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UPDATED: Diamond Pet Food Recalls Expand to 14 Brands (and counting)

by frogdogz on May 7, 2012 in Daily Life, pet food, pet food recalls, Raw Dog Food with 2 Comments
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From the Honest Dog Blog comes the newest list of brands recalled for Salmonella contamination, as of Monday, May 7 2012:

The number of brands included in the rolling pet food recall related to salmonella contamination at a Diamond Pet Food manufacturing plant has now grown to 13. The updated list includes:

  • Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover’s Soul
  • Kirkland (C0stco brand)
  • Country Value
  • Diamond
  • Diamond Naturals
  • Premium Edge
  • Professional
  • 4Health
  • Taste of the Wild
  • Natural Balance
  • Wellness
  • Canidae
  • Apex
  • NEW! Solid Gold

Read the entire post for more details, including information on possible incorrect production codes and SKUs.

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Judge Declares Paws R Us is Puppy Mill – Dogs can be placed

by frogdogz on November 24, 2011 in Daily Life, puppy mills with No comments
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Nicole Labombard,  owner of Paws R Us Kennel, proclaiming her ‘shock’ after the raid

A judge in the Paws R Us case (the largest Canadian puppy mill seizure in our country’s history) has declared Paws R Us to “be a puppy mill”.

This is big news on more than one front. Most importantly, it means that the seized dogs, who now total more than 600, can finally be placed.

Secondly, it provides vindication to Ontario resident Lorie Gordon, who was ruled to have slandered Paws R Us when she referred to them as a “puppy mill” on an on line message board in 2008. Ms. Gordon had purchased an apparently unhealthy puppy from Paws R Us, and was speaking out against them in hopes of dissuading other potential customers from purchasing puppies from them.

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Kefir Benefits for Pregnant French Bulldogs

by frogdogz on October 21, 2011 in Daily Life, French Bulldog Stuff with 3 Comments
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 Organic Kefir from Pinehedge Farms

Delilah had an upset stomach last week, so she’s been getting Kefir daily with her food, and she loves it. I’ve now started adding it to everyone’s food, since it is such a rich, healthful and relatively inexpensive way to add nutrition to their diets, and to support immune and digestive function.

Kefir is currently getting a lot of buzz as a so called super food. Similar to yogurt, Kefir is made by fermenting milk (goat, cow, sheep or even coconut) with a bacterial and yeast starter known as ‘kefir grains’.

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Pit Bulls Love Michael Vick

by frogdogz on October 18, 2011 in BSL, Daily Life with 1 Comment

Pit Bulls Love Michael Vick

Well, they love nomming on him, at least.

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