The People's Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA) is a veterinary charity in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1917 by Maria Dickin to provide care for sick and injured animals of the poor. It is the UK's leading veterinary charity, carrying out more than one million free veterinary consultations … [Read more...]
Archives for June 2011
Book Review Part 1 Dog Sense How the New Science of Dog Behavior Can Make You a Better Friend to Your Dog
June 23, 2011 by
Dog Sense: How the New Science of Dog Behavior Can Make You a Better Friend to Your Dog by John Bradshaw This is going to be a two part book review due to the length. Please check back for Part 2 at 6:30pm Eastern today It was the best of books, it was--not the worst of books, not by a … [Read more...]
Cavalier King Charles Spaniels Lexi and Harley at Home on Hollywood Sets
June 23, 2011 by
More and more Hollywood stars are bringing their dogs to the set for a little taste of home, security in some cases, and companionship. Ryan Seacrest's girlfriend Julianne Hugh has been doing just that and in fact added the newest addition to her little family in April in order to give her … [Read more...]
Accelerant Detection Dogs Go Through Re-Certification
June 23, 2011 by
Indicators of an incendiary fire or arson can lead fire investigators to look for the presence of accelerants in fire debris. Accelerants can leave behind evidence of their presence and use sometimes too subtle for the human eyes or nose to detect. Accelerants present in areas they … [Read more...]
Hugh Hefner Gets Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Charlie Back
June 23, 2011 by
Hugh Hefner who had been missing little Charlie Crystal's Cavalier King Charles Spaniel that had grown up at the mansion, got his Father's Day wish. Crystal brought Charlie back to the Mansion to live with Hefner turns out Charlie was missing the only home and daddy he knew. I tried to … [Read more...]
Book Review Love is the Best Medicine: How Two Dogs Taught One Veterinarian About Hope, Humility, and Everyday Miracles
June 22, 2011 by
Love is the Best Medicine: How Two Dogs Taught One Veterinarian About Hope, Humility, and Everyday Miracles By Dr. Nick Trout Dr. Nick Trout, a veterinary surgeon practicing at Boston's Angell Animal Medical Center, gives us the stories of two dogs and their loving owners, who had a profound … [Read more...]
Why Dog Breed Bans are a Slippery Slope and Achieves Nothing
June 22, 2011 by
Of course we all want to keep ourselves and our families safe from dangerous dogs but banning breeds is not the way to do it. Any Breed on their own is not necessarily any more dangerous then another. Breeds become dangerous when the environment they grow up in teaches them to become dangerous and … [Read more...]
Book Review Pet Food Politics – The Chihuahua in the Coal Mine
June 21, 2011 by
Pet Food Politics: The Chihuahua in the Coal Mine By Marion Nestle In mid-March 2007, American pet owners heard the alarming news that several popular brands of cat food were apparently contaminated, and causing acute kidney failure in cats. Then the frightening reports began to include dogs, … [Read more...]
Gorilla Dancing in the Water During Enrichment Time
June 21, 2011 by
Zola, nine-years old, is one of eight Western lowland gorillas currently living at the Calgary Zoo as part of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums Gorilla Species Survival Plan. He loves to play in water and keepers regularly give him the opportunity to do so as part of the enrichment activities … [Read more...]
