Last weekend, Katonah Bedford Veterinary Center (“KBVC”) shut its doors for the first time since the hospital’s celebrated founding in […]
One of the three studies she outlines describes an exhaustive process to collect data for individual liver biopsy submissions to Cornell over the course of one year. “I ask for a photo of the label, the flavors, any treats, commercial versus human food, explicitly characterized, supplements, the brand source, ingredients…so that we can ascertain what the copper content is [in a dog’s diet],” she explains regarding the collection of information about the dog’s diet history. Even copper in a dog’s water source(s) is carefully documented.
“Case based findings implicate a harmful impact of common dietary copper concentrations in commercial dog foods during these years,” Dr. Center told the ACVIM audience.
Answers, parent company of “Mighty Raw”, was lashed for “poisonous or deleterious substance[s]”; “contaminated with filth”; Salmonella; Listeria. Despite numerous […]
California has dinged Jean Dodds again for practicing veterinary medicine without a license. It’s been five years since the California […]
“Can you assure every Trupanion policyholder and veterinarian today as CEO that Trupanion will never cancel or non-renew a policy other than for reason of nonpayment, fraud, or cancellation on the owner’s part?”
We have yet to receive a reply.
Given Ms. Tooth’s statements about Trupanion’s reliable, long-lasting policy in contrast to Nationwide’s, asking Ms. Tooth to respond, “yes” or “no” unequivocally whether Trupanion would ever take the action of Nationwide against Trupanion policyholders for reasons other than nonpayment, fraud, or cancellation on the owner’s part seemed like a softball question Trupanion should have happily and easily answered.
For the first time since its founding in 1863, according to its editor, the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical […]
BARK Air, the private air travel service catering to dog owners which launched in May, promises “no stressful lines” and […]
A panel convened via webinar to vote on a draft for proposed regulatory action that would have offered pet food companies voluntary avenues for providing labeling about the amount of copper in dog food.
Trupanion Founder/CEO Bows Out. Pet Insurer Headwinds Persist. “Everyone’s afraid to speak up. If they can change that piece of the culture, then there’s hope.”
Asked about the non-renewal letters, Birny Birnbaum, NAIC veteran consumer advocate who recently retired said, “Any regulator worth their salt would stop this action…”