Insights, tips, and stories to help you better understand and communicate with your dog.
On September 9, 2026, the FDA confirmed a Salmonella contamination risk in two Fi dog supplements, and if you have either one in your cupboard, you should stop using it today.
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Fifty thousand dogs. That's the sample size behind a study published in GeroScience on September 3rd, 2026, out of Texas A&M University, and the finding that jumped out was this: dogs carrying five or more chronic conditions had more than double the mortality risk of dogs with fewer.
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A paper published in Veterinary Record on September 2, 2026 did something that veterinary research rarely does: it looked at what epilepsy costs the owner, not just the dog.
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Two specific products. That's what the Northwest Naturals recall comes down to, and if you feed raw, it's worth two minutes of your time to check.
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Researchers at the University of Parma published findings this week, on August 27, 2026, showing that dogs blink more frequently when they see their owner blinking, but not when a stranger does the same thing. Same action, different face, completely different response.
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On August 21, 2026, Fromm Family Foods voluntarily recalled more than 5,000 cases of wet dog food after metal contamination was found in two of their pâté-style products. Metal. In the food. The kind that can lacerate tissue internally or become a choking hazard before you even notice something's wrong.
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On August 19, 2026, Years posted to social media asking owners to stop feeding its fresh dog food immediately. No press release, no official regulatory notice yet. Just a social media post, and a potential link to keratoconjunctivitis sicca (KCS), commonly called dry eye, in dogs who'd been eating the food.
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Published August 18, 2026
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Published in The Journal of Neuroscience on August 12, 2026, a new MRI study has confirmed something dog owners have probably felt for years without being able to name: your Border Collie and your Basset Hound are not just behaviourally different. Their brains are physically different, in ways that affect how they process what you're saying and what they're sensing.
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On July 31, 2026, the FDA issued a nationwide recall of Adequan Canine, the injectable polysulfated glycosaminoglycan widely used to manage canine osteoarthritis. The reason: glass fibre contamination in affected lots. If your dog is on Adequan injections, this needs your attention today.
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On July 28, 2026, a small AI healthcare company called LIMPID Corp. announced it had acquired PetPeotalk, a pet behaviour analysis firm, with the stated goal of creating what it's calling a "digital twin" for pets.
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