LOVE ANIMAL

流浮山流浪狗場籌集物資 (請大家有錢出錢有力出力好嗎!)

pooh_angel — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:39:35 +0800

願盡力召集更多志同道合的愛狗人士，一同為值得協助的流浪狗場出一分力；再有一個須要協助的狗場須要我們了！

狗場位於流浮山深處，場主是一位中年女士，場內收留大約一百四十只狗狗，當中約半數為純種狗狗，品種包括約瑟爹利，八哥，史納莎，雪橇，金毛及聖班納，其餘數十只都是混種狗狗；除少數幾只初生混種狗狗，狗狗全數是場主救回，原寄養於流浮山另一狗場，但該狗場因與鄰居紛爭而被投訴，為免狗狗遭殃，場主於數月前先將狗狗搬往現址；但全場只有場主與一名外籍傭工打理，實在沒能力為每一只狗狗徹底清潔及美容，唯有向外求助；個案經寵愛行動嚴先生轉介予惡爸，後親身探訪後及與場主詳談後，惡爸就決定在義工活動中另加一個場地！

狗場位於流浮山，由豬場改建而成！去水及通風優良，在三十度氣溫下，仍不覺太熱，更不覺氣味太難接受；但仍有改善地方，如場頂有漏水情況，但礙於經費，暫時只可以找一些帆布覆蓋；而全場只有一兩個水喉位，如沖涼的話肯定不敷應用！（特別鳴謝義工Venus找到二手帆布供應及大型水桶！）

場內可以自由行的狗狗，但因惡爸和義工Edwin的到訪要暫時困籠！

場內的初生狗寶寶

場內所有小型犬皆有獨立籠，環境尚可接受

場內的中大巨型狗狗分養於四五個大房，房內再有數間小房間，狗狗既有各自空間，亦有充足的活動空間！

場內唯一一只在惡爸參觀時仍可自由走動的狗狗，就是一只與三寶的朋友狗Worry和o靚仔有七成似的狗狗！

除狗狗外，場內亦有數十頭小兔，為免不斷繁殖，每只兔兔都有一個籠！

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在上水, 有人遺棄Husky and 沙皮囡囡.... Please HELP.!!

pooh_angel — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:06:56 +0800

one husky puppy and one shapei puppy in Sheung Shui is looking for home. They are about 4-6 mouths old. These 2 dogs are abandoned and now stayed in a carpark. The carpark is a very dangerous place that big cars always drive around. And, there're cases that stray dogs have bitten puppies to deach. These dogs are very skinny now, but we are pretty sure that they will look great if you can give them love and care. if you're interested, pls contact timothyleung88@hotmail.com

Timothy Leung <timothyleung88@yahoo.com.hk> 說：
在上水, 有人遺棄Husky and 沙皮囡囡, 大概4-6個月大, 車場主人暫時收養, 但由於經常有野狗咬死狗仔, 所以希望有人願意收養, 給一個安穩的家, 兩隻都比較瘦, , 但如有悉動心照顧, 應該會好靚.

Photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/33688653@N00/sets/72157605400711440/

Contact : timothyleung88@hotmail.com

WDJ 2008 Approved Dry Dog Foods 英文版(Detail version)

pooh_angel — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:40:55 +0800

■ We look for foods that contain a lot of high-quality animal proteins. We’d love manufacturers to disclose the percentage of meat, poultry, or fish in their food, but they rarely do, so we look for foods that appear to have lots of animal protein. Ingredients are listed by weight, so ideally a food will have one or two animal proteins in the first few ingredients. Understand that whole meat (chicken, beef, lamb, etc.) contains a lot of water weight. If a food list starts out with chicken (rather than chicken meal), and there is no other animal protein listed until 5th or 6th on the list, the food does not
actually contain a lot of animal protein. But if it starts out with chicken, and chicken meal (or another named animal meal, such as lamb meal) is number two or three on the list, chances are the product contains an admirable amount of animal protein. Animal proteins tend to be more palatable and bioavailable than plant proteins and offer a wider array of essential and nonessential amino acids.

