A friend of my husband raises and butchers rabbits for human consumption. He sells the skinned, dressed, chilled carcasses to customers who order them in advance for $5 USD each. I told my husband that his friend might be missing out on a much larger market, given the recent vogue for raw...

Khan's rear assembly is falling apart pretty quickly. He is needing assistance to get in to the dogmobile, and going up stairs. Vet visit is scheduled for Wednesday morning to re-check Thyroid, repeat Adrenal panel, do a tick panel, maybe re-do x-rays, talk about other possibilities like DM,...

Real interesting to listen to! http://www.animalvoices.org/dynamichealth/dh-2009-05-13.mp3

Alabama pet owners not wanting their state to be the only one in the country with an annual rabies booster requirement for dogs and cats have begun requesting their Legislators to change the law to conform to the national 3 year standard. Below is a copy of my letter to the Alabama Public Health...

This came across a mailing list. Don't know anything about the drug but it may be worth asking your vet about if your dog has been diagnosed: http://www.fda.gov/cvm/CVM_Updates/DogCushingDisease.htm -- Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis - Prouder than ever...

After a long walk the other day I notice cujo was limping a bit on his left front. We got home to descover a little bit of his pad has scabbed off. We have never had this before, it doesn't seem to bother him that much but I'm resticting his walks to grass only. (staying off concrete) Is there...

We're about to have this huge dog visit us for 4 days. We have 3 cats and a 3 year old sheltie. We'll be babysitting this lab that's very rambucious and large. Does anyone have tips on how to handle this beast in our home? Slow introductions maybe? Ideas? JaKe

My youngest daughter dropped her dog (Bella 1 year old GSP) off this morning to be spayed. They have had her approximately 2 months. The people they got her from had her for approximately 6 months and before that she was at the breeders. Apparently the breeder and /or previous owner never had...

Hello everyone... When is it reasonable to expect my puppy to stop messing on the carpet? "Christmas" is a lab/collie mix and is almost 6 months old... I have heard that if we clean the carpets to get rid of the smell, it might help. I ordered some odor removal from www.pbgone.com today.

I have an English Bulldog, who I've adopted from a rescue group that dicided that it wasn't in their interest to treat a torn tendon in one of its rear legs. I've been thinking about getting one of those doggie wheelchairs but I'm wondering if anyone out there has experience with the...

is resistant to the baytril... but they know now finally what to put her on. I have to go pick it up today... not sure what we will put her on but she has to take it for two weeks... at least we know what's going on and next time I'm going to stress we try the CHEAP MEDS first... Baytril is dang...

The recent (current?) illness of my 3 dogs really brought aging to light for me. Since we don't know the cause of the illness, there are a lot of unanswered questions, but there is no doubt in my mind that Marcie's youth and general health kept her healthier through all of this than Lucy's...

Tuck has participated this week in a Search and Rescue Seminar, thus expanding his exposure to new skills. We have practiced many tracking/trailing scenarios, and he's done quite well. His point of weakness is that he needs stronger victim loyalty. He indicates articles strongly. But his...

There was a news article I read recently which told of the dangers of over the counter flea and tick medicines. Vets are supposedly seeing a large increase in the number of animals with liver and other problems due to these medicines and chemicals in the pet food. What medicines do you all think...

Hannah has something going on. she was on some very expensive doggy specific antibiotic (a large brown chewable tablet) for two weeks. the UTI came back almost immediately (testing positive for both white and red cells) so we put her on FOUR MORE weeks of said expensive drug. (on top of the other...

I have recently found this site where which I was also recommended by my friends that a guy called Mack Michaels is making $2,000,000 a year! www.maverickclubsecret.com I was highly skeptical until I looked up on his site and when he showed his videos and content I was blown away! Has anyone in...

Amazing, adventures of Tom Thumb is the world's smartets dog in the world, Whats your opinion on this, to read the article of this the link is http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1167704/The-adventures-Tom-Thumb-The-tiny-puppy-set-worlds-smallest-dog.html?ITO=1490

UNBELIEVABLE a three year old girl is raised by her dogs, lol goes to show the classic movie all dogs go to heaven is true if you know that movie, LOL, read this news, here is the...

Interesting something that I never knew I think that you ought to know yourself if you have a pet dog with you, the link is http://health.msn.com/health-topics/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100233156&GT1=31036

I have found an very interesting story which they say that Russian scientists say that Moscow stray dogs became much smarter. its a story to be read So I highly recommend you check it out! http://englishrussia.com/?p=2462