How to Beat the Heat, Part 1

Here’s Zip geared up for a hot summer commute into work.  We walk in from the South End, so it’s about 30 minutes at pug pace to get to the store on Newbury Street.  That’s too long without packing water, at a minimum.  Today we’re trying out the summer gear:  Ruffwear‘s Swamp Cooler Jacket, and the Kool Collar with frozen gel pack.  We’ve got them…

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Acana Enhances Regional Line of Pet Foods

Champion just announced that they’ve enhanced the Acana line of regional (regional to Alberta, CA) dog foods. From their press release, seems like the enhancements are about making the foods slightly lower on the glycemic scale, and higher in protein and palatability (though that’s not been a problem as far as we’ve seen).  Summary of the changes:  increased amounts of fresh meats (and reduction of…

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