■ We reject any food containing meat by-products or poultry by-products. It’s just about impossible to ascertain the quality of by-products used by a food manufacturer. We’ve spoken to representatives who swore they used only the finest sources of by-products, but when asked, they all say that! The fact is, there is a much wider range of quality in the by-products available for pet food manufacturing than there is for whole meats. Whole meats are expensive, and because WDJ’s Dry Dog Food Selection Criteria
they are expensive, dog food makers insist on their quality to an extent that is unreasonable when buying bargain-basement by-products. So we advise that you just avoid foods that contain by-products.

■ We reject foods containing fat or protein not identified by species. “Animal fat” is a euphemism for a low-quality, low-priced mix of fats of uncertain origin. “Meat meal” could be practically anything.

■ We look for whole grains and vegetables. That said, some grains and vegetables have valuable constituents that accomplish specific tasks in a dog food formula. We don’t get too excited about one vegetable fragment and one grain byproduct on the ingredients panel. Our tolerance diminishes in
direct proportion to the number of fragments and by-products contained in a food and the prominence on a label; the more there are, and/or the higher they appear on the ingredients list, the lower-quality the food.

■ We eliminate all foods with artificial colors, flavors, or preservatives listed on their ingredients panels. A healthy product full of top-quality ingredients shouldn’t need nonnutritive additives to make it look or taste better. And plenty of good natural preservatives (such as rosemary extract and vitamins E and C) can be used instead.

■ We eliminate all foods with added sweeteners. Dogs, like people, enjoy sweet foods. Like people, they can develop a taste for these nutritionally empty calories.

■ We look for products containing organic ingredients. What you should ask
So, while I value the willingness of a company to tell you where its products are made, this should be only the start of the information-sharing between consumers and a top-shelf pet food company. By the way, companies that have their own manufacturing plants should not get a pass on these questions; distant clients may scrutinize a co-packer more thoroughly than a company owner! All companies, whether they own their plants or hire contract manufacturers, should be equally forthcoming about their manufacturing arrangements and the following:

■ Product formulation (Who developed the formula, and what are his/her credentials? Can a consumer examine a list of all the product’s nutrient levels?) ■ Ingredients (Do they source all their own ingredients? Can they provide full traceability on each ingredient used in their products? Are any of their products imported? Which ones and from where?)

■ QA processes (Does the plant have an on-site lab, and what can it test for? Is an outside lab used to confirm these findings and independent tests? How often are samples pulled for testing? How often do your own employees visit your co-packer? Do your plants follow a hazard analysis and critical control point [HACCP] food safety program? Do you use third-party auditors to monitor your co-packers – or even your own facility?]

■ Available support (If I feed my dog your food and he gets sick, what support will you be able to provide for me?) Our usual business
On the following pages are products that meet not only our long-standing criteria for food selection (see sidebar, below) but also our new standard of transparency. We’ve listed the makers of all our “approved” products. A few foods that were previously on our lists did not meet our new standard;
these are noted in the chart on page 4.We’ve included more information
about the products appearing on our “approved foods” list than ever. We’ve noted which contact information is available on the packaging: Phone, mail, website? We appreciate easy-to-read (not coded) “best by” dates on packaging; we like it even more when the manufacturing date is also rovided, so consumers can determine the food’s precise degree of freshness. Our charts note which foods include this feature. We’ve also discussed the benefits of an expanded “guaranteed analysis” (GA) on a product label. Federal and state laws require only four nutrient levels (minimum levels of protein and fat, maximum levels of fiber and moisture) to be present, but
anything that appears in the GA is subject to testing by state feed control officials; failures are subject to disciplinary action. We’ve noted which “extra” nutrients are included on our approved products’ GA

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WDJ 2008 Approved Dry Dog Foods

pooh_angel — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:37:28 +0800

              以下就是2008年 WDJ所評選出來的年度推薦狗糧
                (從 A 到 Z 以英文字母順序排列）

                                            但各位家長仍可參考看看:

Artemis Pet foods – Fresh Mix (is made by Diamond Pet Products, CA
Artemis Pet foods - Natural 6 Mix (is made by Eagle Pack Pet Prod)
Beowulf Natural Foods – Back to Basics 7V% n*
Bench & Field Pet Foods
Breeder’s Choice Pet Foods
Bums Pet Nutrition
By Nature - Bright Life系列 + Organic系列
Canidae Corp – Canidae dry dog foods (我二個仔仔都食緊呢) 年年都上榜. 好開心呀.

