Home cooked meals for pets popular but complicated
March 3rd, 2007Set another place at the table for Fido - it’s dinnertime.
Despite a cultural reluctance to spend more than 30 minutes making dinner, a growing number of Americans are happy to invest plenty of time - and money - cooking up gourmet grub for their domesticated partners.
This is a long way from whipping up the occasional kitty treat or dumping table scraps into the dog’s bowl.
This is about rejecting commercial animal foods and regularly preparing fancy people food for pets. And it’s a trend that has spawned its own industry of cookbooks, consultants, pet food bakeries, Web sites, even a column in a national food magazine.
fido Health PetsFire Department receives life saving equipment for pets
February 26th, 2007Animals rescued by the Tacoma Fire Department will soon breathe easier. Jones Animal Hospital has gifted the Tacoma Fire Department with kits containing oxygen masks specifically designed for pets. The masks are designed to deliver life saving oxygen to pets rescued from house fires. The Tacoma Fire Department will carry the kits on their battalion command vehicles, which respond to all structure fires.
Jones Animal Hospital, located at 3322 S. Union Ave, will officially present the oxygen mask kits to the Tacoma Fire Department at 3 p.m. during an open house on March 3 scheduled from 2 p.m.-5 p.m. During the open house, veterinary staff will be available to conduct facility tours, explain veterinary procedures and answer nutritional and vaccine related questions.
animal hospital fire department Health oxygen masks PetsCan your pet make you healthier?
February 25th, 2007All of us who live with pets know the joy they can bring to our lives. But did you know that sharing your life with a pet may also improve your health and help you to live longer?
A recent report by Dr. Robert Blalock made the above assumption. It stated that in two separate research studies, Dr. Erika Friedmann determined that people who were recovering from a heart attack were five to eight times more likely to be alive one year after they were discharged from the hospital if they had a pet than if they didn’t. This was true even when controlling for severity of illness, demographic characteristics and physiologic profiles suggesting that the relationship itself with the animal was the key predictor of survival rates.
Other studies show that Alzheimer’s patients have fewer anxious outbursts and fewer mood disorders when there is an animal in the home. Cats seem particularly suited for this setting since the caregivers often feel less burdened by a cat who may require less daily care by them than a dog.
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alzheimers patients Health home cats Pets recovering from a heart attackTop 10 tips for a lifetime of good health for your pet
February 24th, 2007I found this interesting article about keeping your pet healthy. It seemed like a very good top 10 list and wanted to share it.
One of the tips that was most interesting to me, because I have a bad habit of giving snacks to my pets, was the following:
The Animal Poison Control Center urges you to avoid feeding the following foods to your pet: Alcoholic beverages, avocado, chocolate, coffee, fatty foods, macadamia nuts, moldy or spoiled foods, onions and onion powder, raisins and grapes, salt, yeast dough, garlic, and products sweetened with xylitol.
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