Puppy found in Tempe with collar embedded in neck Posted: 06/16/2011                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Deborah Stocks                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          abc.15.com PHOENIX – Arizona animal advocates are reminding pet owners to check their growing animals’ collars after one puppy was found wearing a collar so tight it was growing into his neck. The Arizona Animal Welfare League & Society for the Prevention of […]

Pet Talk: Some dogs predisposed to deadly bloating Pet Talk. USAToday.com                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Sharon L. Peters  8.6.11 At 6 p.m., the dog is perfectly happy and healthy. At 8, he’s dead, killed by his own body. Bloat (officially gastric dilatation/volvulus, or GDV) is a condition that some call the “mother of all emergencies,” one that kills thousands of […]

PRESS RELEASE            American Botanical Council  (Austin, TX) February 2, 2010.        Article should be retracted and corrected says herbal science group At least several times per year an article is published in a medical journal that purports to provide health professionals and the public with useful information on the safety of herbs and […]

Book Review: Dr. Dog’s Fast, Easy & Fun Behavior Solutions If it’s a quick fix to your dog’s behavior problems you’re looking for, you’ll not find it here—no jerking or squirting or using the latest fad techniques.  If you want to invest the time to learn why your dog is misbehaving and what you may […]

NATURAL HOMOEOPATHIC TICK TREATMENT In an effort to reduce the dependence on chemicals to which ticks are becoming increasingly resistant, this work was carried out to determine if a homeopathic medicine made from the tick can provide a viable alternative. 27 tick-infested cattle were divided into 3 groups. One group received no treatment, the next […]

Steve Dale Tribune Media Services The Baltimore Sun, April 6, 2011 WARWICK, R.I. — The International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants 2011 Conference April 1-3 was attended by over 300 dog, cat, parrot and horse behavior consultants. One headline from the event emerged from a speech by veterinary behaviorist Dr. Nicholas Dodman, director of the […]

Research was conducted on the traditional remedies used in Southern Italy on skin conditions in humans and animals.     Dermatological (skin) remedies make up at least one-third of the traditional pharmacopoeia in southern Italy. The identification of folk remedies for the skin is important both for the preservation of traditional medical knowledge and in the search […]

Some dogs may look like their owners, but all dogs imitate their human companions. By Jennifer Viegas Discovery News.  Jul 27, 2010 For the first time, scientists have proven that dogs automatically imitate humans. Dogs cannot easily curb this tendency to imitate us, even when the behavior is not in their best interest. Humans, non-human […]

MERCK SUED: HomeAgain® PET CHIP IMPLICATED IN CANCER   Pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. has been served with a lawsuit over claims its HomeAgain® pet microchip induced cancer in a cat. Animal rights attorney Steven Wise seeks “reasonable compensatory damages” for a malignant tumor “likely” induced by a HomeAgain® ID chip implanted in his client’s […]

Chamomile (botanical name – Chamomilla recutita or Matricaria recutita) is a herbal medicine that possesses anti-inflammatory, anti-spasmodic, anti-ulcer and other healing properties. It can also act as a mild sedative and may be suitable for the treatment of anxiety, colic, gastrointestinal inflammation and diarrhoea and may be used topically (on the skin) for the treatment […]