Canine disarming: One family’s experience
One family’s experience with “canine disarming” — a controversial last resort for dogs who haven’t been able to lick the biting habit — was the subject of a first person account in Saturday’s Los...
View ArticleCharges dropped in home surgery case
A Florida man who used glue and dental floss to perform surgery on a dog that was injured while under his care has seen the animal cruelty charges filed against him dropped. Although the dog died, the...
View ArticleSpork gets reprieve, vet tech speaks out
It’s amazing, when you think about it, how much one little dog can shake up the whole world. We see it over and over again: with Buddy, the dog dragged through Colorado National Monument; Pepper,...
View ArticleI left my tooth in San Francisco
After communing with the trees in Redwood Country, Ace and I rushed through the rest of northern California — high-tailing it through Marijuana Country, barreling through Wine Country and feeling a bit...
View ArticleKilling dogs to make our smiles prettier
I’m a big fan of dogs, and not a fan of dentistry at all, so as you might expect I’ve got some problems with dogs being used to test out dental implants, in hopes of making better and safer ones for...
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