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Mother-in-Law Won’t Listen
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I cannot stop my mother in law feeding my dogs, as we work together and the dogs come to work with me every day. She feeds them sandwiches under her desk. I have asked her to stop but she takes no notice.
One of my dogs has allergies and I like to keep my eye [...]
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Shameless Promotion
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Blogs.com recently named our blog on its list of Top 10 Popular Dog Blogs (#3) and WordPress recently named is in its 100 fastest-growing blogs. Woo-hoo!
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National Dog Day
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August 26 is National Dog Day. Started by self-styled “pet lifestyle expert”/interior designer Colleen Paige, National Dog Day is intended to raise awareness of all the ways in which dogs enrich our lives, and to get people to donate to shelters. The organizers’ website encourages people to host a variety of events to celebrate, including [...]
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Dog Sitter Etiquette
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Q: I’m using a dog/house sitter for the first time while my husband and I go away for a much-needed long weekend. We’re using a very sweet young couple that walks our girls 3x a week. We’re friendly with the couple, but have used them only a couple of months and we really don’t know [...]
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How to Housetrain Any Dog … Really!
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Here are some tips that will make housetraining faster and easier. It works on puppies or dogs. Even an adult dog can be put on this program and successfully be housebroken.
You can train a dog to us a specific area of the yard by keeping your pup on a leash every time you go out, [...]
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FDA Updates Statement on the Investigation into the Salmonella Montevideo Outbreak
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The Food and Drug Administration, along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, continues to work closely with the Rhode Island Department of Health and other states in the investigation of an outbreak of Salmonella Montevideo infections associated with certain Italian-style sausage products including salami/salame.
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FDA Issues Guidance to Help Streamline Medical Device Clinical Trials
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today issued guidance on Bayesian statistical methods in the design and analysis of medical device clinical trials that could result in less costly and more efficient patient studies.
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United States Seizes more than 1500 Cases of Food from Wisconsin Distribution Warehouse
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At the request of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Marshals on Tuesday seized a wide range of human and animal food products stored under insanitary conditions at Mid-States Closeouts, a distribution warehouse in Ellsworth, Wis. The products were seized under a warrant issued by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin.
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FDA Approves Xiaflex for Debilitating Hand Condition
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Xiaflex (collagenase clostridium histolyticum) as the first drug to treat a progressive hand disease known as Dupuytren's contracture, which can affect a person’s ability to straighten and properly use their fingers.
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FDA Requests $4.03 Billion to Transform Food Safety System, Invest in Medical Product Safety, Regulatory Science
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is requesting $4.03 billion to promote and protect public health as part of the President’s fiscal year 2011 budget – a 23 percent increase over the agency’s current $3.28 billion budget.
The FY 2011 request, which covers the period of Oct.1, 2010, through Sept. 30, 2011, includes increases of $146 million in budget authority and $601 million in industry user fees.
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Hound TV #44 – Wednesday 3 February 2010: Teaching your dog to wave
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In this podcast, we bring you a segment from Episode 5 of Season 1 of our TV series. Dog trainer Sidney Aarons shows you how to teach your dog to wave, plus we meet the Chinese Crested.
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10 Fun Activities to try with Your Dog in 2010
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As we start the new year and the new decade, you may be making plans and setting goals for your future. Don’t forget to include your dog! Here are a few ideas for activities you could try together. You probably won’t have the time – or interest – to try all of them, but why [...]
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Hound TV #43 – Wednesday 16 December 2009: Leonberger
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In this podcast, we bring you a segment from Episode 5 of Season 1 of our TV series. It’s the one where we meet the Leonberger. And, why you shouldn’t throw sticks for your dog!
Also, check out our sponsor for this episode, iSqueek:
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Hound TV #42 – Tuesday 3 November 2009: Dog Museum
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Today’s segment is from Episode 4 of Season 1 of our TV series. It’s the one where we visit a dog museum (and no, that’s not a place where they exhibit, like, 19th century tennis balls and tug toys).
Also, check out our new sponsor for this episode, iSqueek:
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Hound TV #41 – Thursday 24 September 2009: Focus & Stand; Havanese
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From episode 4 of our first TV season:
In today’s video, getting your dog to focus on you for training, and training your dog to stand on the table for easier visits to the vet and grooming salon. We also meet the Havanese.
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