Wondering where the Greenies went?
If you’re not noticing Greenies on your store shelves these days, that’s because their maker, Nutro Products, Inc., has restricted those selling them to veterinary hospitals and pet specialty...
View ArticleCanine 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 ArticleWoof in Advertising: Dogs distorted
In these two ads — the one above for Hyundai, the one below for a breath-freshening dog treat — artists took some liberties to make their points. In the case above, the point being that the Hyundai...
View ArticleThe toothsome tale of a dog named Moses
When her 55-pound dog, Moses, tugged too hard on his leash, Megan Wiersma went flying — down her back steps and landing face first on the deck. “I could feel it right away,” she told the Daily Herald...
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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