July/August 2011 Issue By: Peter Dobias DVM Did you know that dogs that are fed processed foods are about five times as likely to suffer from stomach bloat and torsion than dogs fed raw or cooked food? There are many other factors that can help prevent this serious life threatening emergency naturally. The general [...]
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November/December 2011 Issue No other word has the same ability to strike terror into the hearts of puppy owners like Parvovirus. I know this first hand because I was once in the position that every puppy owner dreads: watching my puppy literally dying in front of my eyes. I felt such overwhelming guilt for not [...]
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September/October 2011 issue On July 24, 2011, Reporter Clifton French warned South Bend residents that a deadly dog disease is on the rise. We see these dire warnings every year. “Area veterinarians and animal shelters are seeing more cases of Parvovirus, a disease that’s extremely contagious and can prove fatal to dogs. Veterinarian Martin Langhofer, [...]
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from the May/June 2011 issue by: Catherine O’Driscoll People often ask my advice about the best time to vaccinate their puppies, and which schedule they should adopt. However, I don’t vaccinate – at all. I fully appreciate that my stance is a radical one, and that it might be scary for the majority of [...]
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July/August 2011 Issue By: Chris Bessent DVM with Jean Scherwenka Chinese Herbs For Allergies Stanley, an eight-year-old Golden Retriever, owes his life to Chinese herbs. “I got Stanley when he was a year old, just a baby,” says Nancy Schaff, Stanley’s mom. “The first year he was fine, the second year he was itchy, the [...]
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and what do they do for your dog? November/December 2010 Issue By Lucy Postins One aspect of pet food that many dog owners find mystifying is regulation. Some pet owners and stores believe that AAFCO, The Association of American Feed Control Officials, is responsible for approving pet foods but in fact this isn’t the case. [...]
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November/December 2010 issue By: Dana Scott Tripe: the magical mystery meat that dogs crave and humans fear! Tripe seems to be the line in the sand drawn between beginning raw feeders and the ‘been there, done that’ old pros. If you are among the uninitiated, then you will find feeding tripe to be a real [...]
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May/June 2011 Issue By: Catherine O’Driscoll People often ask my advice about the best time to vaccinate their puppies, and which schedule they should adopt. However, I don’t vaccinate – at all. I fully appreciate that my stance is a radical one, and that it might be scary for the majority of dog lovers to [...]
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