Canine Caviar Pet Fods
Castor & Pollux Pet Works  - Organix Adults系列
Della Natura Commodities
Diamond Pet Products – Chicken soup
Dick Van Patten’s Natural Balance:
Drs. Foster & Smith
Eagle Pack Pet Products, Inc.
Evanger’s Dog & Cat Food Co. – 以鳥肉做為主要成份的乾飼料，連續二年上榜。" d9 I2 F7 n3 B. t6 D, k
Fromm Family Foods
Healthy Pet Foods, Inc
KLN Enterprises – ( Natural Planet Organics有機食材)2 E/ m+ Q0 x6 _% p
Pet Food Corp. – 連續二年上榜，也是烘培的食品，並很少見地採用健康的橄欖油。
Lincoln Biotech – Zinpro系列" F* K) z7 ~5 B4 j) H
Merrick Pet Care5 A1 Z' W6 t, z1 c
Natura Pet Products! i$ t! U/ L7 h, @) L* G
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Nutro Products,Inc.. |2 X) W; ~& B9 `* M3 F
Old Mother Hubbard
Perfect Health Diet Products – PHD foods系列
Petcurean Pet Nutrition – Go! Natural系列
Peton Distributors – Performatrin Ultra foods 系列6 y# q7 ]8 E7 }; c9 [: X
Precise Pet Products – Precise Plus foods系列" V, {7 \% P0 D9 {. @4 {
- SmartPack – LiveSmart foods系列
Taplow Feeds – FirstMate系列
VeRUS Pet Foods, Inc. – VeRUS’s foods系列. A6 d$ ?4 s1 E" m+ O
Wysong Corporation 系列3 W2 t9 B$ u! F( z: Z0 F( E' u- |去年有上榜  # r. |+ K: {" V' K: F

但今年沒有上榜的飼料-
Foundation 系列 – 基礎飼料系列 : @/ k) \4 D; Q" t0 N& I; D
Royal Canin Natural Blend系列 – 法國皇家飼料系列 & P0 p# k- T5 P
PetGuard 系列 – 美國寵物保鑣飼料系列

WDJ 2008 Approved Dry Dog Foods -評選標準

pooh_angel — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:30:03 +0800

WDJ’S 2008 APPROVED DRY DOG FOODS.

以下就是2008年 WDJ的評選標準

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1. 尋求含有大量高品質動物蛋白質的成份:- t- m# v" F( K. H8 |
大部份的飼料並沒有標示用了多少百分比的肉、家禽或魚肉，而以總共含有多少動物蛋白質來涵蓋。所以WDJ以飼料中動物蛋白質比例愈高愈好。而通常成份是以重量來標示，理想中的狗食應該在飼料袋的前幾項成份標示中擁有一或兩種動物性蛋白質。
全肉（例如雞肉，牛肉等等）擁有很多水分，如果狗食的標示是以雞肉（chicken）而非雞肉粉(chicken meal)的話，而且在成份標示的前七或八名沒有其他的動物性蛋白質，那麼這個狗食實際上並沒有包含大量的動物性蛋白質。但如果它一開始是雞肉(chicken)及雞肉粉(chicken meal)或是其他動物粉，例如羊肉粉(lamb meal)等，那麼這個狗食就算擁有較多量的動物性蛋白質。而動物性蛋白質比植物性蛋白質更為美味且具生物相容性(bioavailable)，並提供更多的必需及非必需氨基酸(Non-essential amino acid)。

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2.拒絕任何含有肉類副產品(meat by-products) 或禽類副產品(poultryt by-products)的飼料:
WDJ認為要確認狗食製造商所使用的副產品的品質是不可能的，他們曾經與相關廠商訪談過，而廠商都信誓旦旦地說他們只使用最好的副產品來源，然而當被詢問到這問題時，他們總是四兩撥千金地如此回答。事實上，寵物食品廠商的副產品與全肉相比。品質相去甚遠，但是全肉的成本太高，所以他們才會採用廉價的副產品，然而這亳無道理可言。因此WDJ建議飼主應該避免選購含有副產品的飼料。 ", h) H3 p7 r* e6 t& n3 _: p
(什麼是肉類副產品? 像是人類都不會去吃的皮毛、血管淋巴組織、丟棄不食用的臟器、來源標示不明的動物脂肪、骨粉...都算是肉類副產品)

