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Pet food manufacturers have begun to discover that not only are there foods with wheat gluten dangerous, but also any foods made in the same plant, due to cross-contamination. Basically, this rules out most commercial dog food as safe.

Menu Foods previously recalled wet cat and dog food produced with adulterated wheat gluten supplied by ChemNutra Inc. Menu Foods just this week expanded the recall to include cuts and gravy and other products which do not include ChemNutra wheat gluten but which were manufactured at any of Menu Foods’ plants during the period that ChemNutra wheat gluten was used at that plant, due to the possibility of cross-contamination. They apparently received study results which indicate cross-contamination.

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I’ve been double tagged by Casey and Peanut and Johann for the random facts tag. This is getting harder to do everytime BOL! I’m going all out this time…everything you need to know about Spencer.

First, here are 7 more random facts / habits about little ‘ol me:

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Spring is definitely here! And it’s pretty easily recognized after only a few minutes at our dog training facility. First of all, the grass is green and all of the wild dogwoods are in full bloom. The training staff are sporting t-shirts and sunscreen. And if that’s not a hint that spring has sprung the lambs definitely give it away. That’s right, I said lambs.

As some of you know, we keep a flock of sheep and other stock at our facility for herding dog training. The sheep are a lot of work to maintain throughout the year, but it’s all well worth it at this time of year!

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