More Dog Food Recalls…

… here. I am disturbed by the refusal to name names– the brand I use contains rice. Patrick has commented on dog food with his usual curmudgeonly good sense, but I am beginning to wonder if the more sensible versions of the BARF diet might be a good idea, at least for those of us …

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Seitanic Pet Food

The poisoned- wheat- gluten- in- pet- food scandal continues to unfold. China now claims it had nothing to do with it— I’d advise skepticism on that. Patrick has the word on the seitanic substance…

Good Stuff #6: Calligraphy

I just found that our friend Sir Terence Clark does Arabic calligraphy as a pastime, Since he is “dog (saluki/ tazi) friend”, the subject of this piece is not surprising. In his words: “In this piece I have used at the top a line of poetry – “Without hunting there is no pleasure” – in …

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Around the Web

Of course I have still been at least crawling around the web and have found much entertainment and as always a little offense. I’ll direct you to some goodies, but I hope that in my absence you have visited not only friends linked to here but also O &P, Heidi, Mary, Chas, Roseann, Pluvi (returned …

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Dog Pics

Just for fun. A new one of granddog Nemrah, from Lash and Ky, courtesy Monica Stoner east of the mountains…. And an amazing pic of coursing borzois in Cal from the always amazing camera of Herb Wells.