MicroChipping your dog: A Big Brother program

Microchipping your dog is a Big Brother program I can definitely agree with. Injection of a small electronic chip into your dog is an excellent way to have it permanently identified. Now it is not without its problems, but the rewards outweigh the rare risks.
Healthwise there are minimal complications except for migration of the chip [...]

Owner sued after dog hit by car

I am not sure exactly how to take this story. My emotions and my intellect are conflicting on this one.

Lets start out with the story. A little minature pinscher named Fester, escaped from his owner and ran out onto the road. Fester was unfortunatley hit and killed by a man driving a Honda Civic. That [...]

A chilly dip for a dog

Here is a great story about a life threatening event that this one courageous dog endured!
After dog falls through ice, a bone-chilling rescue 
What this shows me is that a dog has an uncanny ability to survive, a human trying to swim in a frozen pond for an hour would certainly not fair so well! Excellent [...]

Greyhound Racing – For or Against?

A news piece from the Boston Herald through the AP -Dog advocates try again for ban on greyhound racing tells a story of the Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the United States Humane Society attempting to close down the Greyhound racing industry in Massachusetts. They have tried twice in the [...]

Does the full moon affect your dogs health?

Study after study has shown that the full moon does NOT have strange effects and it certainly can not and does not effect your dogs health. However is it the same as giving kids sugar? Every mom will tell you that their kids act more wild and hyperactive when given sugar, but every study shows [...]

What’s My Dog?

OK you all know that my dog is a Border Collie named Meme, but this is not about her but rather about a website called www.whatsmydog.com
And more specifically it is about what is available at that website. How about the age old question for those of you that have mixed breeds – what is your [...]

Dog Food Recall

I should have gotten this up earlier on the dog food recall, but since you all are feeding Raw or a good quality holistic dog food you should not have to worry.
Here is a link to the list of dog foods that have been affected by the recall.
Dog Explorer
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