There wasn’t a lot of breaking news in the pet world this week, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing! I was able to find some interesting articles and blog entries just the same for this week’s link round-up.

~ Ten Ways to Know if Your Animal ER Has Got the Goods from Dolittler
~ 2007 pet-food recall an epic fail for the FDA at Pet Connection
~ Canine Oral Melanoma from Dogs Trust
~ Gymnastics for Birds at Curious Animals
~ Spay Your Dog While She’s Young and Healthy from Your Pet’s Best Friend
~ Why Hasn’t my Cat’s Bladder Infection Cleared up? at Vet …read more

Do you fancy yourself quite the dude or dudette?  Maybe a City Slicker vacation on a dude ranch is the kind of western adventure you’re looking for.
Not just a corporate retreat or a bonding weekend, a dude ranch is also a value-added family vacation.  Especially if you live in the western part of the United State or Canada.  A relatively simple drive within this geographical area, will yield nearly 100 ranches that are members of the Dude Rancher’s’ Association, an accrediting organization that monitors organization ranches to make sure they are both authentic and that they meet high standards.
Ranches …read more

More pets of b5media writers! If you’re a b5media blogger and would like your pet featured just drop me an email and don’t forget the pictures!

These sweet puppies belong to Chloe who writes at Tangled Thread and Her Accessories:
Here are two of my dogs, Trinket & Drummer. Trinket is the Pembroke Welsh Corgi, and my former show dog. Drummer is the American Cocker Spaniel, he’s not a champion, but he’s the best at sleeping on the couch & looking cute.
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Next we have Logan and Gnocchi from Deb at Simply Thrifty:
Here are some pics of my kittens “The Evil …read more