I just want to give a really heartfelt shout-out to HALO because they always step up to support the do-good gatherings for pets. They are right there, front and center, whenever there is an event to raise awareness and funds for a pet-related cause and their participation can make a difference. Any time I get […]
Dog Talk Show #332: Martha White’s grandfather wrote Charlotte’s Web and Stuart Little but had a great love for dogs, and she has edited her grandfather’s writings about dogs in E.B. White on Dogs; Nikki Moustaki talks about The Pet Postcard Project (PetPostcardProject.com) and helping animals in need through Halo and Freekibble.com; Vint Virga’s book, […]
I am amazed that there are still people who do not realize how dangerous it can be to give their dog a bone to chew on as a “treat” — because it can be life-threatening and send their dog to the emergency clinic. I fondly recall the childhood ditty “With a knick knack, paddywhack, give […]
My dream has always been to find canned cat foods that had no more than 10% of calories from carbohydrates in it. That was a dream I shared with all health-conscious cat lovers, who recognize that the cat is an obligate carnivore and should eat a meat diet — ideally one with only about 10% […]
The recent horrendous flooding in Colorado reminds us all how vulnerable we are to the vagaries of weather, and often how little time there is for people to react and save themselves, their families and homes, and the animals who share their lives. I know many people in the past week shared my desire to […]
I am not going to take credit for this idea of a homemade activity feeder to enrich your pussycat’s life — but I am going to be the one to give you the idea of making your puzzle feeder healthy by using it with Halo’s new Healthy Weight Whitefish and Salmon Spot’s Stew for cats. […]
You know how cranky and frustrated you feel when you’re on a diet? And all you dream about is what you’ll eat when you reach your target weight? But you also realize that after all that hard work and sacrifice, you’re kind of afraid to dream of delicious food because there’s nothing worse than backsliding […]
This past Sunday I was just thrilled to have had the opportunity to slip some of Halo’s most delicious foods into the doggy bags at the Fur-Ever Adoption event sponsored by [Pepe Infiniti] at the fancy Westchester Mall in White Plains, New York. The most amazing thing was to see thousands of shoppers come down […]
It came as a big surprise to me to learn that the words “crude protein” that you see on all bags of pet food — that you are carefully looking for on the label — don’t really have anything directly to do with what we think of as being protein — meat, fish or poultry. […]
