The Sam Simon Foundation offers free spay/neuter and non-orthopedic surgeries for low income families. They also have a hearing dog program to train assistance dogs for the hearing impaired, as well as rescuing dogs. They are a wonderful local resource for those in need, both of the 2 and 4 legged kind.
According to FoodProductDesign.com “Dogs reacting to the higher levels of vitamin D may show signs of lethargy or exhibit unusually frequent water consumption and urination. To date there have been 36 cases nationwide of dogs reported with symptoms consistent with elevated vitamin D in their systems while feeding on these specific productions of the products. In all cases the symptoms subsided once the food was discontinued; no apparent long-term health consequences have been noticed.”
The California Veterinary Medical Board is trying to prevent anyone other than a veterinarian from performing any type of rehab therapy for our pets. This includes swim therapy, chiropractic, laser therapy, underwater treadmill, and other therapeutic modalities. Most vets don’t know about therapy and are happy to refer to someone who does. Most vets don’t want to go back to school to take courses on rehab therapy. This means that it will be much more difficult to find someone to help our pets when they need it the most!!!
Please contact your State Senator today and tell them you want them to vote “NO” on AB 1980, as amended on June 7, 2010. For the sake of our pets. Voting takes place on Monday, Aug. 9th, so please do this ASAP!! And spread the word.
Here is part of the news release:
“Our 5 lb. and 28 lb. Sweet Potato & Chicken Dry Dog food, manufactured on December 17, 2009 with a “Best By” date of June 17, 2011 is being voluntarily recalled. A random sampling of this product tested positive for Salmonella by the FDA. In my mind, I asked, “How can this happen? I spent over $900,000 putting in our laboratory to test our products before we release them.” We tested samples from the production run when it was manufactured six months ago, and the results came back negative.”
You can read the rest here:
http://www.naturalbalanceinc.com/letter_from_president.html