Category: Guest Blogger

TRACIE HOTCHNER: EVERYONE CAN BE A WINNER: JUST SWITCH TO HEALTHY WEIGHT MANAGEMENT FOOD

I wanted to dance a little jig today when I learned that an old friend of mine (he’s literally old, too – a very vibrant 80 years old!), was inspired by listening to THE EXPERT VET to put his own 12-year-old Lab Maverick on Halo’s Healthy Weight food. Bob heard me on the show, discussing
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TRACIE HOTCHNER: I HAD A DREAM – THE DOG FILM FESTIVAL – AND IT’S COMING TRUE!

How often do you have a dream – and then it comes true because other people have been dreaming it, too?! The Dog Film Festival is my first experience of what it feels like to “imagine it and they will come” – and it’s a pretty wonderful feeling. Not so very long ago, I had
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TRACIE HOTCHNER: THE NEW DOG FLU – WHAT YOU REALLY NEED TO KNOW

By now you’ve probably heard about the brand new H3N2 strain of dog flu that has swept through Chicago, sickening and killing dogs. Halo’s own veterinary expert, Dr. Donna Spector, happens to practice in Chicago, where she is a board certified internist so I asked for her help in giving us reliable, up-to-date information. She
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TRACIE HOTCHNER: LEVI THE PUG IS A CHAMPION AT LOSING!

This is a shout-out to Levi, the not-so-chubby-anymore Pug in South Dakota, who is the lucky newest member of the Halo Healthy Weight Challenge Club. Levi needed to drop some pounds before his vet would consider doing the sight-saving eye surgery he needed, and his mom Kimberly jumped at the chance to join our weight
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