On January 4th, I had the pleasure of being interviewed on the Robin Falls Kids radio show. It was great fun talking about Dog Dish Diet: Sensible Nutrition for Your Dog’s Health and having the chance to reach people with my most important message: Our dogs (and cats) are individuals and need to be fed accordingly. Once pet owners understand this critical fact (and believe me that is a big step [click to continue…]
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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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Many veterinarians warn against feeding Thanksgiving leftovers because many dogs show up at clinics across America with diarrhea, vomiting, and constipation during the next few days from eating too much of a good thing or the wrong things. However, healthful ingredients, [click to continue…]
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Perhaps you saw the headline a couple days ago: “Pet cat in U.S. catches swine flu.”
I know there’s concern among pet owners as these are some of the questions and comments I’ve heard in the office: “Can my pet get the swine flu H1N1?” “I heard that there was a case of swine flu that was transmitted from sick people to their cat.” “How dangerous is swine flu in pets?” “Is it like the dog flu?”
Our mainstream media will push us into the movie sequel, “One more flu over the cuckoo’s nest.” Okay, I’m having a little fun, but [click to continue…]
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With a title like that, I have to be selling something…right? Do I want to draw people to my website to buy my book? You betcha! Can the info in the book prevent tumors? I believe so. Let’s talk about it.
Dogs have several classes or different types of “masses” or growths that grow on the skin or under it. The most
sucking cells out of tumor or mass
common type is a papilloma or warty growth that slowly grows on the skin in middle-aged to older dogs. Next is the lipoma, or fatty growth underneath the skin or between the muscle layers. The nastiest and most dangerous skin tumor spreads locally and internally (metastasis= Meta (change) + stasis (stays in one place)). Its name is the mast cell tumor. This is the skin tumor vets want to rule out by aspirating a suspicious lump or mass. Looking at the cells we suck out of the mass often lets us know what we need to do. I say often because [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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Einstein spent a great deal of time looking for the universal theory that would unite the theories of the very large things around us (universe, galaxies, black holes) and the very small things (neutrinos, quarks, leptons) inside and around us. His well known [click to continue…]
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A couple weeks ago, I was able to marvel at the views as I looked out from the top of California’s Mt. Whitney. At 14,500 feet, Whitney is the highest peak in the lower 48 states; it’s also the destination of 16,000 people a year who hike the steep, [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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