Seattle Dog Spot

Spring has sprung - Watch out for outdoor plants than can poison your pet

Dr. Denise Petryk, an emergency medicine vet and co-owner of the Animal Emergency Clinic / Puget Sound Veterinary Referral Center in Tacoma, wrote a column in the Seattle Times about outdoor plants that are dangerous to your pets.

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Kirkland Off-Leash Dog Group issues warning about kennel cough at Jasper's Dog Park

The Kirkland Off-Leash Group, which oversees Jasper's Dog Park in Kirkland, recently posted an annoucement on its Facebook page that the dog of one of it's regular users contracted kennel cough, a highly contagious respiratory disease that can spread through contaminated objects like water bowls.

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Seattle Animal Selter offers tips to keep pets cool in hot weather

The City of Seattle put out a press release today with tips on how to keep your dog cool in hot weather. Please keep it in mind during the unseasonably hot weather predicted for the next few days.

Here's the press release:

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Company says its dog treats will save Louisiana's wetlands

You will probably think that the next few sentences are waaaayyyyyy off topic for a blog about dogs - one of the biggest reasons Louisiana is losing the equivalent of one football field of coastal land loss every 15 minutes is a large, semi-aquatic rodent indigenous to South America called a nutria.

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VIDEO: German Shepherd puppy makes more progress overcoming paralysis

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about Sophie, a German Shepherd puppy abandoned at a high-kill animal shelter and scheduled for immediate euthanasia because she couldn't walk.

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Diamond Pet Foods recall now up to 11 brands

Since my blog post on Saturday about the most recent recall of pet food due to potential salmonella contamination the web has been inundated with sometimes confusing information about what brands have actually been recalled.

Here's a simplified update with the most current information about the recalled brands: 

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New report says Washington has 4th highest rates of canine obesity and arthritis in country

On Wednesday, Benfield Pet Hospital released its State of Pet Health 2012 Report that revealed "certain chronic diseases in dogs and cats have risen draftically since 2007.

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