Fido Forges Into Destruction & Out of Devastation

Issue 49 • Feature • Health Wellness • Trends
by Carol Bryant

Japanese disaster affects man’s best friend in epic proportions.

As one pack of dogs and their handlers boarded a plane bound for a country convulsed by destruction, another sought assistance fleeing the devastation of a once, pristine Japanese landscape.

Hundreds of thousands of Japanese residents experienced the country’s largest recorded earthquake on March 11, 2011. Mother Nature’s...

When Disaster Strikes

Issue 48 • Feature • Health Wellness
by FIDO Friendly

Call to ACTION

When disaster strikes, FIDO Friendly has your three-course canine call to action. Hurricane Katrina. Her images resonate, and the global effects of the devastation remain raw. A poll conducted by the Fritz Institute in April of 2006 revealed 44 percent of people chose not to flee when warned of Hurricane Katrina because they would not leave their pets behind. News reels showed the...

Chewing Through the Apron Strings

Issue 47 • Feature • Health Wellness
by Tiffany Keeth

Learn how to cope and plan when leaving Fido at the kennel for the first time.

I can only imagine that the feeling is somewhat similar to a parent dropping their child off at daycare for the very first time—the fear of some smelly, strange child with a wet drippy nose coughing on your dear little one; the thought of an over-size bully picking on your sweet diminutive angel; or worse yet, the idea...

Fixing Fido

Issue 46 • Feature • Health Wellness
by Guest Writer

Veterinarians travel the world to help abandoned street dogs.

By Jeremiah Alley, Film Producer of Fixing Fido

There was an incredible beauty to the Amazon clouds as they filtered the morning sun over the murky water. Locals, arriving to the market by boat or motorcar, began to unpack their wares. As the market opened up, I observed and pondered numerous things: amongst them—could we have packed...

Slowly, But Insurely

Issue 45 • Feature • Health Wellness
by Carol Bryant

With so many options and plans available, FIDO Friendly covers the questions readers need to ask.

When six-year-old Labrador Retriever, Katie, went in for a routine spay, she didn’t recover as expected. Transferred to Michigan State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital, it was discovered Katie had a very rare complication of her spleen, requiring its removal. During the 10-day period to save...

Chile Dogs Heat Up

Issue 45 • Feature • Health Wellness • Travel
by Guest Writer

Earthquake shakes writer back to the States.
Story and photography by Lorraine Chittock

Will you stop scratching?” I mumble from a deep sleep. Fleas. When I reach over to comfort Dog, my hand grazes the wall. Vibrating. Like crazy. Raised in California, I don’t usually get alarmed by earthquakes, but our cabin is constructed of wood, on stilts and perched on an extremely steep hill overlooking the...