We want everyone to be safe and informed. Please contact us if you have any questions or concerns about any pet foods or products.
March is National Tick Awareness Month
April 2024 How to check your pet for ticks and more
Information Sheets for Pet Owners
November 22, 2022 – https://www.wormsandgermsblog.com/resources-pets/
Toxic levels of Vitamin D update:
July 10, 2019 – Supplier identified in Hill’s pet food vitamin D-related recalls
Grain free diets and heart disease update:
June 27, 2019 Dog food brands most linked to heart-disease reports named
Ontario’s tick numbers spike, hotspots popping up in new areas
Jan 8, 2019 – Public Health Ontario is mapping at-risk areas for Lyme disease in 2019 after a high number in 2017. Researchers are studying data to find out where ticks are and where they are spreading.
“Initially, these risk areas were located along the north shore of Lake Erie, and along the north shore of the St. Lawrence seaway,” said Public Health Ontario entomologist Mark Nelder. However, there are new spots popping up in northwestern Ontario, Hamilton and Simcoe. Aside from natural expansion, Nelder said climate change could have to do with the spread, due to the temperatures becoming warmer.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/ontario-tick-lyme-disease-spread-1.4969430?fbclid=IwAR1pP-QBXjPiUT0uN5YQs8oK_EXKsp1FqBh0LoEa-mSkygvcBMaaxdwogIU
CBC – ‘Grain-free’ dog food may be linked to deadly heart disease
Unusual cases of potentially deadly heart disease have been cropping up in dogs fed dog food containing legumes and potatoes that is often marketed as being “grain free,” prompting the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to investigate.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/dcm-grain-free-dog-food-1.4762533?fbclid=IwAR2RqaKHA9epggDbVkcLQWsq8as3r1JMPm5NivsYfVhJZKCpuNt8_yAE4Kk