The Lost History of the Canine Race: Our 15,000 year Love Affair with Dogs by Mary Elizabeth Thurston The author, an anthropologist, offers a fascinating historical account of dogs and man. A well written chronicle of the dog’s rise thru man’s society, the classdom that effected both man and dog during the Victorian era, the [...]
Archive > November 2008
New Dog in the White House?
The Doggie News Blog had an interesting idea about what Obama should do about the “dog issue” : “With all the discussion over which breed of dog the Obama family should get as their White House dog, they should visit a local shelter, and adopt one of the “pit bull” breeds. If anyone can change [...]
Rainy Day Wednesday
Rainy Days are great for hot soup, movies and slippers but they are also great for playin ball outside ! Who cares if your hair frizzes, you get a little wet ? We all need to take a moment to take a lesson from our dogs, when it rains just play harder !! Yesterday, I [...]
Max and Toby Stop by
This past week we had the pleasure of visiting with Max and Toby. Two beautiful min. poodles ! Max (White coat) is the shy, quiet type and Toby (Black coat) is the ladies man, very social. Max and Toby had a nice time visiting with other small dogs but were happiest snuggled up in all [...]
Happy Veterans Day
Happy Veterans day to both four legged and two legged heros ! Dogs have been serving our military since it’s establishment ! Recently Walter Reed opened a state of the art Veterinarian Hospital to help our Canine injured soldiers – Walter Reed – You can learn more about War Dogs by visiting http://www.uswardogs.org/index.html You can [...]
Dalmation Bladder Stone Gene Discovered
A gene mutation that causes high levels of uric acid in all Dalmatian dogs and bladder stones in some Dalmatians, has been identified by a team of researchers in the School of Veterinary Medicine at the University of California, Davis. By Dec. 1, the Veterinary Genetics Laboratory in UC Davis’ School of Veterinary Medicine will [...]
Reducing Your Pets Carbon Pawprint
In an age of recycling and environmental awareness our pets carbon pawprint is often overlooked. A few things to paw-nder : Canned Food containers – consider switching to Honest Kitchen dehydrated food which can be reconstitued in place of canned food and reducing packaging waste. Investigate your dog food companies manufacturing process – Honest Kitchen [...]
November Featured Client
Sadie, Pearl and Samantha are regulars here at the Grove and we enjoy each of them individually but can’t imagine them apart ! Sadie is the elder of the group, notorious for her occasional unauthorized leaves of absence. Thankfully we at the Grove haven’t experienced her disappearing act but have heard enough stories from her [...]
Pet Insurance
Being a multiple dog parent, I can fully appreciate the rising cost of Veterinarian care! Recently, I decided to re-investigate Pet Insurance. There used to be one or two carriers, now a days there are numerous choices, plans and costs ! It has developed into an industry of its own, which is good for us [...]
