Category: Guest Blogger

TRACIE HOTCHNER: PLAY HIDE-THE-TREATS

Is an over-hungry cat driving you nuts begging for food? You can play “hide and seek” with freeze-dried treats hidden around the house – or put inside a treat-dispensing toy to help settle down your kitty’s cravings! Kylie listens to my radio shows and wrote me about her kitty. “My cat is hungry all the
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COULD CANINES BE MANKIND’S SALVATION?

By Chris P. Janelli, Executive Director, Center for Canine Behavior Studies Whether you fall into the 10,000 years or 30,000 years camp of how long the human-canine relationship has existed, there is near universal agreement that the man-dog relationship is the most unique in the animal kingdom. It is quite possibly the most symbiotically beneficial
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TRACIE HOTCHNER: WELCOMING LEVI THE PUG TO THE HALO HEALTHY WEIGHT CHALLENGE

Dr Donna and I are especially happy to welcome Levi the Pug in South Dakota to our Halo Healthy Weight Challenge, because Levi needs a corrective eye surgery to retain his sight, but for safety’s sake, his veterinarian will not perform the surgery until Levi drops some weight. Therefore being chosen as our Halo candidate
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TRACIE HOTCHNER: HALO OFFICIALLY RECOMMENDED FOR DOGS WITH CANCER

I think pet lovers know that I have spent a crazy amount of time for more than a decade, studying and following information and news about pet nutrition. I feel pretty confident that I have an unbiased, objective, thoughtful perspective on the various arguments and debates about pet food, which can inspire controversy and heated
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TRACIE HOTCHNER: A FAREWELL TOAST TO DR. DONNA’S LITTLE “BESTIE” MORGAN

In the years I have been associated with Halo and had the pleasure of sharing my thoughts with you all, I have had the additional pleasure of becoming good friends with Dr. Donna Spector, Halo’s veterinary advisor. I have also had the privilege of learning from her right along with the audience on our pet
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