Leave it to a child to come up a brilliant plan to help feed shelter dogs! Mimi Ausland, a 12 year old girl from Bend, Oregon, wanted to help feed the hungry animals at her local animal shelter. “There are 10’s of thousands of dogs and cats in animal shelters across the country, all needing [...]
Archive > May 2009
Just a Proud Big Sis
You’ll have to forgive me for a non-dog related post but just had to share my little brother’s adventure/journey/cause. He joined the Trek to Energize America ride from Seattle to DC on a bicycle and hopefully after he reaches DC he will jump on a plane and bicycle across Europe working on organic farms along [...]
Lifesize Stuffed Dogs
Realistic, hand crafted and lifesize stuffed animals! Recently a friend of ours (Whole Pet Vet) told us about Big Furry Friends. Big Furry Friends offers the The Piutrè Animal Collection Originally designed in Italy by master toy artisan Riccardo Chiavetta. These astonishingly realistic animals are hand-made in Italy using the original patterns and models created [...]
Visiting from Hawaii
Here is Ms. Addie, visiting us this summer from the lovely State of Hawaii! Many of you will remember Addie from her long stay here last December while we waited to ship her to her family Hawaii. We were able to assist her family in the completion of Hawaii’s strict pet import process and even [...]
Biscuit – The Baby Golden
Just had to take a moment and share Biscuit! Biscuit is a 16 week old Golden Retriever puppy who boarded with us last week. Biscuit’s family has used Friendly Grove Dog Boarding for a few years now with their other dogs and we were lucky enough to spend some time with their newest addition! Biscuit [...]
May The Border Collie
Meet Chowder, the Lovely Border Collie. Chowder has been a regular at The Grove for a few years now. She has great stamina and loves to herd the other dogs all day! She never tires, loves to lay in a nice wet mud puddle after a long ball chasing event! The Border Collie is a [...]
New Boxer Heart Testing!
Kudo’s to the dedicated research staff at Washington State U ! Last month WSU veterinary cardiologist Kathryn M. Meurs discovered a mutant gene in the Boxer breed that causes a type of heart disease that can be fatal in animals and humans. WSU has just released a test for the genetic mutation associated with the [...]
FDA Approves New Drug for Cushing’s Disease
On May 11th, 2009 the FDA announced: FDA Approves New Drug to Treat Cushing’s Disease in Dogs The Food and Drug Administration announced today the approval of Vetoryl (trilostane) Capsules, a new drug for the treatment of pituitary-dependent and adrenal-dependent hyperadrenocorticism, commonly known as Cushing’s disease. Vetoryl, a new molecular entity, is the first drug [...]
