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Heads Up! “Sportmix” Pet Food Recall

January 15, 2021 / Dogs in General / By Karen Shanley / Leave a Comment

Midwestern Pet Foods company expands voluntary recall of dry food products.

After more than 70 dogs died and 80 others became ill, possibly from ingesting fatal levels of a toxin that is produced by mold, Midwestern Pet Foods is conducting a recall, the Food and Drug Administration said.

Pet parents: do not feed the recalled products to your pets or any other animals.

Destroy the products in a way that children, pets and wildlife cannot access them. Wash and … Read More

The Better Question is What is Duct Tape NOT Good For

December 30, 2020 / Dogs in General, My Dogs and Me / By Karen Shanley / Leave a Comment

I’ve been hard at work trying to make it so Wink can continue our walks even in cold, snowy weather. It’s been a process, to say the least. But I’m determined.

The latest problem to solve has been how to keep Wink’s feet protected.

I started off with these waterproof, skidproof booties from Amazon.com EXPAWLORER Waterproof Dog Boots Reflective Non-Slip Pet Booties. They get 4 stars, and for a lot of people, they seem to do the trick.

Here’s … Read More

Genius Dog Challenge

November 11, 2020 / Dog Training / By Karen Shanley / 2 Comments

Need a break and looking for something fun?

From the Guardian: “The search for the world’s smartest dog kicks into gear Wednesday 1PM, as contenders compete in a live-streamed event to be crowned top of the canine class.

Researchers in Hungary have spent more than two years searching for dogs who could recognize the names of their different toys, advertising for owners to come forward on social media. Now the canines they have discovered are set to take part … Read More

Dog Stroller Review: No-Zip Expedition Zipperless Entry Pet Stroller

September 24, 2020 / Dogs in General, My Dogs and Me / By Karen Shanley / 6 Comments

Without Graidy as Wink’s point person, he has become even more attached to me, if that’s possible. Which means he doesn’t do well when I’m not in his immediate orbit.

So I stopped going for walks because Wink, at 12 1/2 years old, can’t walk as far as I like to go. Then I thought–that’s silly, there must be a solution. And sure enough…

I found this No-Zip Expedition Zipperless Entry Pet Stroller on Amazon

REVIEW

The details:

NO-ZIP, push-button

Summertime and the Living is Easy

August 3, 2020 / Finnegan the Coon Cat, Life, My Dogs and Me / By Karen Shanley / Leave a Comment

Perks for Wink

June 13, 2020 / My Dogs and Me / By Karen Shanley / Leave a Comment

Graidy has been gone for a month now. It’s been 20 years since we’ve been a one-dog-family. It’s taking some adjusting for both me and Wink.

I worried that Wink would go into a deep depression without his best bud. And he did for a little while. But he seems to have rebounded.

In part, because he gets to do something now that rarely happened when Graidy was alive. He gets to come on walks with me now.

No matter … Read More

Graidy 2003-ish — May 13, 2020

May 20, 2020 / Life, My Dogs and Me / By Karen Shanley / Leave a Comment

The first day I met Graidy at Glen Highland Farm Rescue.

Whenever I think of Graidy, this is the pose I think of him in the most. Facing out, looking off into the distance. In fact, this is the first vision I had of him before I even met him. I wrote this story as fiction because it’s pretty fantastical about how he found me. But every word of it is true.