Dangerous Dog Food

If you've been watching the news, you may have heard about the huge recall for many brands of pet food. Apparently, it has been linked to pet illness and even death by kidney failure. One of the big name brands that we used to feed our dogs was Nutro. For several years, that was what our Chihuahuas ate, and for several years our oldest one, Sox, has suffered from seizures. They've never been so bad that he needs medication, but nevertheless they were scary. Last year, we switched to the Royal Canine Chihuahua 28 brand, and it's been working wonders. Sox's seizures have virtually gone, so even though the news hasn't said anything about the bad food causing problems with the nervous system, I still wonder. Sox is our baby and a great model for small dog clothing, I can't imagine life without him our any of our dogs.This is something that affects all cat and dog owners of all breeds, so take heed and pass the word along. Go to www.menufoods.com/recall for all the brands.

Movie Dogs

No, I'm not talking about Lassie and all her famous canine friends. These dogs actually help find pirated DVDs and music CD's! There are two particular black Labradors having a test run in Malaysia called Lucky and Flo. They were trained to smell polycarbonates, a chemical used in the production of discs. If they detect it on a package claiming to be something else, bingo! They're on loan from the MPAA and are already proving to be quite successful as they caught a pirated set of DVD's from the show "Friends". I bet they would look great doing their thing in camouflage dog clothing. I guess Hollywood has finally gone to the dogs!

dog booties for the Iditarod

Right now the Iditarod dog sled race is going on in Alaska. It's a 1,049 mile race where 16 dogs driving a sled can go through as much as 2,000 dog boots ! I guess even four-legged atheletes need good shoes.