Enemy of Entropy

Protect Your Dogs and Boycott Four Paws Products Ltd.

27 August 2008, 11:55 pm. 3 Comments. Filed under Announcement, Critters, News.

First, if you dog has a Pim­ple Ball With Bell (what an icky name!), take it back wher­ever you bought it and ask them to refund your money for the dan­ger­ous thing, and take the rest off the shelves.

After read­ing about the injuries at least four dogs have expe­ri­enced due to the absolute refusal of Four Paws Prod­ucts Ltd. to mod­ify or recall their prod­uct after being informed of these prob­lems. One dog had to be euthanized.

The com­pany and its insurer (I wish I knew their name) have been irre­spon­si­ble, at the very least.

Please talk to pet stores in your area about remov­ing the “pim­ple ball with bell” from their shelves. Warn other dog own­ers about the prob­lem. Con­sider talk­ing to your vet, so he or she can do the same.

Con­sider writ­ing to Four Paws, as well. E-​​mail isn’t nearly as effec­tive as a mailed or faxed let­ter, or even a (polite!) phone call.

I didn’t find the name of any exec­u­tives on their web site, but will add that after I try call­ing tomor­row. Here’s the mail and phone infor­ma­tion:
50 Wire­less Blvd.
Haup­pauge, NY 11788
Phone: (631) 434‑1100
Fax: (631) 434‑1183

Their par­ent com­pany is Cen­tral Gar­den & Pet Com­pany. The pres­i­dent of the “Pet Group” is James V. Heim
Pres­i­dent of Pet Group
1340 Treat Boule­vard, Suite 600
Wal­nut Creek, Cal­li­for­nia 94597
Phone: (925) 948‑4000

I haven’t found a fax num­ber. Yet.

Awwww! Puppy Lullaby

9 August 2008, 8:00 am. 2 Comments. Filed under General.

Edit: Embed­ding is now dis­abled for the video. Foo. But you can watch it on You Tube!

That’s one of the sweet­est things I’ve ever seen.

Critter Funnies

1 August 2008, 11:55 pm. 1 Comment. Filed under Humor.

Some­one on my LJ read­ing list posted a link to this very amus­ing bit about Scenic Horses, which sound to me like the very best sort of horses.

As a result, some­one else linked to I Has a Sweet Potato, which made me laugh so hard my dim­ples are sore. , I have a feel­ing that your and Seth’s dogs have cousins out there some­where.

Clothing for dogs?

22 August 2006, 9:58 pm. 4 Comments. Filed under Critters.

I’ve long known that there were peo­ple who inflict indig­ni­ties like sweaters and even tiny lit­tle boots on their canine com­pan­ions. I had no idea that the doggy fash­ion had become so very fash­ion­able, though.

Then I saw it. One moment I’m sur­rounded by bird feed­ers and cat toys, the next, there it is: an entire row of Canine Couture.

I called Katie to my side to make sure I wasn’t hal­lu­ci­nat­ing, but no, she saw it too. We brought home pho­to­graphic evi­dence, not expect­ing you to believe us with­out it.

Very tacky Brocade Dog Dress, mostly red and black

That par­tic­u­lar “dress” was the most eye-​​catching of this season’s dog fash­ion — at least, what that Tar­get is carrying.

We were very happy to come home to our sharp-​​clawed cats, safe in the knowl­edge that they would never per­mit such a thing.

 

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