Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Oso - the comic strip pug

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Sheldon, is a cleverly current,  daily comic strip written and drawn by Dave Kellett.  The cast of characters includes a pug named Oso who is owned by 10-year-old Sheldon.  It is apparent that Dave fully understand the oddities of pug behavior and his strips involving Oso are quite amusing.

Monday, April 9, 2007

Picture Perfect Puppy Contest

Pugs and pictures go hand in hand, so as pug owners I know that you have a ton of adorable pictures of your pug.  Well, do I have good news.  WE tv is holding a Picture Perfect Puppy Contest and the grand prize winner will received $5, 000.  Plus, two second prize winners will receive $2, 500.  Not bad!

You have until June 9, 2007 to submit your photo and you can find out more about the contest here.

Friday, April 6, 2007

ASPCA Pet Food Recall Resource Center

With new information being released everyday about the Menu Foods pet food recall it is hard to stay current and keep up with what is safe to feed your pug.  The ASPCA has put together a great resource center that will help keep pug owners in the loop and answers many of the common questions pet owners have about the pet food recall.

Check it out and bookmark it.  I have a feeling the Pet Food Recall Resource Center is going to be a vital resource for pet owners over the next few months.

Saturday, March 31, 2007

Hill’s Recalls Prescription Diet m/d Feline Dog Food

Hill’s Pet Nutrition has voluntarily recalled its Prescription Diet m/d Feline Dog Food because the food included wheat gluten purchased from the same supplier as Menu Foods.  Yesterday, the FDA announced that scientists had found melamine in samples of Menu Foods recalled pet food as well as the wheat gluten used in as ingredients in the recalled food.

Friday, March 30, 2007

Melamine Found in Recalled Pet Food

The Food and Drug Administration has released the results of their testing of samples of contaminated pet food that was recalled by Menu Foods earlier this month.  Here is a synopsis of the FDA’s results:

• The FDA found melamine in samples of the recalled pet food.  Melamine is a chemical used to make plastics.  It is also used as a fertilizer in Asia.
• Melamine was also detected in the wheat gluten used as an ingredient in the tainted pet food.
• FDA Officials confirmed that the contaminated wheat gluten was also shipped to a company that manufacturers dry pet food.  The FDA Officials will not release the name of the company at this time as they cannot confirm if the company has used the wheat gluten.
• Melamine was detected in the urine of cats that got sick after eating the recalled food and it was also found in the urine of one cat that died as a result of eating the tainted food.
• Scientists do not have enough data on mammalian toxicity levels of melamine to conclude it caused the death or sickness of pets eating the contaminated food
• FDA scientists did not find evidence of aminopterin in the samples they tested.  Scientists at the New York State Food Laboratory found aminopterin in the samples they tested.

Friday, March 30, 2007

Other Contaminants in Recalled Pet Food?

The ASPC is urging diagnostic laboratories to continue looking for other contaminants in recently recalled pet food.  The ASPCA’s Dr. Steven Hanson explains, “There are so many inconsistencies in the purported link between aminopterin and the animals affected that we urge veterinary toxicologists and veterinary pathologists at diagnostic laboratories to continue looking for additional contaminants.”

There has been no word yet that any additional contaminants other than aminopterin (rat poison) has been found in the recalled food.

Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Help Bring Pixie Home

The Deatricks in Bolingbrook, Illinois are asking anyone that may have information on their missing pug, Pixie, to contact the Bolingbrook police or Crimestoppers.  Pixie was stolen from the family’s home along with other personal belongings during a robbery last week.

Pixie is a year and a half old and is fawn color.  The family is offering a $4500 reward or Pixie’s safe return.

Great News!  Pixie has been reunited with her family.