What to Look for: • A trainer who treats dogs and owners with respect • A trainer who uses positive-reinforcement techniques • A trainer who uses a good fitting harness, the Gentle Leader head collar, Easy Walk Harness, or other non-choking, non-shocking training collars • A trainer who teaches...

October 7, 2009 By: Edie Lau For The VIN News Service A veterinarian presented with a peculiar case of a poodle stuck in its crate last week traced the problem to the pet’s spot-on flea treatment. Residue from the product Advantage, which was applied between the poodle’s shoulders, somehow...

For those of you interested in information on canine vaccines, The Rabies Challenge Fund now has an official page on Facebook and so do I (under Kris L. Christine), where I have posted a number of articles and studies under "discussions" and "notes", including one recently entitled Adverse events...

Lookin for someone who has home treated a dog with parvo? Tim

The quotes in red below are from the attached scientific report covering adverse events within 3 days of vaccination in dogs over the course of 2 years. Reports of dogs having vaccinal adverse reactions within the same time frame were not included if heartworm medication had been administered...

Penelope Jensen 3 part Seminar (5,12,19) The essentials on how to telepathically get in touch with animals. How you are already in communication with animals. How to expand your receptivity, increase your awareness and open your heart. Telepathic communication with animals is natural ability all...

http://www.1800petmeds.com/Advantage-prod10433.html Advantage DOES NOT work! We just put it on three dogs, and after 5 days they are still plagued with fleas. And yes, we went by the instructions TO THE LETTER! One dog was so infested she got sick and we had to take her to the vet. The vet...

Journal of Pesticide Reform v.17, n.3 Fall97 This article was written cooperatively by many NCAP staff members. It could not have been written without the assistance of interns Iris Porter and Dietra Lynn. Northwest Coalition For Alternatives To Pesticides/NCAP PO Box 1393, Eugene Oregon...

It seems that dog health is on the decline. Depending on the breed, dogs can live to 20 years or more. Today, you're lucky if they reach eight. Why is this?Years ago, dogs were fed table scraps, kitchen scraps and homemade food, as commercial pet food hadn't been invented. The table scraps were...

Nutro recalls puppy food that may contain melted plastic By Christie Keith http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/09/29/nutro-recalls-puppy-food-that-may-contain-melted-plastic/ September 29, 2009 It started out as a rumor, but one of Nutro’s “Ambassadors” just confirmed it on her Twitter feed:...

http://www.suntimes.com/lifestyles/pets/1774140,HOF-News-EasyFat17.article Roly-poly pets: Overweight animals at risk for diseases, death September 17, 2009 BY CELESTE BUSK Staff Reporter If your pooch is packing on the pounds or the cat waddles when she struts, it may be time for a diet.

Seems like a lot of the pharma junkies and dog mis-handlers have left the group? Hope everyone had a nice summer, had a wonderful summer myself with the mutts at the cottage avoiding Komputers as much as possible. I have one question which concerns dry elbow skin on the dogs. My old guy has had it...

How much dry food should my friends male 7yo Flatcoat need ? Weight is 36Kg. Gets walked fast for at least 20mins a day plus several games of 'tennis'. Free to roam around 5 acres most days except when they're out. Has a collie cross as a companion.

Antibiotics? I Think Not by Kim Bloomer http://linkerland.com/antibiotics-dont-give-them-to-your-dog/ Have you noticed that doctors are now being much more reluctant to give you a prescription for antibiotics unless it’s proven that you are indeed suffering from a bacterial infection? Well, I...

The following text is taken from Holistic Guide for a Healthy Dog, by Wendy Volhard and Kerry Brown. Their discussion of carbohydrates and the functions they perform seem to "prove" that most dogs need additional carbohydrates in their diet, a belief that is very pervasive in most concepts of...

http://www.thenewageblog.com/chiropractic-therapy-for-pets/ Many dogs and other pets suffer from spinal problems. They can experience some form of vertebral problems throughout their lives. There are many reasons for these spinal column problems — hits, falls and pressure are a few. Regardless...

"I used to work for a couple who started their own business killing fleas in other people's homes. They did this after their first baby was miscarried right after a several week seige of horrendous fleas after they moved into an older home. The exterminator did his thing, wife became deathly...

By: Robert A. Dunn, Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of Florida - IFAS Fleas are bugging a lot of people and pets! The common "cat flea" (the same flea attacks cats, dogs, and our ankles) seems to be everywhere this year. Recently, consumers, pest control firms, and...

"Imagine waking up in the morning and coming down to the kitchen to make yourself breakfast. You take some soybean grits, mix them with some tainted cattle-meat meal, throw in a few beaks and feathers, smother your concoction with processed sugar syrup and chemicals, then sprinkle on a few...

http://blog.seattlepi.com/accesforpethealth/archives/177728.asp?from=blog_last3 An unfortunate, but common emergency in our hospital is the inadvertant and sometimes intentional ingestion of human medications by pets. One of the more frequent types of medications ingested is ibuprofen. Most...