We grew up with Mattel toys, and it’s almost heart-breaking to read news of this latest expanded recall of Mattel toys — millions upon millions of toys that turn out to be potentially dangerous to children, due to strong magnets that could come loose and be swallowed, and to the use of paint that contains [...]
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Here’s something different — and quite intriguing — that caught my attention recently, as a caring dog-owner and a loving guardian of impulsive and animal-loving children.
Doggone Crazy is a unique dog bite prevention child safety board game — and dog bite prevention is the whole goal of the game. It promises to be good [...]
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Dog forums, blogs and and list-serves continue to be a-buzz with stories of dogs who have required serious and expensive surgery after being given a Greenie dog treat. There seem to be two main issues, as I noted in yesterday’s post on this topic:
Do Greenies pose a choking hazard to dogs who gulp or fail [...]
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