrible Dog Crime

“Crystal Brown’s therapy dog disappeared. Later, the teen received his severed head gift-wrapped like a present.” [StarTribune.com]

Sex with a dead dog is not an official crime in Michigan. Here, boy! [mlive.com]

I understand that there may be a need for a handler to assist two finicky purebred dogs while they get it on, especially if the goal is to slip the lipstick into a vial or something (breakfast of champions!), but do they really need to take pictures? That’s just tawdry.

“Fake” Fur Coats Often Dog Fur

Chinese-made “fake” fur coats are often lined with real fur harvested from the raccoon dog. Bloops! [CNN]




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