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April Robins of the Red River Writers has invited me to appear on her radio show Robin Falls Kids–Chirp with April & Katy the Dog. April is starting the year off with a tribute to animals. It’s going to be great to talk about Dog Dish Diet: Sensible Nutrition for Your Dog’s Health and answer callers’ questions. [click to continue…]
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Why do dogs eat poop?
That is one of the grossest things our pets do! Dogs seem to relish getting in the cat box, then breathing poop breath on us and licking us with poop tongues. Why would any living thing eat poop? Some living creatures like insects [click to continue…]
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Geri Rodrigues with Nacho and Eleanor Villareal with Precious. The evening did literally go to the dogs!
…And that’s a good thing!
Fresh on the heels of my presentation about Dog Dish Diet: Sensible Nutrition for Your Dog’s Health to our Gilroy Rotary, my friends Jaime and Evelia Rosso hosted a little book launch party in their home for some of our local friends. In all, about 60 people attended, [click to continue…]
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Greg cracks open the first box of Dog Dish Diet books.
Yes, I have books. Boxes and boxes of Dog Dish Diet: Sensible Nutrition for Your Dog’s Health in my “warehouse.” You’ll see why I put that in quotes when you look at the photos.
There’s nothing quite like holding your own book in your hands. And this one has been a long time coming…even elephant gestation has nothing on this process.
29 years as a veterinarian observing and treating a range of common ailments and chronic illnesses among [click to continue…]
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Does your dog hold his or her head to one side? Scratch at his ears? Shake her head from side to side? Have a moist yeasty smell and grayish yellow gunk coming out of the ear? 
These symptoms are some of the most common ones that veterinarians see daily, and they can be the hardest to [click to continue…]
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Here I am with the first copy of Dog Dish Diet. I'll soon have books for sale here on the site
I suppose one doesn’t actually CELEBRATE National Pet Obesity Awareness Day. Overweight dogs and cats are becoming as common as overweight people. And that’s not a good thing. Furthermore, we’re seeing increases in diseases that are related to obesity–most particularly diabetes and joint injury/arthritis. [click to continue…]
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As I wrote in my Thursday post, I’m recently returned from a trek up California’s Mt. Whitney. To my 
thinking, every day spent in nature is to be treasured. I told you too about the portly little marmot that’s a Poster Rodent for my fight to cut carbohydrates and calories in the diets of our pets–both dogs and cats. I lay out a path to better nutrition and dog [click to continue…]
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My clients are always asking questions about their pets’ teeth and how to keep them healthy. It’s an important issue that I want to address today. Dogs’ and cats’ teeth usually start life bright and white, then slowly turn yellowish brown with age. The reason is because daily use and tartar can turn them pastel [click to continue…]
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I was in the supermarket buying provisions for my hike to the top of Mount Whitney, located east of Bakersfield, California. This year we are taking a more leisurely trip to the top, so that my two buddies that had altitude–and attitude–problems won’t be affected. I love strolling through nature’s beauty and am glad we do not have to push through the remnants of a late August snowstorm or traverse icy, slippery rocks near the top at 14,000 feet.
"Fresh," smoked kippered herring
So I’m in the store, and when I walked past the tunafish aisle, I spotted kipper snacks and remembered eating those as a kid. This produced an instant craving, and I bought a few for the trip up. Then I realized that these little oily sardines may make a pretty good and economical treat for my dogs…and cats. So I bought a few more [click to continue…]
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Doctor and patient discuss the surgery.
This last Sunday–a hot summer day here in Gilroy, California–my nephew invited me to a BBQ at his home. I love enjoying a pool on these late August and September; it actually makes the heat okay. Just as I walked in the door, and before I could even grab a beer and go sit by the pool, Steve called me over to check out his 40-year-old parrot, Merlin.
Merlin’s rear toe was hanging by a thread of skin, but there was little to no bleeding. In fact, this was the joint he had [click to continue…]
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