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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]
Pet Food Scare Brings Out the Scammers
2 Comments Published by Joel April 9th, 2007 in Dogs. Share ThisI 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 […]
Owners Still Making Pet Food After Poison Scare
5 Comments Published by Joel April 4th, 2007 in Dogs, Food. Share ThisIt 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 […]
Beer Friday: Olive, the Smuttynose “Old Brown Dog” Has Passed
1 Comment Published by Joel March 30th, 2007 in Beer, Dogs. Share ThisOur 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.)
The Soviets used bombs strapped to hungry dogs to attack tanks in WWII. [Wikipedia]
Smartpill: Time Your Dog’s Turd
2 Comments Published by Joel March 27th, 2007 in Dogs, Gadgets. Share ThisBreaking 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 […]
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}
“Crystal Brown’s therapy dog disappeared. Later, the teen received his severed head gift-wrapped like a present.” [StarTribune.com]
Sex With Dead Dogs Not Officially A Crime In Michigan
0 Comments Published by nathan February 28th, 2007.Sex with a dead dog is not an official crime in Michigan. Here, boy! [mlive.com]
Poor Bastard of the Day: Doggie Porn Photographer
0 Comments Published by Joel February 28th, 2007 in Dogs, Sex, Tonic. Share ThisI 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.
Chinese-made “fake” fur coats are often lined with real fur harvested from the raccoon dog. Bloops! [CNN]
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