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 [...]
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 [...]
Get a Raw Deal from Fetch
Every month at both stores (Portland and Boston, Fetch and Fish & Bone) we pick a brand of pet food to discount by 10%. The idea is, encourage customers to experiment, or move what we have an overstock of, or just give a good deal because it’s fun. Who doesn’t like a bargain? This month [...]
Food of the Month, January…
Wellness has some strong products in its line of natural dog and cat foods. My sense, from 4-footed customer ‘feedback’ is that the palatability is best in their canned foods, and their dry cat kibble. They just seem to hit it square on in those areas, while the dry kibble for dogs has had just [...]
Further Wysong Recalls
Wysong has a few more batch numbers (located on the top flap of the Wysong box, or on the bottom seal of a bag) on their recall list, as of today: MaintenanceT (lot#090817) SeniorT (lot#090811) SynorgonT (lot#090629) Wysong is currently taking any Wysong product back, no questions asked, in an effort to earn back any [...]
Wysong Mold Recall
I’m really sorry for the lateness of this, but I only just received notice from our Wysong distributor about a very limited recall. While they say they’ve let retailers know, they didn’t contact us. I will make sure that we’re on their contact list for all future email updates. If you have any of the [...]
Pet Food of the Month for September
My cats are a little bit sensitive. They have always had a clean & healthy diet, so I’m assuming their food sensitivities are hereditary. I have been feeding Wellness grain-free cans most often in the last 5 years (Clara can’t tolerate dry, as she’s very prone to uti’s), with either Prozyme, Wysong’s All Life, or [...]
1st Prize, Maxi and Calvin’s Big Dreams
Elizabeth Fraser submitted her $4M Idea through the eyes and dreams of her dogs Maxi and Calvin. I love the creativity, the pace, the humor and the sweetness of it. I tried to upload it, but seems WordPress won’t take it, so here it is viewable on YouTube.
