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The Food Bowl

Archive for August 2007

August 29th, 2007

RIP Starbuck

Our sweet little rattie girl, Starbuck, died tonight. She was two years and seven months old which is really quite remarkable for a pet rat. Though we don’t think it had anything to do with her death, she had developed a tumor under her left arm about six months ago and it got progressively bigger. […]

By Heather -- 7 comments

August 21st, 2007

Sneaky Wal-Mart

Wal-Mart Quietly Pulling Dog Treats
“Wal-Mart Stores Inc. quietly stopped selling two brands of dog treats in July, after customers voiced concerns that the Chinese products may have caused their pets to fall ill, but no recall has been announced, a company spokeswoman confirmed.
“The world’s largest retailer started pulling Chicken Jerky Strips from Import-Pingyang Pet Product […]

By Heather -- 0 comments

August 21st, 2007

Scamp, the Dog of Death

Remember Oscar, the death predicting cat? It seems he has some competition in the form of a schnauzer named Scamp:
Scamp is the live-in pet at an Ohio nursing home, but the Schnauzer doesn’t just bring companionship to the lonely. He has an eerie gift that also allows him to bring comfort to the dying.
Scamp can […]

By Heather -- 0 comments

August 16th, 2007

Happy Birthday, Chip!

Is it weird to recognize the birthday of a pet? I always thought it kind of was until we got Chip. We adopted him from my friend’s co-worker so we knew his exact date of birth, and we couldn’t resist “celebrating” it ever since.
He turns five today (or 33, according to this conversion calculator) and […]

By Heather -- 3 comments

August 6th, 2007

Crazy Cats

This is one of my most favorite cat videos ever. I’ve seen our cats do many of these things over the years. Enjoy!

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August 3rd, 2007

Voluntary Food Recall

A voluntary food recall has been issued by Castleberry Foods. This is actually for human food (one reported case of botulism in Castleberry’s human edible Hot Dog Chili Sauce) but concerns Dick Van Patten’s Natural Balance Eatables for Dogs.
Our cats and dogs have been on Natural Balance for a couple of years now and the […]

By Heather -- 0 comments

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