Featured in the February 2009 Pet Age Magizine as one for the Most exciting products of 2008 is the Pet Zen Treadmill. Ranging from $299-$899 the PetZen Treadmill is collapsible for easy storage and seems to be fairly easy to use from their on line video demonstrations. From the PetZen site: Treadmill training can give [...]
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New Canine Therapy Jacket
Featured in the February 2009 Pet Age magazine is the new Holofiber Draper Canine Therapy Jacket. The Draper jacket was listed as one of the most exciting products of 2008. Draper Canine Therapy™ is a new line of dog jackets, blankets and beds featuring the revolutionary material Holofiber®. Holofiber, which was first made available to [...]
Dogs get Scurvy ?
Many moons ago, sailors and cross Atlantic travelers suffered from Scurvy; “a disease resulting from a deficiency of vitamin C, which is required for the synthesis of collagen” (Wikipedia). A nice explanation of Canine Scurvy from PetEducation.com “Dogs with scurvy exhibit weak bones and swollen joints usually accompanied by severe tissue hemorrhaging. Scurvy has [...]
Kefir – Like Yogurt on Steroids
Kefir is a fermented milk product kinda like yogurt. Yogurt contains a few probiotics while Kefir has alot more probiotics and beneficial yeasts and much more. Beneficial yeast ? Why you might ask would I want my dog to have beneficial yeast, well the yeast which is chronically found in the infected ears and paws [...]
Diatomaceous Earth…huh ?
Recently over at Bark n Blog, Shadrach wrote a nice post about the Diatomaceous Earth (DE). DE is the fossilized remains of algae (diatoms), these remains actually cause hard bodied insects to dehydrate and die…naturally. The DE causes the insect to dehydrate by breaking down their hard shells. DE is USDA approved for use in [...]
Xylitol Danger Warning
Many dog owners are already aware of the dangers of the sugar substitute Xylitol, however manufacturers of all kinds of products are switching to this substitute and NOT placing warning labels on their products to advise us of the change. Most disappointing to me is the recent change made by the makers of Rescue Remedy, [...]
Guess The Breed
A few weeks ago we posted pictures of Cooper, well, the results are in: Cooper’s parents used the Wisdom Panel DNA test, Cooper is a mix of several breeds of course but his DNA test state that he is primarily: 1. Akita 2. Airedale Terrier Followed by very small trace amounts of Chihuahua, Dachshund, Shetland [...]
To Vaccinate ?
Canine Vaccine Protocols have undergone many changes in the last few years and for good reason ! Research over the last couple years has proven that the vaccines we give our pets in the hopes of preventing disease are in many cases, causing disease and at the least harming their overall immune function. Dr. Gloria [...]
Ipods, Iphones, Ipod casts..I don’t know
Now adays everyone has an I Pod, an I Phone and I don’t know anything about either ! I don’t have an Ipod or an Iphone until they invent a water proof and dog slobber proof one I don’t see myself walking around the grove with one However, as this technology becomes so popular media [...]
Doggie DNA ~ Guess the Breed
Doggie DNA ? Pictured here is Cooper, he is a medium size dog, his coat has a wire type texture, besides being sooo cute he has a sister named Nora and stayed with us here at the Grove recently. Cooper has had numerous ear infections and other little weird health stuff, so his Veterinarian ( [...]
