A new dog longevity chew says spaying stripped 90 percent of your dog’s hormones, then sells velvet antler and IGF-1 to put them back. Here is the misdirection, and why the longest-lived dogs run that growth signal low.


A new dog longevity chew says spaying stripped 90 percent of your dog’s hormones, then sells velvet antler and IGF-1 to put them back. Here is the misdirection, and why the longest-lived dogs run that growth signal low.

There’s a unique ache that comes with loving a dog. It’s a pain born of joy, a worry stemming from profound attachment. As our dogs …

I normally do not get involved in looking at pharmaceuticals since that is the realm of western veterinary medicine. But friends have asked me about …

Maggie is one year from being classified as a “senior”. And in classic dog mom form, I’m preparing myself by researching what I need to …