Not surprisingly, the number one New Year’s resolution is to improve health and wellness, and oftentimes we turn to supplements and vitamins in hopes of staying healthy or preventing illness. Similarly, as the pet industry continues to grow, sales for pet supplements are on the rise. But in an unregulated […]
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Chico Chico was a red tabby cat who belonged to the Ratzinger’s neighbors in Pentling, Bavaria, immortalized in the illustrated book, “Joseph and Chico: The Life of Pope Benedict XVI as Told By a Cat.” “Chico was a big reddish cat with a lot of character,” Perego, the author of […]
It all began with a picky eater. A picky eater who was also a very good boy. “We had a German Shepherd, and he was incredibly picky,” recalls Chelsey Westerbeek. “He didn’t like anything that had fillers, and he was very, very picky about what he ate. We went through […]
An ancient bone is helping scientists refine the timeline of humanity’s relationship with our best friends – the canine companions that have brightened our lives for millennia. How many millennia? Well, no one knows for sure. But precision carbon dating is helping narrow it down. A canine humerus recovered from […]
It hardly seems like a dainty teacup poodle and a wrinkly Neapolitan mastiff could belong to the same species, much less the same subspecies. But both are Canis lupus familiaris, the beloved domestic dog. A member of the family Canidae — along with wolves, foxes, coyotes and jackals — dogs […]