Recently there have been multiple news items about tigers at the Bronx Zoo in New York having the Covid-19 virus. Several reporters have incorrectly stated that “tests that could be used to save human lives are being used on cats”. This is inflammatory and just plain wrong.

It’s flu season for people, but what about dogs? You may have heard about “dog flu”, or canine influenza. This is a novel virus that infected dogs in the United States starting in 2004; it is thought to have “jumped” from horses to dogs.  The signs of most dog flu cases are lethargy, fever, low appetite, sneezing, and coughing.

Feeding your dog a quality diet seems to be an obvious way to keep them healthy, right? It is,usually. When marketing myths sway your choices then there are problems. The latest example of this is the myth of the "grain free diet" for dogs. We now know this is a bad choice- some dogs are developing dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) as a result.