Editorial Independence
I’m going to expand here on an exchange that was sparked in the comments section of the online version of a WDJ article that...
A New Strain of Tick-Borne Disease
I'm just back from a week's vacation, wherein my husband and I picked up his grandson from a suburb of Boston and drove to...
Our New Prescription Dog Food List
In the May issue of WDJ, you’ll see an article about prescription dog foods, as well as some tables that list information about all...
How Dog Ownership Has Changed
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how different the experience of dog ownership is today than it was in my youth.
In the April...
An Update on Recent Foster Dogs & Rescues
I’ve been doing a lot of fostering and co-fostering and rescuing lately, and I’ve written about it here and on the WDJ Instagram page,...
Protein and Senior Dogs: Does My Dog Need a High, Moderate, or Low Protein...
I just used WDJ’s new searchable dry dog food database to look for potential new foods to feed my 14-year-old dog, Otto. One goal...
Interesting Dog Breed DNA Test Results On My Foster Puppies
Whether or not the dog DNA tests that purport to reveal the breeds that have gone into your mixed-breed dog are accurate, they are...
When Your Dog Hurts, What Should You Do?
A few weeks ago I shared that my 14-year-old mixed-breed, Otto, was showing signs of age-related dementia. He’s also showing more discomfort related to...
Looking for Lower-Fat Dog Food for Overweight Dogs
I’ve written a few times lately about how excited I am to be able to search for dog foods with certain attributes using WDJ’s...
Fostering Adolescent Dogs Takes Patience and Experience
We all have different breaking points as dog owners. I’m currently fostering a dog who is really barky – whose immediate, reflexive response to...
Finding the Best Dry Dog Food with Meat or Meat Meal (Or Both)
A few years ago, we added a column in our “Approved Dry Dog Foods” tables – an additional data point for people who are...
An overabundance of needy dogs
My friend Leonora, owner of tiny Samson (my dog Woody’s BFF), is starting to search for a second dog. It’s been over a year...
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Accepting Your Dog
Years ago, I had high hopes for participating in dock diving sport with my now-9-year-old dog, Woody. But it turned out that my high-jumping, strong-swimming dog absolutely hates getting water in his ears!