Cincinnati-based Kroger Co. is the subject of a class action lawsuit filed in Detroit blaming the company for the death of a dog last year after the company issued a pet food recall in 2010. According to a release issued Wednesday afternoon by the law partnership of Macuga, Liddle Dubin in Detroit, the complaint filed [...]

WALNUT CREEK, Calif., Aug 01, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) – Central Garden Pet Company /quotes/zigman/69613/quotes/nls/cent CENT -0.84% /quotes/zigman/104526/quotes/nls/centa CENTA -0.53% , a leading innovator, marketer and producer of quality branded products for the lawn and garden and pet supplies markets, today reported financial results for its fiscal third quarter ended June 23, 2012. The Company reported [...]

By Sydia Bell For the last four years, I have purchased my dog food at the same store – Inman Park Pet Works. Entering the shop, I hear “Mother Nature!” – the nickname owner Laura Saunders and her staff has been calling since I became a regular customer. This is part of what I’ve come to [...]

MUSCATINE, Iowa, July 31, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ — By Nature® Pet Foods is partnering with Wellington, Florida-based “Big Dog Ranch Rescue” for an all-day adoption event that will look to find new homes for rescue dogs and new funding to support their shelter. As the exclusive dog food partner of Big Dog Ranch Rescue, By [...]

New lifestyle products catered towards pet parents feature designs from P.L.A.Y.’s Artist and Original Collections San Francisco, CA (PRWEB) August 01, 2012 P.L.A.Y. (Pet Lifestyle and You), the creator of eco-friendly and designer dog beds, is excited to introduce a new line of lifestyle products made specifically with pet parents in mind. Customers have come [...]

Rackspace Hosting, the service provider that helped launch the open source OpenStack cloud controller along with NASA’s Ames Research Center two years ago, has finally become its own OpenStack Fanatic. Rackspace has now gone live with the Nova compute cloud controller and other elements of OpenStack behind its production Cloud Servers infrastructure cloud. The day [...]

Bel Air, MD, August 01, 2012 –(PR.com)– The Pet Care Trust is pleased to announce an expansion of its successful Pets in the Classroom program through partnerships with pet supply retailer Pet Supermarket and science and math education supplier Carolina Biological Supply. The new partnerships will provide elementary school teachers with six different grant options [...]

Laurie Drazek delivers pet food to local food pantries. Sandy Quadros Bowles photo These days, people sometimes need a little help to feed their families. And for many pet lovers, that family includes their beloved animals. Laurie Drazek of Paxton makes sure that the four-legged members of the family are not overlooked. Providing free pet [...]

I get a few calls per month at Life on the Leash asking if we sell puppies. I do my best to explain why we don’t, and cross my fingers that the caller follows my suggestion to check out Petfinder.com instead of the “dog farm” five miles up the road. Life on the Leash signed [...]