In the US we have a rather sanitized view of meat. We grew up with baloney, hot dogs, salami, and those jerky sticks that sit on almost every grocery store (…) Read more
A Kitty Valentine
I was feeling a little sad today, my mailbox was bereft of love notes, my phone didn’t ring…sniff…I was beginning to wonder if anybody loved me when, what did I (…) Read more
Senator Brown Speaks to the Senate, Urging Swift Action on Deadly Dog Treats
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiBp6hW6cN4] An unlikely advocate for pets has been found in politician and pug parent U.S. Sen Brown of Ohio who has become the latest unofficial champion for pet parents, pugs, (…) Read more
The Most Complete Guide to Making a Pet Food Complaint to the FDA. Ever.
Reporting a problem with pet food is vital: It can – and often does – mean the difference between life and death. The easiest and the best way to do (…) Read more
What’s Really in Your Food? You May Never Know!
A brilliant example of the parallel facing the pet food and animal feed industry.
Dog Treat Illness Complaints Continue To Flood FDA
Phyllis Entis (aka foodbuglady extraordinaire and one heckuva smart cookie) of eFoodAlert was kind enough to help me out and in the process got an update on the jerky treat (…) Read more
Dogs continue to die as poisonous jerky treats remain on store shelves
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQtfrVxv1Rc] With each passing day that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is unable to determine the contaminant responsible for poisoning dogs in chicken jerky treats, dogs continue to (…) Read more
Congressional Leaders Demand FDA Action Over Poisonous Jerky Treats
United States Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and United States Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) are fed up with the Feds and are demanding that the United States Food and Drug Administration (…) Read more
Nestle Purina pulls compensation offers off the table in Waggin’ Train deaths
Nestle-Purina, still under federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) scrutiny for selling a product possibly connected with the illness and death of hundreds, perhaps thousands, of dogs tells pet parents (…) Read more
One man’s personal story of the loss of his beloved dog Sarge, poisoned by a treat
S. Raymond Parker, a man whose love for his friend and devoted companion, a dog named Sarge, gave him the courage to transcend his grief to help other pet parents (…) Read more