It’s devastating to lose a loved one. It’s even more devastating to feel ashamed about your grief, to feel that you need to apologize for mourning. Unfortunately, when a pet dies, it’s all too common for owners to hide their pain, making it more difficult to get past it. That’s the subject of this week’s…
Good Breeding
Most of us have seen — or avoided looking at — the pictures of dogs at mass commercial breeding operations, better known as puppy mills. Crowded into wire cages stacked on top of each other, the dogs are commodities, pure and simple. And the people who profit from these operations give the term “breeder” a…
Friday Focus: When Pet Food Switching is a Problem
I asked the question on Sunday: Why can’t you vary your dog’s diet — so long as you keep it healthy — or switch it quickly? As it turns out, my question conflated two issues. You often can and should vary your dog’s diet (but not always; more on which in a minute). It’s only…