Late on Friday night, Diamond Pet Foods issued a voluntary recall on dry dog foods manufactured in their South Carolina plant with ‘best by’ dates of December 9, 2012 through April 7, 2013. Several other brands have since issued preventative recalls as well. The reason for the recalls is contamination by salmonella. 14 people so far, including one person as close as [...]
Diets for Dogs with Pancreatitis
Zip has had two bouts of pancreatitis, once, in an instance of worst-timing-possible, while I was away on a silent retreat with no phone or internet access. He’s now 11 yrs old, and thriving, as near as anyone can tell, as he looks and moves like a much younger pug. I manage his health with [...]
Flea & Tick Defense Requires Multiple Lines of Defense
Well there’s one good thing about the New England cold spring seasons, and it’s that bugs lay dormant that much longer. As soon as the temperatures climb, it’s time to figure out your plan for flea and tick prevention. All dog owners should be thinking about heartworm prevention too. Heartworm preventative works retroactively remember; it [...]
Pottenger’s Cats
I’m a fan of Timothy Ferriss. He’s a radical self-experimenter with a sense of humor and a basher of popular assumptions. Some people can’t stand the guy but I think they must just be envious; who wouldn’t be? Regardless I wouldn’t have expected to come across Pottenger‘s cat study in his new book. Pottenger studied [...]
Probiotics & Enzymes…do I need to add them to a raw diet?
Living foods, from plants or animal sources, contain enzymes (but they are wiped out by heat beginning at 110 degrees…so cooked food does not contain active enzymes) . The body, human or animal, manufactures enzymes. But as we age, our store of them and our ability to make them gets depleted. And they’re important not [...]
