Nutro Dog Foods Is Not Being Investigated By The FDA

Nutro Pet Food Products,  Is Not Being Investigated By The FDA
From FDA website :
April 28, 2009
FDA Statement on Nutro Products, Inc.
FDA is clarifying that Nutro Products, Inc. is not currently under investigation.  FDA does not typically confirm or deny the existence of an FDA investigation.  It has recently come to our attention, however, that a media [...]

Cassidy, Tumor Removed Coming Home Tonight

The surgery went smoothly for the removal of the large mass on Cassidy’s leg, we will be picking her up in a little while from Countryside veterinary.
Cassidy is the 10-ish year old, slightly overweight shepherd mix we recently received.
Original Post, Another Vet Appointment, Dog With A Lump
The Spirit Dog

Speed Test Hughsnet vs Frontier DSL

DSL from Frontier our phone service provider, recently became available in our area and was installed today.
Here’s a new speed test between Hughsnet Internet Satellite and Frontier Communications.

The Spirit Dog

Poultry (Chicken) Feed Recall

Land O’Lakes Purina Feed has initiated a limited voluntary recall of a single lot of a Country Acres poultry feed product, due to the potential for higher than acceptable levels of salt. The presence of salt above acceptable levels can cause serious health issues, and at high levels, potential mortality in poultry.
Limited Voluntary Recall of [...]

Swine Flu, Now 20 Confirmed Cases U.S.

As of 9:00 AM on April 26, CDC has confirmed 20 human cases of swine flu in the U.S.:

California: 7
Kansas: 2
New York City: 8
Ohio: 1
Texas: 2

Investigations are ongoing to determine the source of the infection and whether additional people have been infected with swine influenza viruses.
Swine Flu VS Seasonal Flu

The Regular Seasonal Flu Still Kicks [...]

Another Vet Appointment, Dog With A Lump

The hits just keep coming here at Spirit Animal Sanctuary and considering all the time and money we have been spending to finish our animal house,this is really shitty timing.
A couple of weeks ago we received a 10 year old female Shepherd mix named Cassidy, because the owner had passed away. She’s a little overweight [...]

Spirit Animal Sanctuaries New Doggy House Update

Dug Spring Water Well
The well was dug late Monday afternoon and by Tuesday morning was filled with about 650 gallons of water. We had it dug down on the side of one of our creek banks that is fed continuously from some of the many underground natural springs on our land.
I was very happy to [...]

Sick Dogs, Construction, Every Day Animal Care

I have to apologize for not blog posting as frequently as I normally do. With tending to the health and medical needs of the two late stage kidney disease dog we currently have, along with the normal four or five dogs that are on daily medications. Then it’s finally spring here (kind of)  in the [...]

You Can’t Hide Your Emotions From a Dog

Repeat after me :
You Can’t Hide Your Emotions From a Dog.
You Can’t Hide Your Emotions From a Dog.
You Can’t Hide Your Emotions From a Dog.
Got It ?
Good !
Now, can you tell me the significance of this.
The Spirit Dog
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How to stop Extreme Food Aggression or Resource Guarding Dogs

OK, a lot of people just can’t deal with this stuff. So the easiest fix for food aggressive dogs is hire a dog trainer (not a behaviorist) that’s experienced in poison proofing.
Poison proofing a dog, simply teaches a dog that they are only allowed to eat in one specific area or only out of their [...]

Find Your Nervous Fear Aggressive Dogs Spot, Spirit Dog Trick

Tell me where your dogs spot is.
A little trick you can use while attempting to relax your dog in those situations that make her a little to nervous is, find her happy spot. You know what I mean, the special spot on your dog that when you scratch or rub it she starts-a-kicken that leg [...]

The Big Dog House Update

Things are progressing nicely with our new animal house, if all goes well we should be able to start getting our dogs into their new digs in July of this year. Can’t wait.
The Spirit Dog