Issue #80

Did you know…. Some holiday favorites are safe for dogs? Although it may be tempting to share, it’s still important to choose healthy options.

Available until November 28th ONLY, here’s the current line up:

🐷Pork Loin

🐮Grass-fed Beef Liver

🐠Anchovies

🦆Duck Feet

🐷Pig Skin

🐄Beef Backstrap

🦬Bison Scapula (Super Chew)

In observance of the Thanksgiving holiday, our member service team will be unavailable on Thursday, November 25. You can send us an email or text us at 858-348-5954, and we’ll get back to you on Friday. Keep a lookout for a secretshop drop on Friday as well.

Innocan Pharma announces the successful demonstration of prolonged release of CDB in dogs using its LPT technology. Two companies have teamed up to work on a unique technology that keeps CBD in the body longer than normal. Liposome technology (LPT) is showing CBD concentrations in the plasma of dogs for up to 6 weeks. This is a 5mg dose which would normally be given twice a day every day. Although this dosing is given subcutaneously and not orally, it is still groundbreaking. This technology would be able to make using CBD on dogs (and humans) cheaper and more convenient.

Texas A&M is offering a new cancer screening test. Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences (CVMBS) will now offer the newly launched, easy-to-use, cost-effective cancer test through the CVMBS’ Gastrointestinal (GI) Laboratory.The launch represents a significant development in veterinary medicine. Until the release of the Nu.Q Vet Cancer Screening Test, there had been no accurate, simple and affordable cancer screening tests available in veterinary medicine.

Hill’s Pet Nutrition partners with Bond Pet Foods to develop fermented protein formulas. Alternative proteins for pets are moving beyond just plants to include lab-cultured ingredients, to relieve pressure from the global meat chain. Boulder-based Bond Pet Foods has been working on a fermented chicken protein. The unique process involves collecting a one-time blood sample from a Kansas hen and using that to build a genetic foundation for the protein. Bond then uses food-grade yeast and a fermentation process to produce meatless animal proteins with comparable texture, appearance and nutrition to traditional chicken proteins.

Can television calm down a stressed dog? Some of our canine friends—particularly those dogs who have only known life with their owners since the pandemic began—are now experiencing some difficulties adapting to their owners gradually returning to normal life. It is widely acknowledged that dogs do not watch TV in the same way as we do. But our dogs will probably be aware that we settle down and relax when the TV is on. This association may help them calm down, even when we are not around.

More veterinarians are offering pet hospice. Most families that chose to do pet hospice have a dog or cat that is given a terminal diagnosis or a disease that can significantly impact their quality of life. After a vet is assigned to you, they come to your home and put a plan in place to help your pet live out their final days or months in the most comfortable and peaceful way possible. As those days continue on, you have access to a nurse 7 days a week.

DogPhone allows lonely dogs to video call their owners. A new prototype invention called the DogPhone allows lonesome dogs to video call their owners. By shaking a hi-tech ball that detects motion, the ingenious device connects to a computer and video calls the absent owner on their laptop or screen. While there are some kinks to work out, this product should be hitting the market soon.