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Ticks On Pets – Symptoms, Treatment And Prevention

Pets like dogs and cats are likely to get ticks if they go outdoors even for a short period. When ticks attach themselves to a host, they can transmit infection within 24 to 48 hours. That is why you have to be prompt in removing these parasites. As a matter of fact, a Tick Check should be part of your everyday pet care routine especially if you have wooded areas or long grass nearby. Ticks are Ectoparasites, meaning they are the parasites that live outside of the host animal. Identifying one is not hard because they have some unique characteristics.[…]Read More…

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EuroCan Manufacturing Recalls Barnsdale Farms, HoundsTooth And Mac’s Choice Pig Ears

EuroCan Manufacturing is voluntarily recalling their individually shrink-wrapped, 6-pack, 12-pack and 25-pack bags of Barnsdale Farms®, HoundsTooth® and Mac’s Choice® Pig Ears due to potential salmonella contamination. Salmonella can affect animals eating the contaminated products and humans are also at risk after handling the products, especially if you don’t wash your hands thoroughly with soap afterward. [View All Recalls In Reverse Chronological Order] Company: EuroCan Manufacturing of New Hamburg, Ontario Recalled products: The lot number being recalled is 84 and was distributed throughout the U.S.A. and Canada. The recalled products were packaged as individually shrink-wrapped, 6-pack, 12-pack and 25-pack bags[…]Read More…

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Blue Buffalo Voluntarily Recalls One Lot Of BLUE Wilderness® Rocky Mountain Recipe

Blue Buffalo Company is voluntarily recalling one production lot of BLUE Wilderness® Rocky Mountain Recipe, Red Meat Dinner Wet Food for Adult Dogs, due to elevated levels of naturally occurring beef thyroid hormone. [View All Recalls In Reverse Chronological Order] Company: Blue Buffalo Company based on Wilton, CT Recalled products: The recall is limited to one production lot of: BLUE Wilderness Rocky Mountain Recipe Red Meat Dinner Wet Food for Adult Dogs Size: 12.5 ounce can UPC Code: 840243101153 Best-By Date: June 7, 2019; located at the bottom of the can. Why recalled? Due to Potential Elevated Levels of Naturally Occurring Beef[…]Read More…

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Wellpet Voluntarily Recalls Canned Dog Food Due To Elevated Beef Thyroid Hormone

Wellpet of Tewksbury, MA, is voluntarily recalling a limited amount of one recipe of canned dog food due to elevated levels of naturally occurring Beef Thyroid Hormone. This recipe is a mixer or topper and is intended for intermittent or supplemental feeding only making the likelihood of a dog being affected pretty remote. [View All Recalls In Reverse Chronological Order] Company: Wellpet of Tewksbury, MA Recalled products: Here are the details of the Recalled Product: • Wellness 95% Beef Topper for Dogs • Size: 13.2 oz cans • Best-By Dates of 02 FEB 19, 29 AUG 19 and 30 AUG 19[…]Read More…

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Blue Buffalo Dog Food Recall Due To Issues With Foil Seals

Blue Buffalo is voluntarily issuing a market recall of certain dog food due to quality issues with the foil seals on top of the cups. 17 varieties of its Blue Divine Delights and Blue Wilderness Trail Trays are included in this withdrawal. [View All Recalls In Reverse Chronological Order] Company:  Blue Buffalo Company Recalled products: 17 varieties of BLUE Divine Delights 3.5 oz. cups and BLUE Wilderness Trail Trays 3.5 oz. cups are being recalled. Here are the description and UPC codes: BLUE Divine Delights Filet Mignon Flavor in Gravy 3.5 oz cup 84024312035 BLUE Divine Delights New York Strip[…]Read More…

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5 Best Wearable Techs for Pets

Fitbit, Apple Watch, GoPro, just to name a few, are some of the wearable techs that we really enjoy. Well, for some of us, we can’t live without them! As the types of wearable techs are growing daily, we are seeing them evolve for more specific uses day by day. Pet Wearables is a very good example of this evolution in technology. Wearable techs are definitely going to be an essential part of our pet’s lifestyle in the future. The phenomenon has already started… The belief that pets have the power to improve their owners’ lives and that we are happier[…]Read More…

