Now that acetominophen has shown up in pet foods (in whopping doses), you should know what this common household toxin can do to your pets. Most of you keep this drug around—it’s the ubiquitous Tylenol we trust so well to relieve our fevers and headaches with a minimum of side effects. But it’s not so safe for pets.

Cats are especially susceptible to the dangers of Tylenol. Because they lack...

This post is long overdue. Today (yesterday for y’all) I snail-mailed The Miami Herald from May 18th to Gina Spadafori of PetConnection.com. On that day, she was front-and-center of the business section (in color, even) after my local paper picked up a national story on blogger-power in the wake of the pet food recall.

Gina has almost single-handedly served as point-person for pet food recall...