Grinders vs. Clippers: What’s Best for your Dog’s Nails?

 

A look at the benefits of grinding nails versus clipping for do-it-yourself nail trims.

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 Stephanie Colman

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Published:September 24, 2020

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While many people visit a vet or groomer for their dogs' nail care, pandemic-induced restrictions have limited the availability of this option. So it's even more important to learn how to (and stay in the habit of) trimming your dog's nails yourself.

Maybe it’s the telltale click-clack as your dog moseys across the kitchen floor. Or the unmistakable and often painful raking sensation when she jumps up to greet you. Or maybe it’s when you’re lounging together on the couch and you realize your dog’s nails have grown so long, you’re not sure if you should trim them or see what they’d look like if painted a sizzling shade of fire-engine red!

Whatever prompts you to notice that your dog’s nails need attention, good for you. Nail care is important, and it’s often overlooked by owners who either aren’t sure how to do it, are afraid to trim nails themselves, or can’t quite get their dogs to go along with the program. If this describes you, we can show you how to do it most easily and how to get your dog to not just cooperate, but to willingly volunteer for a trim.

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Dog Food Recall: Billy + Margot Wild Kangaroo and Superfoods Recipe

Real Pet Food Company of Phoenix, Arizona, is recalling its Billy + Margot Wild Kangaroo and Superfoods Recipe due to possible contamination with Salmonella bacteria.

 

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Real Pet Food Company Recalls Billy + Margot Dog Food

The 'Greyhound Glut' Is Over

 

From WBUR/NPR:

My pandemic puppy is a retired racing greyhound. Zoom's gangly, genial and 3 years old. Sleek and black as an eel — and voluptuously lazy — he's among hundreds of dogs who suddenly needed homes after COVID-19's lethal spread across the country closed down race tracks along with most everything else.

Birmingham Race Course in Alabama was where Zoom sprinted a few times a week alongside seven other dogs for a breakneck quarter of a mile. The course reopened in June, offering billiards, darts and betting machines, but no more live dog racing.

"Let's see what the future holds for us and the industry," the company's vice-president of operations, Walter Russell, told NPR in a social media message.

"I think this is the end," says Michael Owens. She runs the Virginia-based greyhound adoption group Sighthound Underground, which matched me with Zoom in April. She means not just the end in Birmingham, but the end of greyhound racing across the country. "Tracks keep closing and closing. There are fewer and fewer greyhounds. When I started [the organization] 15 years ago, there were maybe 30,000 greyhounds registered every year. And last year there were 3,000."

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GPA-NW Masks & Muzzles Picnic, September 26 - CANCELLED

Due to the precarious fire situation, we have decided to cancel our September 26 picnic.  Thank you so much to those of you who volunteered to work.  We hope to have a Halloween Play Date in October, but that is 'to be determined' at this point. 

We hope all of you and your families are safe and that this frightening time will let up soon.  A huge thank you to the volunteers who helped evacuate the last dogs out of Hounds Rest and thank you to the foster homes who took them!!  Our volunteers are the BEST people!!

Cindy Ramzy - GPANW

Willamette Valley Walk to Defeat ALS - Saturday, October 3

 

Willamette Valley Walk to Defeat ALS A Virtual Event

As with most fundraisers in the time of Covid-19, this ALS walk will be "virtual." While there will be no large group gathering for the event, you are invited to meet up for masked walks in smaller groups. When: Saturday, October 3, 2020, 10:30 AM Where: Choose where you want to walk! Who: You and your favorite greyhound(s). ************************************* Please help us honor the memory of our good friend, former newsletter editor, and all around Greyt Lady, Mary Lou Finigan. We walk to bring awareness and raise funds to find treatments and a cure for this horrible disease.   To register for the team and/or donate please go to: http://webor.alsa.org/goto/MaryLousGreytRoos Mary Lou

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Greyt Happenings For Willamette Valley Greyhound Lovers - September 2020 Issue

The September, 2020 issue of Greyt Happenings For Willamette Valley Greyhound Lovers can be downloaded here.  

3 recent discoveries have upended scientists' understanding of how dogs age, navigate, and perceive human speech

 

• Three recent discoveries have changed scientists' understanding of the nature of dogs.

• One study found that young puppies age much faster than young humans do, so the common rule of thumb that one "dog year" is equivalent to seven "human years" is wrong.

• Other recent research reveals that dogs understand human speech in the same way we do.

• Findings also suggest dogs may use Earth's magnetic field to navigate.

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Sunshine Mills Recalls Multiple Dog Food Brands Due to Aflatoxin

 

September 2, 2020 — Sunshine Mills, Inc. is issuing a voluntary recall of multiple dog food products due to elevated levels of aflatoxin that are potentially above the acceptable limit.

Aflatoxin is a naturally occurring mold by-product from the growth of Aspergillus flavus and can be harmful to pets if consumed in significant quantities.

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September Birthdays!

Raven

Born September 13, 2009

Eleven Years Old

Logan

Born September 20, 2017

Three Years Old

Toffee

Born September 26, 2013

Seven Years Old