Pet Lovers Sanity Guide

I'm writing this for pet lovers every where , which likeyears old. Now , these were great people, also animal
myself, there are many out there who are very closelovers, their dogs played with Kruger, so a perfect
to their pets. They will always be there for you, goodmatch while traveling.
companions, and rarely complain.This shocking news was quiet a jolt, right to the heart,
However they do in fact need our help through theirloosing your companion. In fact I went from sad to
journey in life.anger very quickly......I can travel the world, build a
Over the years I've traveled the world, visiting manyhi-tech factory learn a foreign language and survive,
countries, where ever my work would take me,but loose my best companion was to much to bare, I
primarily throughout Asia. I've learned and experiencedwas really angry, something like this, beyond my
many cultures, and now live in Northern Thailand ,control, couldn't turn the clock back.
surrounded by jungle, but not too remote.So I guess the anger drove me to read everything I
The other day, I was looking across the jungle view,could, and since I can speed read,I'm referring to
thinking back on all the pets I've experienced, and whodozens of books. That wasn't enough, I still was left
have come and gone with time. I really have enjoyedempty with the why question. How could this have
to the fullest many Dogs, Cats, Birds through the years.happened, he was so healthy, shots, vaccine, exercise,
One thing really struck me though, being a pet lover. Iwhy I asked.
realized a disturbing pattern of most of my pets which,Well, I didn't stop with books, I made appointments with
well enlightened me to share my experiences, andlocal vets, can you imagine an appointment, showing up
hopefully offer some good common sense, preventivewithout a pet. But I did.
steps to protect your pets, as they can and do followThese were my findings. I cared for Kruger so much, I
similar heath problems as people.made a fatal mistake from the begining , but I want
Preventive, is certainly the right word to use towardspeople to wake up and learn from my unique
your pets life and well being.experience, and mistakes.
I'm going to share an experience with my pets, andKruger had passed away do to a cancer tumor along
these aren't what you might think, shots, vaccines, giveside his neck.
a pet a bath topics, but unique true experience, whereI found the reason why this happened, simply based on
many of my pets could have lived a much longer andnutrition. Diet, food, health is so critical for Pets.
healthier life, if I would have known these problemsI gave him extremely rich canned food, mixed with rich
before hand.dry food. You see those cans all the time, the picture
It started with my favorite dog, a golden Lab-Retrieverwith rich meat and gravy look on the label.
name Kruger, yes named after the Australian goldSo the lesson is simple preventive understanding on
coin, do to his short hair and very gold color. Henutritional guidelines for your pets. If I had picked up a
traveled almost everywhere with me, within the states.book, and educated myself, he may have lived a much
I was working and traveling back in the early 1980s ,longer life.
taking many lengthy trips to South Korea, where I wasThink about this simple preventive , common sense
setting up a factory in the middle of the country. Afterapproach as a pet lover, and this certainly applies to
many weeks and months, on my return, my neighbors ,more than just dogs.
sadly informed me Kruger had passed away at 7