Preliminary Animal Health Notification
December 19, 2008
FDA Continues To Receive Complaints about Chicken Jerky Products for Dogs
and Cautions Consumers
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continues to caution consumers of a
potential association between the development of illness in dogs and the
consumption of chicken jerky products also described as chicken tenders,
strips or treats. FDA continues to receive complaints of dogs experiencing
illness that their owners or veterinarians associate with consumption of

Here are some additional tips from The Humane Society of the United States:

Look for a breeder who:

Keeps dogs in the home as part of the family -- not exclusively outdoors in kennels;

*Has dogs who appear happy and healthy, are excited to meet new people, and don't shy away from visitors;

*Shows you where the dogs spend most of their time; the area should be clean and well maintained;

*Encourages you to spend time with the puppy's parents-- at a minimum, the pup’s mother -- when you visit;

"How have responsible hobby breeders become the "New Puppy Mills" targeted by these AR zealots?"

11|11|08 Writer Denise R. Monette posed several critical questions in Stemming The Animal Rights Tide: "How did public opinion shift towards shelter adoptions to 'save' the animals instead of seeking pets from dedicated hobby breeders who love their dogs and produce healthy pets, typical of their breed?" and "How did we lose our way?"

World's first cloned dog fathers puppies.
SEOUL (AFP) — Snuppy, the first cloned dog, has become a father after the world's first successful breeding involving only cloned canines, South Korean researchers said Thursday.

The Afghan hound impregnated two cloned bitches of the same breed through artificial insemination, a Seoul National University (SNU) research team said in a statement.

"This is the first time in the world that puppies have been born from cloned parents," team leader Lee Byung-Chun told AFP.

How to Avoid Online Puppy Mills
Experts Advise Caution When Purchasing a Pet Online By BRITTANY BACON
June 21, 2007

Share When you buy a new pet, the last thing you want to bring home is an adorable puppy with a not-so-adorable case of pneumonia.

Getting slapped with a hefty vet bill hurts, but watching your puppy suffer hits even harder.

In most states where puppy lemon laws don't exist, the law is such that you have little recourse as a buyer who unknowingly purchases a "lemon" puppy that came from a cramped and dangerous puppy mill.