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5 Most Famous Pets On Instagram: Insta-Famous Pets

As you may (or may not) know, social media is a great platform for a broad exposure to a massive audience. If you think that only celebrities, athletes, and politicians can garner hundreds of thousands to millions of followers; think again! These pets are giving other Instagram influencers a run for their money. They are cute, cuddly, influential, and above all – INSTA-FAMOUS! 1) JIFFPOM @jiffpom (4.2M followers) Jiffpom is one of the most-followed pets on Instagram! He bears a blue check mark which means verified just in case you forgot that he’s the cutest pom around. http://www.instagram.com/p/BQsHbOCj0o2/?taken-by=jiffpom Being the cutest model for[…]Read More…

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February 2017 Recall Of Against The Grain Pet Food

Against The Grain Pet Food is issuing a voluntary recall of one lot of its ‘Against the Grain Pulled Beef with Gravy Dinner for Dogs’ due to potential pentobarbital contamination. The recalled product was manufactured and distributed in 2015. Oral exposure to pentobarbital can cause side effects such as drowsiness, dizziness, excitement, loss of balance, nausea, nystagmus (eyes moving back and forth in a jerky manner), inability to stand and coma. [View All Recalls In Reverse Chronological Order] Company:  Against the Grain Pet Food Recalled products: The recalled 12 oz. ‘Against the Grain Pulled Beef with Gravy Dinner for Dogs’[…]Read More…

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Blue Buffalo Dog Food Voluntarily Recalls Home Style Recipe

The Blue Buffalo Company is voluntarily recalling specific lots of Blue Buffalo Homestyle Recipe ‘Healthy Weight’ because of potential metal (aluminum) contamination. [View All Recalls In Reverse Chronological Order] Company:  Blue Buffalo Company Recalled products: The recalled product is ‘Blue Buffalo Homestyle Recipe Healthy Weight, Chicken Dinner with Garden Vegetables’, with the following codes: UPC: 8-40243-10017-0 Best By Date: August 3, 2019 The “Best By” date is on the bottom of the can. Why recalled? Due to possible aluminum contamination. Notes: This is a voluntary recall and no other Blue Buffalo products are involved in this recall. The company has not received any reports[…]Read More…

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Giant Food Stores Recalls Companion Canned Dog Food

Giant Food Stores is issuing a recall for certain lots of Companion Canned Dog food. The recall is voluntarily instigated by the company due to possible metal contamination. [View All Recalls In Reverse Chronological Order] Company:  Giant Food Stores Recalled products: The recalled products are, Companion Canned Dog Food 13.2 oz (3 UPC’s), as follows: Companion Dog Food with Chicken and Rice – 13.2 OZ UPC: 68826707501 Codes: Best By 08/05/2019 Companion Dog Food with Chicken, Lamb and Rice – 13.2 OZ UPC: 68826700360 Codes: Best By 08/05/2019 Companion Dog Food with Turkey and Bacon – 13.2 OZ UPC: 68826700356[…]Read More…

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PetSmart Issues Voluntary Recall Due To Possible Metal Contamination

PetSmart issues a voluntary recall of one production lot of Grreat Choice® Adult Dog Food with Chicken and Rice Classic Ground because of possible metal contamination. Grreat Choice Adult dog food is sold on PetSmart.com, Pet360.com, PetFoodDirect.com and in nationwide PetSmart retail stores. [View All Recalls In Reverse Chronological Order] Company:  PetSmart Recalled products: The following Grreat Choice dog food sold between Oct. 10, 2016 and Feb. 7, 2017: The Best By date is found on the bottom of the can. Why recalled? As a precautionary measure due to metal contamination that could potentially be a choking hazard to pets. Notes: No[…]Read More…

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Evanger’s Voluntarily Recalls Hunk of Beef Due to Deadly Pentobarbital Exposure

Evanger’s is voluntarily recalling specific lots of Hunk of Beef because Of Pentobarbital exposure in one lot of Hunk of Beef Au Jus. Pentobarbital is a sedative that can affect animals that ingest it, and possibly cause side effects such as drowsiness, dizziness, excitement, loss of balance, or nausea, or in extreme cases, possibly death. [View All Recalls In Reverse Chronological Order] Company:  Evanger’s Dog & Cat Food of Wheeling, IL Recalled products: Though pentobarbital was detected in a single batch, all related Hunk of Beef products manufactured the week of June 6 through June 13, 2016, are being recalled[…]Read More…

