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As many of you know who are on our mailing list, we have a Canine Health Alert Newsletter that we send out whenever there is something we feel you need to be made aware of.  Our goal is to provide a healthy, safe and fun environment so we keep our ears open and report back to all of you.  Recently, we have sent out several of the Canine Health Alerts associated with the Diamond Pet Food Recall which just keeps expanding.

Please note that it has been reported that humans can become ill just from handling some of these foods.  I suggest you bookmark any/all of the following links and check on them every few days to see if the list is expanding to a dog food YOU serve YOUR dog or ….. go to the site of the dog food you feed your pet – call the company and ASK them if any of their dog food products have been recalled.    

• FDA Recall Dog Food List
• The Dog Food Advisor (one of my favorites!)
• Diamond Pet Food Recall List

The following is a list of all the brands currently associated with the Diamond Dog Food Recall:

• 4Health
• Apex
• Canidae
• Chicken Soup for the Pet Lover’s Soul
• Country Value
• Diamond
• Diamond Naturals
• Kirkland Signature
• Natural Balance
• Premium Edge
• Professional
• Solid Gold
• Taste of the Wild
• Wellness 

Canine College does not sell any of the above dog foods.  We sell three kibble brands; Fromm, Orijen and Acana. 

Listen – if your dog is lethargic, is vomiting or has diarrhea call your dog’s VET!  If it was you suffering from salmonella – well, you get it.  I know, it can be expensive to go to the Vet but it doesn’t usually cost anything to call and ask their staff IF there is a dog food recall you are unaware of and/or if your dog’s symptoms are something that may warrant a trip to the vet!  Excessive vomiting, diarrhea or lethargic behavior is certainly something you need to call about!  Don’t put it off – your dog feels lousy and you can help.   

Yesterday you were with your family and all seemed well …. You felt like something was up by the way the rest of the family was acting, but nobody said anything to you, so you figured it was a happy surprise.     Yesterday … it seems like an eternity ago.

Where are you, where is your family?  You were cold last night for the 2^nd night in a row, sleeping on a cement floor, no water, and a stranger slid some food on a metal pan for you.   Now the stress of it all has upset your stomach.  You don’t feel well and nobody cares. 

That’s the way your dog feels when you leave for the weekend and leave him at some kennels …… but not at Canine College!   Your dog will enjoy a tall, spacious room – not a dressed-up crate called a Suite!   

We play all day long with your furry students in our 17,000+ SF Campus and 5,000 SF of outside playfields!   We are an all-inclusive Campus which means your boarding dog, who has passed our temperament test, enjoys daycare with all of his school chums at no extra charge!

Your furry student knows us – and so do you!  We welcome the opportunity to give you full tours of our facility, we have 29 webcams so you can logon and watch your furry student play the day away.  We even have some dorm rooms with webcams so if you’d like, you can logon and watch your furry student snore away dreaming of his victories on the playfield!

Your student sleeps on a raised sling bed with soft bedding, has fresh water in his room at all times, his meals and any medications are monitored, he is checked and watched daily for any abnormal behavior or tummy aches!   We have a midnight cleaning crew who checks in on your furry student and “hears” anything that goes bump in the night! 

We must confess …. it’s true ….. it has happened ……  sometimes our furry students don’t want to leave and go home with their families because they are having so much fun!  No worries!  We are open Monday – Saturday for daycare …. All day long daycare!  Party on!

Call today:  (248) 427-8245

Your grooming salon should always ask you for proof of vaccinations.  If they don’t – you should ask yourself why they don’t.   They can and do track what style you like, which groomer groomed your dog last, how much they charge you, what size blades to use and more.   

What’s the big deal about proof of vaccinations for grooming appointments?  The dogs won’t be in close contact with another dog.  Not true.   Your vaccinated dog could be in a crate next to another dog that is ill – doesn’t have vaccinations and you would never know.  If the salon allows you to drop your dogs off and pick them up at the end of the day – where do they let the dogs out to relieve themselves?  In an area that other dogs have been in or ARE in.   Are those dogs all healthy?

Of course, the convenience of calling and getting a grooming appointment that day is nice and the salon may do beautiful work at a reasonable price but if they don’t ask for proof of vaccinations you need to ask yourself why not.   

They don’t ask for proof of vaccinations because they probably would lose part of their business – that’s the hidden truth.   

All puppies are adorable and many terrific and loving dog owners have fallen in love with the puppy face then realized later there is a lot of grooming needs for that breed!  It can be expensive and most grooming salons will have “maintenance programs” where the grooming appointments are less expensive.  There are low cost vaccination clinics as well.  Example, Dr. Rozenbaum comes to our offices on the first Wednesday of every month and offers reduced cost vaccinations.  Did you know that TSC (Tractor Supply Company, www.tractorsupply.com) offers low cost vaccination clinics too? 

As a Canine College customer with an e-mail on file, you will receive a vaccination reminder one month before they expire!  Shop around – your grooming salon should require proof of vaccinations. 

Back on Campus:  Before posting this blog, I stopped in and discussed with Julie and Linda.  I asked if any of the grooming salons they previously worked at asked for proof of vaccinations and they both said no.  They were surprised to hear that we have folks who call for grooming appointments but as soon as they hear we require proof of vaccinations, they tell us “they’ll call back”.  They don’t …. but they go somewhere else and get their dogs groomed – somewhere that does not require proof of vaccinations.   

Canine College requires proof of current vaccinations for all services we offer.