Issue #74

Did you know…. The only place that dogs sweat like us is on their paws, so instead they pant to cool down. This is why it’s so important to keep your dog cool on those warmer days to make it easier on them.

Reasons you should change your dog’s diet in hot weather. In general, there are some foods that are cooling, and some that have a heating effect on the body. It’s important to keep this in mind while giving your dog her food. Adding more 'cooling' food options, which include novel meats like Rabbit, Duck or freshwater fish such as Whitefish and Pollock fish among others. If your dog isn’t eating as much as he used to, it need not be a cause for concern. During the summer months your dog will use less energy, therefore they will need less caloric

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🐄 Beef Spleen

🐠 Anchovy

🐮 Beef Aorta

🦆 Duck Neck

🐷 Pig Ear

🍖 Bison Scapula (Super Chew)

Summer blues…. During the summer, the heat isn’t the only thing that increases. Pesky fleas, ticks, and other bugs tend to run rampant throughout most states during this time. Here’s an article that will help you keep them at bay!

From friend to foe: Free-roaming dogs overrun Navajo Nation. Here on the reservation, the largest in the United States, man’s best friend has become one of its biggest foes.The dogs have become not just a nuisance but a major public safety concern. Attacks on livestock occur regularly. So do attacks on people — sometimes with deadly results. Each year, more than 3,000 people are treated for animal attacks and bites that happened on the reservation. Most of the victims are children or the elderly.

Bidens’ older dog, Champ, has died; German shepherd was 13. President Joe Biden announced Saturday to June 19th that Champ, the older of the family’s two dogs, had died “peacefully at home.” The German shepherd was 13.Champ’s passing leaves the Bidens with their younger German shepherd, Major, whom the family adopted from the Delaware Humane Society in 2018. Champ, who showed his age in recent months in his graying fur and slower gait, was often a more tranquil presence.

Researchers sequence the genome of Basenji dog. An international team of scientists has sequenced and assembled the genome of the Basenji dog (Canis lupus familiaris), an ancient dog breed of central African origins that still lives and hunts with tribesmen in Congo. The genome of the Basenji, which sits at the base of the dog breed family tree, makes an excellent unbiased reference for future comparisons between dog breeds and evolutionary analysis of dogs.

Virginia dog saves fawn from drowning and refuses to leave its side: he 'kept caring for it'. Ralph Dorn was looking for his Goldendoodle, Harley. Then he spotted the pup about 200 feet from shore; the 6-year-old canine was swimming with another animal that, after a few moments, Dorn realized was a tiny baby deer. Harley paddled side-by-side with the fawn all the way to shore. Dorn met the animals on land and helped the fawn up a steep ledge. After he lifted the baby deer from the water and placed her on the grass, Harley began gently licking the fawn's body.

Can dogs help stop the invasion of Zebra mussels in Texas? Researchers at Texas Tech University are currently studying how well dogs can detect invasive mussels in bodies of water: looking into both the dogs’ natural capabilities and bulk environmental samples like soil and water. Researcher Nathan Hall predicts both methods will work. However, he believes dog abilities to provide real-time results will prove to be more beneficial. While dogs could be a key to slashing Zebra mussel populations, the mussels also have a way of striking back at the canines. Zebra mussels feed on “good” algae in bodies of water, it gives toxic algae free reign. This algae is also known as cyanobacteria.

CDC banned 113 countries from importing dogs due to rabies risk. The CDC noticed a significant jump last year in the number of dogs from such high-risk countries who were ultimately denied entry into the U.S. This has included finding some fake rabies vaccination certificates. It’s important to keep any dog infected with the rabies virus from entering the U.S. Vaccination of dogs against the canine rabies virus has helped essentially eliminate this variant of the virus from the U.S. since 2007. Just one rabid dog could re-introduce the canine rabies virus variant back into the U.S. That one dog could then pass the virus off to humans and other animals such as raccoons.