Pet Food Regulations Unanswerable Pet Food Questions Is it food? Yes and no. Is it legal? Yes and no. A $23 billion dollar a year (in the U.S.) ‘regulated’ industry that... Susan ThixtonMarch 7, 2016
Dr. Cathy Alinovi Ten questions to ask when shopping for a new veterinarian First question: Will the new veterinarian will accept services provided by your old veterinarian? Susan ThixtonMarch 7, 2016
Pet Food Ingredients Popular Vet Recommended Supplement Contains Questionable Ingredient Purina’s FortiFlora – a dog and cat probiotic sold by many veterinarians – contains Animal Digest. Purina explains that Animal Digest is a “source... Susan ThixtonMarch 3, 2016
Pet Food Regulations Human Grade, But Not for Raw Pet Food The AAFCO working group that has developed a legal definition for human grade pet food met again yesterday. There is good news, and bad... Susan ThixtonMarch 2, 2016
Dr. Cathy Alinovi My dog had all of her teeth pulled at her last dental, now her tongue hangs out. Why is that? Your poor baby must have had some rotten teeth! The good news is now that the rotten teeth are out, she probably feels much... Cathy Alinovi DVMFebruary 26, 2016
Dr. Michael W. Fox QUESTIONING THE WORLD WILDLIFE FUND’S PET FOOD INTELLIGENCE Friend and fellow pet food consumer advocate Dr. Michael W. Fox provided us his thoughts on the World Wildlife Fund's recent post on pet... Michael W. Fox DVMFebruary 26, 2016
Pet Food Regulations Chicken Poop Burger…Anyone? Few people are aware to what is allowed to be fed to livestock animals. One ingredient that is AAFCO defined and FDA approved to... Susan ThixtonFebruary 25, 2016
Pet Food News WorldWildlife.org got it Wrong with Pet Food The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) recently wrote about pet food. Their post is off the mark, they clearly do not understand the ‘truth’ of... Susan ThixtonFebruary 24, 2016
Pet Food Regulations This is Nutrition? The FDA has recently issued a warning letter to Hardy Animal Nutrition for using illegal industrial grade, pesticide contaminated and sludge oil fats –... Susan ThixtonFebruary 24, 2016
Pet Food Regulations It’s So Bad, All We Can do Now is Warn Each day in the U.S. millions of pounds of adulterated pet foods are sold to unknowing consumers; an estimated $19 Million dollars worth every... Susan ThixtonFebruary 22, 2016