Issue #75
Did you know…. A German Shepherd guide dog led her blind companion through the entire 2100-mile Appalachian Trail.
Need for service dogs increases for pandemic related stress and anxiety. Over the past 16 months, service dog training centers have seen an increased need for animals specialized in dealing with depression and anxiety. Service dog trainers say that if someone already suffered from depression or anxiety, working on the frontlines during the pandemic may only amplify that. If a person does something as simple as picking at their hands, dogs are trained to stop that behavior and, in turn , prevent a panic attack. Trainers with the program say they are excited to see these dogs finally serve people who have been mentally or emotionally affected by the pandemic.
Available until September 6th ONLY, here’s the current line up:
🐓 Chicken Heart
🐑 Lamb Spleen
🐠 Capelin (NEW ITEM)
🐮 Steer Pizzle
🐗 Wild Boar Ear (NEW ITEM)
🍖 Bison Backstrap
🐷 Pig Foot (Super Chew)
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Your dog’s light colored coat could have ancient origins. A new study has shed some light on certain canine colour patterns, including the discovery that one of these patterns originated in a now-extinct dog-like species millions of years ago. They discovered that the genetic combination for dominant yellow is shared with arctic white wolves, and based on phylogenetic analysis, originated from an extinct canid that existed more than two million years ago. Meanwhile, dogs are thought to have been domesticated only 30,000 years ago.
AAFCO August 2021 meeting notes. Here are a few main points from the meeting details on all of these notes can be found here.
Dried black soldier fly larvae is now an approved ingredient.
The FDA provided a brief discussion about a recent paper questioning the safety of copper supplements in dog food.
AAFCO approved into their regulations the FDA Compliance Policy regarding prescription pet foods. This specific FDA Compliance Policy allows pet food to make a drug claim – without the legal requirement of clinical trials to prove the effectiveness.
Calls for bans on breeding short-nosed dogs gain momentum. Norway soon could become the second country to ban the breeding of short-muzzled dogs, adding weight to calls — including a campaign backed by nearly 1,500 veterinarians — for rule changes worldwide. Structurally flattened faces are associated with numerous health problems with varying degrees of severity, including brachycephalic (brak-ee-suh-FA-lik) obstructive airway syndrome (BOAS). The shape of the skull also may cause eyes to protrude, making them prone to injury and infection, and dental problems due to a lack of room in the mouth. Skin infections are common due to skin folds.
Thousands of packages of frozen dog food were recalled. Wet Noses Natural Dog Treat Company is recalling about 51,000 packages of Simply Nourish frozen dog food due to elevated levels of Vitamin D. Based on an investigation, a significant reduction in the vitamin mix dosage by the vitamin mix manufacturer was “not detected or properly communicated,” resulting in a failure to reduce the dosage in the affected products.
Virbac announces FDA approval of new cancer treatment for dogs derived from an Australian rainforest plant. Virbac announces the breakthrough drug STELFONTA® (tigilanol tiglate injection) that has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a non-surgical alternative for treating canine mast cell tumors in dogs. Australian company QBiotics discovered the biologically active pharmaceutical ingredient, tigilanol tiglate, in the seed of the Australian native blushwood tree from the rainforest of North Queensland.