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Iams and Eukanuba Employees Publish Open Letter Today To Reassure Pet Owners

Iams and Eukanuba employees and P&G Pet Care, maker of the leading Iams and Eukanuba pet food brands, have published an open letter to its customers. Full page ads are appearing in 59 major North American newspapers Tuesday and Wednesday, in an effort to help address growing confusion and anxiety ...

Nutro Provides Updates on the Dog Food Recall

It has been reported that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has stopped imports from a Chinese manufacturing company whose wheat gluten tested positive for melamine, a substance that is now being linked to the Menu Foods pet food recall. As additional information becomes available regarding the Menu Foods recall, ...

Hill’s Pet Nutrition Recalls Prescription Diet md Feline Dry Food

In accordance with its over-riding commitment to pet health and well-being, Hill's Pet Nutrition, Inc. is voluntarily recalling Prescription Diet m/d Feline dry food from the market. Hill's is taking this precautionary action because during a two-month period in early 2007, wheat gluten for this product was provided by a ...

Class Action Lawsuit Filed in Regards to Tainted Dog Food

Berding & Weil, LLP, a law firm based in California, has filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of all California residents who purchased tainted pet food manufactured by Menu Foods, Inc. and sold under various brand names, including IAMS, and whose pets have become ill or died as a ...

Pet Food Institute Says Any Recall of Dry Food is Irresponsible

The Pet Food Institute President Duane Ekedahl has issued the following statement recently in response to a demand by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals for a recall of all dry pet food: "Any call at this time for a recall of dry pet food is clearly irresponsible. Neither ...

Abaxis Offers Community Outreach Program to Concerned Pet Owners

Abaxis, Inc. (NASDAQ:ABAX) a medical and veterinary manufacturer of point-of-care blood analysis systems, is organizing a large scale community outreach program in response to the recent pet food recall. On Saturday, March 31, the company will set-up a one day free Wellness Testing Program for concerned pet owners in the East ...

Pet Friendly Health Expedites Release of Kidney Support Product Due to the Recent Pet Food Recall

In response to the demand due to the recent pet food recall, Pet Friendly Health has moved into high gear so that it can release its kidney-liver health supplement, Nutravin(TM). Nutravin's veterinarian team believes that the mineral formulation could be a great help in stabilizing the health of pets who ...

City Pet Supply Offers Safe and Healthy Solution to Dog Food Recall

With over 60 million cans and pouches of wet dog and cat food being pulled from the shelves, now reported to be tainted with rat poison from a contaminated grain ingredient, Americans have been scrambling not only for information but also for a solution. City Pet Companies, with multiple locations ...

What Can We Learn from the Dog Food Recall?

Lucy Postins, Pet Nutritionist for The Honest Kitchen, has recently put together the following commentary regarding the dog food recall. She talks about what we can learn from the dog food recall. Consumers should take time to read pet food labels, familiarize themselves with what various ingredients really are, research the ...

Banfield Pet Hospital Helps the FDA and Victims of Dog Food Recall

To help treat Pets who have been affected by the Menu Foods recall, Banfield, The Pet Hospital, is providing a 25 percent discount off the recommended medical treatment plans received at participating Banfield hospitals across the nation. Specialists and other experts have developed these specific treatment plans to screen for ...

March 3rd 2010
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How to Compare Pet Insurance Providers

Pet ownership in today's challenging economy is no longer a simple matter of picking up an adorable puppy, kitten or other future "family member" from a shelter, pet shop or breeder. The expectation of coasting through several years of companionship with just the costs of food and maybe an annual ...
February 9th 2010
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Top 10 Medical Conditions in Dogs for 2009

Unfortunately, even if you do everything to keep your dog healthy, just like us humans, your dog can have an unexpected medical issue. While in most cases something that "just comes up" like this is rarely life threatening, many of the medical issues that come up on a whim can ...
May 18th 2009
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Top 10 Cities in the United States to Vacation with Your Dog

DogFriendly.com has introduced their list of the most "dog friendly cities to visit" in the United States. I'm assuming that this means that it's great to visit those cities with your dog (we prefer to bring our labrador retrievers), but not live there. In the list, they talk about visiting ...
November 4th 2008
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Spot the Warning Signs of Cancer in Your Labrador Retriever

November is National Pet Cancer Awareness Month. So, I thought it would be helpful (and appropriate) to talk about the warning signs of Cancer in your labrador retriever. Cancer in your dog is, in fact, more common than you think. Unfortunately, cancer is the number one natural cause of death ...
October 15th 2008
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A Pet Urn - Perfect Resting Place for Your Labrador Retriever

There comes a time when our labrador retrievers are not lab puppies anymore. When your labrador retriever gets older, the inevitable will happen, they will go on to a different place. We recently had to put down one of our beloved labrador retrievers, and we chose a beautiful pet urn ...

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