Browsing Posts in Dog Safety

The FDA released the news yes­ter­day, pet food stored at a Joliet, Illi­nois Petco dis­tri­b­u­tion cen­ter was being stored in unsan­i­tary con­di­tions. It does not state brand names. Petco stores in 16 states receive their food from the Joliet, Illi­nois dis­tri­b­u­tion cen­ter: Alabama, Illi­nois, Indi­ana, Iowa, Kansas, Ken­tucky, Louisiana, Michi­gan, Min­nesota, Mis­souri, Nebraska, Ohio, Okla­homa, Tennessee, […]

Here’s an item des­tined to be on every Frenchie owner’s wish list: a crate with cli­mate con­trol built in. Keeps you pup cool and warm depend­ing on the set­ting, runs on a 12V out­let which plugs into the car or home AC out­let, AND has a back-up bat­tery (up to three hours). How’s that for […]

Just a small reminder: even with today’s tight secu­rity, pets don’t need to go through the x-ray machine at the air­port, just the car­rier or crate. You are allowed to walk or carry your pet through the metal detec­tor. TSA Press release If you have a pet which is act­ing up, and are wor­ried about […]

It’s a busy time for board­ing facil­i­ties and pet-sitters. This is the time of year when many peo­ple travel and take vaca­tions. Prep­ping your pets and check­ing out the facil­ity is all part of it. Amer­i­can Board­ing Ken­nels Asso­ci­a­tion ASPCA tips on board­ing Den­ver Post arti­cle on board­ing If you are board­ing your pet, most […]

No sense in restat­ing what’s been stated so well already. But if you are think­ing of giv­ing a hol­i­day puppy, please visit these sites and read the pros and cons. There IS a right and a wrong way to do it. No Christ­mas Pup­pies, Please! Christ­mas Pup­pies? Hanukkah Kit­tens? Pup­pies as Christ­mas presents? A puppy […]

Below is a link to a story of how imported dogs are rais­ing the fears of a resur­gence of rabies in the US. USA Today Here is an arti­cle posted not too long ago of how canine rabies is now con­sid­ered erad­i­cated from the U.S. dog pop­u­la­tion, as of this year. (But in light of […]

The weather is mov­ing into the 90°s here in Cen­tral Texas (it’s a damp heat!) and that means tak­ing extra pre­cau­tions with the Snorty Set. Frenchies and other short-snouted dogs just can’t take the heat! First up, found this really inter­est­ing item online. Would love to hear from any­one using it for their Frenchie. Here’s some […]

We no longer give our dogs rub­ber or Kong-type chew toys after an inci­dent last year with one of our guys. He’s a very aggres­sive toy chewer and even though we’d trash chewed-up toys which no longer appeared safe, when a toy is miss­ing, you can’t see it to throw it away! For dogs who aren’t […]

The value of crate train­ing a French Bulldog.