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Adorable Pets Who Supported The Women’s March In Washington

On January 21st and 22nd, it wasn’t just hundreds of thousands of women who marched during 2017 Women’s March on Washington, D.C. A good number of pets were also accompanying their human parents. Dressed up in their cutest clothes and slogans, different pets – mostly dogs – came to march for women’s rights. The ones that really caught the world’s attention were some adorable pets who showed their support and solidarity for the cause. Pets are down for anything that will put them in the history books, as long as it is for the right purpose. Here are some of our favorite ones that participated: John[…]Read More…

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Pet Food Recall of January 2017 By Blue Ridge

Blue Ridge Beef is voluntarily recalling one of its frozen product due to the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. Listeria can affect animals eating the product. There is a risk to humans from handling contaminated pet products, especially if they have not thoroughly washed their hands after having contact with the products or any surface exposed to these products. [View All Recalls In Reverse Chronological Order] Company:  Blue Ridge Beef of Eatonton, Georgia Brand:  Turkey with bone (no specific brand name) Recalled products: The recalled products are sold in 2 lb chubs and can be identified with the following manufacturing[…]Read More…

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Voluntary Recall Of Certain Cat Food By The J.M. Smucker Company Due To Low Thiamine Levels

UPDATE: January 6, 2017 – The J.M. Smucker Company Expands Its Limited Voluntary Recall On Certain Lots of Canned Cat Food Due to Low Levels of Thiamine (Vitamin B1). The original recall was on January 3, 2017, which can be found below. The additional impacted Product codes is as follows: – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –  January 3, 2017 – The J.M. Smucker Company of Orrville, Ohio Announces a Voluntary Recall of Certain Lots of Canned Cat Food Due to[…]Read More…

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Pet Food Recall of December 2016 By Blue Ridge

Blue Ridge Beef is voluntarily recalling two of its frozen products because these products may be contaminated with Salmonella and/or Listeria monocytogenes. Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes can affect animals eating the contaminated products and humans are also at risk after handling the products, especially if you don’t wash your hands thoroughly with soap afterward. [View All Recalls In Reverse Chronological Order] Company:  Blue Ridge Beef of Eatonton, Georgia Brand:  Dog and Kitten Beef Grind (no specific brand name) Recalled products: The affected products are sold in 2 lb chubs and can be identified with the following manufacturing codes: Lot #mfd ga8516[…]Read More…

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Primates As Pets: How To Make Your Monkey Dreams Come True

Primates as pets - childhood dream, terrible idea!

Every kid dreams of getting a monkey of their very own. TV shows that cast tame, cuddly young primates make this dream seem possible. However, there’s a lot you need to know before searching for “monkeys for sale.” By the time you get to know what it takes to keep primates as pets, you’ll probably change your mind. Types Of Primates A primate is a mammal with a large brain, opposable thumbs, and typically walks on two or four legs – many can do both. They have long lifespans and mature more slowly than many other types of animals. There’s[…]Read More…

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Can Cats And Dogs Live Together?

Can cats and dogs live together in peace? Despite their differences, they can become best friends.

Are you a cat person, or are you a dog person?  If you love both, you don’t have to choose. With a good understanding of both species, you can have a peaceful multi-species household full of animal best friends. It’s true that cats and dogs don’t typically get along. Their body language is different, leading to communication barriers. Their instincts may drive them to chase, flee or fight. But they’re not so different that they cannot learn to understand one another and become friends. Here’s why: They have one thing in common. They love humans. Cats and dogs evolved alongside us.[…]Read More…

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Dog Food Recall Of October 2016 By Mars Petcare

Mars Petcare is voluntarily recalling some of its Cesar Filet Mignon Flavor wet dog food because of choking risk from small pieces of plastic that got in the food during the process of production. [View All Recalls In Reverse Chronological Order] Company: Mars Petcare. Brands:  Cesar Classics. Recalled products: Here is the information about the recalled product: Each product has a lot code printed on the side of the tray that starts with 631FKKC or 631GKKC and best before date between 08/04/18 and 08/05/18. The Cesar Classics Filet Mignon Flavor can also be found in variety packs with the following[…]Read More…

