Pets Are Family Too

It’s summertime, hooray! Time for fun and frolic in the sun! Summer is the time when temperatures are most likely to be hotter in most areas of the nation and the sun protection comes out! But, what about your dog or cat?

Dogs and cats that are generally outdoors may have to adjust slowly to the seasonal changes form cool to hot! That’s exactly what my friend’s dog needed when the temperatures outside went from mid 80 degrees to hot 100’s! All temperatures in this post are in Fahrenheit degrees.

In the last week, temperatures have been going changing from the 90’s up to a 112 degrees at the high time of the day! Most days, my friend’s three dogs stay outdoors for the majority of the day while they are at work. Needless to say, the small dog, a daschund, became weak and unable to walk straight! Read the rest of this entry »

A new threat to our pet food supply has surfaced while we focus on the ever growing amount of pet food recalled from poisonous melamine and wheat gluten. Now, acetaminophen, the drug used in Tylenol and other over the counter pain medication has been detected in canned pet food by a testing lab in Houston, Tx. Experts are now warning that the contaminated pet food scare could be far worse than first thought.

The Doctor who runs the lab, Dr. Ernest Lykissa, believes that his findings of pet food contaminated with acetaminophen, and pet food contamination problems are far from over. This latest findings have started a new federal investigation into more contaminated pet food!

Acetaminophen is deadly to dogs and cats. One pill can kill a cat! According to Dr. Lykissa’s lab, EperTox, at least a half dozen samples of pet food tested, contained the drug! Read the rest of this entry »