Best friend Breakthrough: Stem-Cell Therapy for Do...

Candice Williams / The Detroit News Royal Oak— Reuben, a 9-year-old English springer spaniel, entered the Woodside Animal Clinic on Wednesday suffering from hip dysplasia and arthritis that limited his mobility. A few hours later, the dog walked out on his own, ready to recuperate at home, thanks to a cutting-edge treatment that involves harvesting and reinjecting the dog’s own stem cells. Dr. John Simon said...

Bill would make torturing dog or cat felony offens...

Similar measure died in House committee last year Gary Pettus • gpettus@clarionledger.com • January 12, 2011 One year after state lawmakers failed to make it a serious crime to torture dogs and cats, they will consider a similar bill introduced in the Senate this session. Senate Pro Tempore Billy Hewes, R-Gulfport, is sponsoring legislation that would make the deliberate torture, mutilation, maiming or burning of a pet...

Kroger Recalls Some Pet Foods...

By ILAN BRAT Kroger Co. on Saturday said it was recalling some packages of three pet-food brands it sold in 19 states, mostly the South, because they may contain a poisonous chemical produced by mold. Denise Osterhues, a spokeswoman for the Cincinnati-based grocery-store chain, said the company didn’t yet know how aflatoxin may have ended up in 10 versions of its Kroger Value, Pet Pride and Old Yeller brands of dog and...

Louisville’s Animal Care Society Gets Pet Re...

This is a guest post from Dogtime’s Road to Rescue Program. Saluting Louisville, Kentucky’s Animal Care Society (ACS). At 10:45 this particular Saturday morning, Louisville, Kentucky’s Animal Care Society (ACS) is still fifteen minutes from opening to the public, but pairs of humans and canines stroll in and out the front door in a steady stream of traffic. The shelter’s dogs get their first...

Posh Pets Rescue...

This is a guest post from Dogtime’s Road to Rescue Program. Saluting New York City’s Posh Pets Rescue. How did your organization get started? We started by rescuing one dog, a ten-year-old Chihuahua, from animal care and control. After that dog found a foster home, we rescued another and then another. Last year we rescued 550 dogs and cats. What is your mission? To rescue, rehabilitate, and find permanent...

Prop B Passage Signals New Day For Dogs...

Thursday, November 4, 2010 Prop B Passage Signals New Day For Dogs Living In Missouri’s Many Commercial Breeding Facilities The historic passage of Missouri’s Proposition B, the Puppy Mill Cruelty Prevention Act, signals a new day for canines in the state’s many large-scale commercial breeding operations. It also may indicate that Americans are becoming more aware of the plight of puppy mill dogs living in poor...

Humane Society Releases Puppy Mill Report Weeks be...

By Sharon Stevens St. Louis, MO (KSDK) — The Humane Society of Missouri has released a scathing report on alleged puppy mills in the state, just weeks before voters decide on new rules for dog breeding. Twelve kennels, none of them in the St. Louis-area, are identified as keeping dogs in deplorable conditions. Proposition B is the key issue. The November ballot includes the controversial Proposition B, known as the...

Dogs Can’t Talk, but Mattel Tag Lets Them Tr...

Lily, a Schnauzer, is wearing the Puppy Tweets device at Trixie & Peanut in New York. Puppy Tweets is an electronic dog tag that detects your pet’s movements sends a variety of tweets to a Twitter page. By Sue Manning, Associated Press LOS ANGELES — So your dog follows your every move around the house. Now, when you leave home, you can follow your dog. Puppy Tweets is an electronic dog tag with a sensor that...

The Fable of a Farmer’s Donkey and the Well...

——————————————————————————– A friend sent this to me and I do not know where it came from, but I thought it was worth re-printing. One Day a Farmer’s donkey Fell down Into a Well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to...

Pet food recall: Hartz Naturals Real Beef Treats f...

Pet food recall: Hartz Naturals Real Beef Treats for Dogs due to possible Salmonella Hartz Naturals Real Beef Treats FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE — SECAUCUS, N.J. – September 3, 2010 – The Hartz Mountain Corporation is voluntarily recalling one specific lot of Hartz Naturals Real Beef Treats for Dogs due to concerns that one or more bags within the lot may have been potentially...