Mahalo plenty, Becky McDougall for sharing this. It keeps everything in perspective.

From time to time, people tell me,
“lighten up, it’s just a dog,”
or “that’s a lot of money for just a dog.”

They don’t understand the distance traveled, the time spent,
or the costs involved for “just a dog.”

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Here’s some important news for all pet owners — who would have thought that something like garden mulch could be toxic to dogs. . . this was verified on Snopes. http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/cocoamulch.asp

Over the weekend, the doting owner of two young lab mixes  purchased Cocoa Mulch  from Target to use in their garden. The dogs loved the way [...]

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Check out this ASPCA article about online pet scams. . . very enlightening. . .

As more and more Americans turn to the Web to find the pet of their dreams, scams have skyrocketed as criminals seek to take advantage of unsuspecting pet parents. According to the Internet Crime Complaint Center, hundreds of complaints [...]

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I just saw this today and thought it might be of value to other dog lovers. . .

By Laurinda Morris, DVM
Danville Veterinary Clinic 
Danville , OH

This week I had the first case in history of raisin toxicity ever seen at MedVet. My patient was a 56-pound, 5-year-old male neutered lab mix [...]

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