There was an elderly man ahead of me in line at the market with a large bag of Purina dog food. I so wanted to write down a name of one of the companies we discussed for him but I decided to mind my own business, it was hard.
Speaking of vaccination, the town where I live requires rabies vaccine and so does the community where I live. I had an elderly dog who never went outside and was not exactly well. My vet just gave me a certificate and a tag when I asked. He agreed the dog did not require any vaccinations at his age and home circumstances.
ChemNutra Inc., the Las Vegas-based company that imported the wheat gluten and shipped it to companies that make pet food, said Tuesday that Xuzhou Anying never reported the presence of melamine in the content analysis it provided.
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20070404-0836-china-petfoodrecall.html
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I would have hoped the importer would check their own product.
Good for your vet. A lot of people do not realize the insert on all vaccines say to be administered to a healthy subject only. If a dog (or human) is suffering from allergies, arthritis, rash, itching, etc., they are not healthy and there is no reason to vaccinate an elderly dog.