[caption id="attachment_225" align="aligncenter" width="234" caption="Kristina with Brutus & Argo"][/caption] As a naive and amateur dog owner, I made the mistake of rescuing a second dog without really understanding the first. Within 4 months, I had two young, male dogs in my house with more energy than...
As yet another food recall is being listed, this time by Diamond, it's time to address the health and safety of your dog's diet. This particular recall is regarding salmonella concerns. For those of us that feed a raw diet, our dogs could possibly be...
Some dogs are content with simple provisions of food, shelter, and our affection. Of course, these are the basic necessities of pet ownership. However, most dogs need more than this, and failure to provide the other essentials can make for not only an unhappy and disobedient...
This is a book about the science of animal nutrition, as it has developed for over hundrds of throusands of years, but it is written for you and I. At this point, I've made it half way through, but have had several "ah-ha!" moments already,...
I received a call on Thursday afternoon, the day before the WPBTCA National Championship was supposed to start. It's a Friday-Sunday event, and I had been looking forward to it for a while- catching up with old friends, people involved in dog sports, meeting new people. The...
When is too soon to start a raw diet? Puppies can start to eat a raw diet as soon as they are weaned from thier mother. The natural enzymes present in raw meat help with digestion, and most will notice a smooth transition from mother's...
Aja, Star, and Amber. . .in the Mutt Magic Booth!! Somehow, I always manage to end up working very hard at the last minute to prepare for these events. It's not that I procrastinate (well, maybe a little), it's that I have SO much daily stuff...
Well, if you were at DogFest 2009, you would have known where to find me today. (And many people did!) Unfortunately I wasn't able to see the whole Festival, but it was still a great time from our angle in the booth. [caption id="attachment_9" align="alignright" width="300"...