Issue #68
Did you know… The Beatles song ‘A Day in the Life’ has a frequency only dogs can hear?
Open Farm Joins Loop in Canada, Expanding Reach as First-Ever Pet Food Partner. Loop is a global reuse program. Consumers in Canada can now purchase Open Farm in reusable containers that will be collected, cleaned, and reused. 91% of all plastic waste has never been recycled. The pet food industry is a huge contributor to this issue. Open Farm is committed to making waste a thing of the past. Currently they are only offering it for their freeze dried product but will be looking to expand to other products in the near future.
Available until Feb 21st, here’s the current line up:
🐖Pork loin
🐮Beef spleen
🐟Salmon
🐄Beef aorta
🦆Duck wing
🐄Beef backstrap
🐽Pig foot (super)
Hill's aims to settle vitamin D case for $12.5 million. The Hill’s vitamin D recall involved approximately 675,000 cases of canned food sold between September 1st, 2018 to May 31st, 2019. The Worldwide vitamin supplier, DSM Nutritional Products Inc. had excess levels of vitamin D in the premix they sell Hill’s. Unfortunately it is unknown how many dogs died or were affected, but excess vitamin D levels can cause drooling, vomiting, seizures, or even death.
New Study: Kibble Fed Dogs Produce 3 Times More Poop Than Human Grade Fed Dogs. A commercial grade, pet food manufacturer decided to fund a study regarding nutrient digestibility, and fecal characteristics in dogs fed human grade foods. The study included 12 dogs, fed 4 different diets on 28 day cycles. One being kibble, one steamed and two cooked diets. The dogs fed kibble produced 1.5-1.7 times more fecal matter than those on the steamed diet, and 2-2.9 times more than those on the cooked diet. Less waste in, less waste out.
Study finds pet owner’s personality can affect canine training success. New research has shown that the trick to training your pup may depend on the owner’s personality. To better understand what it takes to correct problem dog behavior, a team at PennVet recruited 131 dog-owner pairs. Owners were asked to fill out a human personality assessment and dog behavior questionnaire at the start and again at three and six months into the study. Seventy-five pairs completed the research. They found that extroverted owners were more likely to see improvements in their dog’s fearful behavior.
Experts found a life-threatening infection for dogs from ticks in Australia. This illness, canine ehrlichiosis, is spread by the bite of the “brown dog tick” bacterium-carrying parasite. In Australia’s warm and humid areas, this disease is common, and its bite can be potentially lethal for pets. The infection is not contagious, however it is important to prevent any tick from being on your dog to prevent the spread of the disease. Being proactive and checking your dog for ticks as well as using some type of preventative is best. You should also treat your yard area for best results.
R.I. House bill would allow police dogs injured on duty to reach vet by ambulance. A bill in Rhode Island would allow canine units to be transported to the veterinarian by ambulance, should the ambulance not be needed for a human. The bill calls for law enforcement K9s injured on the job to get life-saving emergency medical services while in the ambulance. The EMT may perform mouth-to-snout resuscitation, give the dog oxygen, apply pressure to stop blood loss, stabilize broken bones, apply bandages, and if necessary and the handler allows, administer Narcan to stop a drug overdose. The bill would also free the EMT from being liable for a vet bill or for mistakes in treating the dog.
California Dog Duo Set World Record for Most Tricks Performed by Two Dogs in 60 Seconds. Border Collies Wish and Halo perform 28 tricks together in less than 60 seconds, in order to break the guiness book of world records. Their owner and trainer, Emily Larlham, led them to victory. Emily also has a youtube channel with over 350 tutorials so that dog owners can learn for free how to train their pups to do tricks, break bad habits, and stay active and happy.