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Dog Food Recall Of September 2016 By Addiction

Addiction Foods of Seattle is voluntarily recalling some of its New Zealand Brushtail and Vegetable and New Zealand Venison and Apple canned dog foods due to elevated levels of Vitamin A plus a variance in calcium/phosphorous ratios. [View All Recalls In Reverse Chronological Order] Company: Addiction Foods of Seattle, WA. Brands:  Addiction New Zealand Brushtail and Vegetables Canned Dog Food Entrée Addiction New Zealand Venison and Apples Canned Dog Food Entrée Recalled products: Here is the information on the recalled products: Addiction New Zealand Brushtail and Vegetables Canned Dog Food Entrée Size: 13.8oz/390g UPC Code: 8 885004 070028 Lot Number: 8940:02Dec2018[…]Read More…

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13 Awesome Reasons Why You Should Hire A Pooper Scooper Service

Dogs are the most popular pets in the world.  They make pretty darn awesome pets. The bond formed with dogs is a relationship unlike with any other animals. Once dogs are attached to their owners, they will be friends for life. No wonder they are known as man’s / woman’s best friend. If you are reading or listening to this article, you almost certainly have at least a dog in your household. And as a dog parent, you already know your daily responsibilities and obligations. Your obligations include taking care of the pet; feeding them, making sure they get plenty[…]Read More…

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Voluntary recall of Frozen Rad Cat Raw Diet® by Radagast Pet Food, Inc

Radagast Pet Food, Inc. is Voluntarily Recalling Four Lots Of Frozen Rad Cat Raw Diet® due to their potential to be contaminated with Salmonella and Listeria Monocytogenes. Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes can affect animals eating the contaminated products and humans are also at risk after handling the products, especially if you don’t wash your hands thoroughly with soap afterwards. [View All Recalls In Reverse Chronological Order] Company: Radagast Pet Food, Inc. of Portland, OR Brand: Frozen Rad Cat Raw Diet® Recalled products: The affected lot codes include 62384, 62361, 62416, and 62372. The Best By dates are located on the lid[…]Read More…

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Dog Food Recall Of May 2016 By Blue Buffalo

Blue Buffalo is voluntarily recalling some batch of their Life Protection Formula Dog Food product due to mold and moisture. [View All Recalls In Reverse Chronological Order] Company: Blue Buffalo Company of Wilton, Connecticut. Brands: Life Protection Formula Fish and Sweet Potato Recipe. Recalled products: A single batch of Life Protection Formula Fish and Sweet Potato Recipe for dogs with the following information: 30 pound bag Best by date: April 11, 2017 Batch data: AH 2A 12:08-14:00 Why recalled? Due to the excessive moisture and mold. Note: Only limited batch of Blue Buffalo products are recalled in this voluntary recall. The recall was[…]Read More…

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Smallbatch Pets Recalls Frozen Dog Duckbatch Sliders

Smallbatch Pets Inc. is voluntarily recalling one lot of frozen dog duckbatch sliders due to their potential to be contaminated with Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes. Salmonella and Listeria monocytogenes can affect animals eating the contaminated products and humans are also at risk after handling the products, especially if you don’t wash your hands thoroughly with soap afterwards. [View All Recalls In Reverse Chronological Order] Company: Smallbatch Pets Inc. Brands: Frozen dog duckbatch sliders. Recalled products: The products affected by this recall are sold frozen in 3 lbs. bags and are identified with the following manufacturing codes: Lot #: CO27 UPC:[…]Read More…

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March 2016 Dog Food Recall By Fromm

Fromm Family Foods of Mequon, Wisconsin is voluntarily recalling three of its canned dog foods due to high levels of Vitamin D. Through their own analysis, they discovered that affected canned food did not have the recommended levels of Vitamin D. Vitamin D is essential in regulating the balance of calcium and phosphorous in dog’s body. But if Vitamin D is ingested in higher levels, serious poisoning can occur. However, Vitamin D toxicity due to higher level of Vitamin D in dog food is rare. [View All Recalls In Reverse Chronological Order] Company: Fromm Family Foods of Mequon, Wisconsin. Brands:[…]Read More…