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Comment on Are Jerky Treats Healthy for Our Dogs? by Robert Peavler

Robert Peavler — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 15:18:07 +0000

Warning!!!! Milo’s Kitchen, chicken meatballs is a chocking hazard for smaller dogs. Our pet chocked and died on one of these treats.

Comment on How Safe are Dog Jerky Treats? by Donna

Donna — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 23:01:35 +0000

I have had a very sick 4 year old Yorkie. The vet just informed me that the Wagon Train chicken i have been giving him has caused Ecoli !!! He loved them!!! And i feel so bad i was making my buddy sick! No more! From now on i will make my own chicken treats for him. That way i know he will be safe. By the way hes on his way to recovery. Be careful what you give your best furry friend!

Comment on Geronimo, the Bernese Mountain Dog Mix by Luke

Luke — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:51:28 +0000

:[ what type of bernese cross was he?

Comment on Animal Cruelty - Killing Dogs in China by laetitia martens

laetitia martens — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:44:55 +0000

there should be only one law worldwide; do to them what they do to any innocent soul especially all animals and children…skin them alive burn them electrocute them boil them slith their throaths and let them bleed and choke in it do exactly what they do to all the innocent souls maybe than someday it wil eventually get better otherwise the human race should be destroyed completly words cannot describe what I feel when I see or read about all these horrific things…I really hope KARMA does exist if not then there is no god…

Comment on The Trouble with Kitty Litter: What is Safe and What is Not? by Gyvel Young © 2011

Julie, thank you so much for sharing this with us! I am unfamiliar with these products so in my ignorance I did not realize the pearls cracked apart, releasing silica dust into the environment. And I am so sorry about your kitty, it’s tragic when we have to say goodbye to our babies but it’s even more heart breaking when something we used caused their death. My sympathy to you Julie and hopefully this comment will save another kitty from the same fate!

Comment on The Trouble with Kitty Litter: What is Safe and What is Not? by Julie Hill

Julie Hill — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 17:46:04 +0000

I used a silica bead product for about 2 years ( litter Pearls) for my cats’ litter until my vet told me that one of my cats had mysterious cyst-like spots on her lung x-ray. He predicted this scaring was a sign that she was developing problems that would affect her breathing. I had just read about the dangers of silica dust ( and the product did have dust in the with pearls plus they cracked appart with use) so I stopped using it. I am so sad to say that a few years later my kitty began coughing and gagging whenever she tried to purr. Shortly afterwards her lungs began to fill with fluid to the point that they collapsed. Ater 3 trips to the ER vet with collapsed lungs, my vet said I had to let he go. I will never use silica bead or crystal littler again!.

Comment on FDA Continues to Caution Dog Owners About Chicken Jerky Products by TriPom Chews

TriPom Chews — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 16:43:37 +0000

I just worked a craft show over Thanksgiving weekend. I had flyers about the recent 2011 FDA warning about Chinese chicken treats and was giving them out and educating anyone I could stop who answered “yes” to the question, “do you have a dog or cat?”

A groomer I spoke with that weekend told me that she had a client whose dog just passed away from Chinese chicken. I can only imagine how devastating that was for that family…

If you’re looking for a REAL ‘American Made’ chicken treat, we started making our own Chicken Jerky after we ran across the FDA warning of 2008 about Chinese chicken treats making dogs sick or killing them. It turned into a cottage business and we now sell our TriPom Chews online and in 20 stores in the New England area. Our products are the only ‘Maine Made’, ‘American Made’, chicken jerky produced from whole, restaurant-quality chicken breasts containing NO Additives and NO Preservatives. We had to make them super wholesome as our 3 Pomeranians (our babies) taste test every batch for quality.

Also, our treats are made differently than any other jerky dog treat out there. They’re totally unlike those thick, unyielding pieces of chicken-wood that you see in most stores. With our treats, a little water re-hydrates a piece quickly and makes it very pliable–Roxy, our oldest, only has 3 teeth and goes to town on a moistened Chicky Strip, but she really prefers we chop it in the blender and make it into powder. She is REALLY lazy. It’s not a good day unless she’s had 23.5 hours of sleep.

We offer a healthy, SAFE alternative treat to ones that are making dogs sick or killing them. We are just trying to get the word out too… Moderator, please, check out our website, see who we really are, and allow this comment.

Comment on A Protest Against China by an Animal Lover by sharon plummer

sharon plummer — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:28:00 +0000

i hope to god the people who torture these dogs, cats, and other animals
find a similar torture upon their own death. to get pleasure from roasting
a puppy that is still alive or tying the feet of a dog before beating it to
death is so evil and so sick that the persons doing this should be shot on
the spot. what a midevil practice some people will go to. i detest the
fact they are on the planet.

Comment on A Protest Against China by an Animal Lover by Melinda

Melinda — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 00:54:25 +0000

i think animals the right to at least have 1 square meter of cage space and have heaps of water and food and see light while they can

Hi Stephanie — thank you for your question. I apologize for the delay. I am not familiar with crystal cat litters. However, if the litter is as you describe in your comment then I doubt that it would present a problem to your health and your cat. The silica problem appears to be with the clay-based litters. These litters generate a lot of dust in the air each time the cat uses the box. If a person has a closed-in type of litter box it will contain the dust to a degree, preventing it from entering the general environment as quickly as an open box. However, the cat will actually inhale a concentrated amount of dust into its lungs since the air inside the cover can not be circulated outward as quickly.The silica dust in both the regular and clumping litters is far more insidious than people realize. It’s for this reason that there are health concerns surrounding their use. I hope that provides you with a little more information …

Update: after reading the comment below from another reader I have to strongly advise anyone NOT to use the crystal litters. I was unaware that these broke apart, releasing silica dust into the air. My apologies for the above statement. But I certainly do thank Julie for setting me straight on this!