3.拒絕含有未被認可的油脂或蛋白質:3 k1 G1 }9 t: s P3 h5 b
請特別注意飼料中「動物性油脂」 (animal fat) 的標示，因為它是只是低品質，低成本，不知什麼來源的油脂的好聽的說法而已。肉粉(meat meal)可能還比較實用些。

4.全穀及全蔬菜較佳:
在飼料中的某些穀類及蔬菜扮演著重要的功能。而通常飼料中並不會很令人興奮地添加很多蔬菜或穀類，反而都是渣渣或副產品，所以在飼料的成份標示中出現愈多蔬菜渣渣種類或比例愈高，就代表它不是一個高品質的飼料。 4 }9 R' r7 S; G;

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5.排除所有的人工色素，人工香料或人工防腐劑:一個健康的，高品質的狗食是不該只為了讓飼料嗜口性更佳，而添加任何不營養的添加物，如果真為了保存的考量，可以選擇天然的防腐劑保存，例如迷迭香，維他命A或C來取代化學的防腐劑。

6.排除所有添加甜味的狗食:狗與人一樣，喜好甜食。但牠們並不需要這些無營養的垃圾食物的。 & w1 ]" F3 x: V

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7.若含有機成份更好: 這點不用再做贅述了。5 K

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8. 今年的評選多了一項指標 ~  製造工廠的細項調查:

9.若該公司不肯詳細透露以下資料，就無法通過審核~製造工廠是哪一家? (很多品牌是不知名的外包工廠製做的) 工廠位於何處? 製造原料的來源? 如何保障食品的安全?

http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=196654.0

天然狗糧中兩大隱藏殺手

pooh_angel — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 14:01:32 +0800

狗糧的抉擇

我先在這里跟大家討論狗糧中的含有 Menadione 和 Ethoxyquin 的壞處，希望你們能自己選擇一隻適合自己狗狗的狗糧。

但請記着，天下沒有一種最好的狗糧，衹有一些是比較適合你狗狗的。

Menadione 和 Ethoxyquin 可說是天然狗糧中兩大隱藏殺手，它們會一點一滴積聚在狗隻體內，經年歷月，後遺症禍害難以估計。

Menadione維生素K3，沒有深入研究的朋友，就說在狗糧配方中看到有註明 " "a source of vitamin K activity" or "vitamin K supplement"." 也不會怎樣担心吧，誰知道這Menadione Vitamin K3 是一種廉價而有害的人工合成物質，因為 Menadione 正確來說它並不是任何Vitamin。

而 Ethoxyquin 這防腐劑更是殺狗於無形，我們又難以一一追查得到，請看下文。

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請救救小生命！大家幫幫忙forward to all your friends.

pooh_angel — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:09:44 +0800

約大半年前一對好心的夫婦遷入元朗村屋，某日，一位村民帶了3隻唐狗BB叫個他們收養否則便會送往漁農署，雖然好心的夫婦從未養過狗，但不忍心斷送3個無辜的小生命，於是便把牠們留下來．

我的好友是好心夫婦的鄰居，眼見他們對養狗全無認識，便不斷教導及幫忙他們，並在上月安排3隻小狗絕育，但碰巧當時其中一隻小狗(火腿)剛好發情期，不能接受手術，要等她的發情期過去才可以再安排．但意外終於在前晚( 6月2日 )發生，火腿突然誕下8個小生命，慌張的夫婦不知如何是好．

一直以來唐狗BB的命運都很坎坷，我們盡了全力都只能為其中2隻找到新主人，其餘6隻的命運就交在你手裡，請幫忙留意一下身邊是否有朋友可以收養，否則我們只能作出最狠心的決定 -- 把6個小生命交給AFCD，了結牠們短暫的一生．

如有興趣收養小狗，請盡快致電郭小姐 (tel: 92611168)．

救救小生命！！！他們只有一個星期大的.

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請大力捐助救助四川動物 DONATE TO THE EARTHQUAKE RELIEF FOR THE ANIMAILS

pooh_angel — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:24:23 +0800

哩幾個動物組織都好努力一直救助四川災區內d動物, 希望大家都支持吓佢哋. 多多益善, 少少無拘...動物們好需要你哋嘅幫助...

All this charity organization is try very hard to help the animals in Sichuan now, hope all u can try to donate and help our lovely and poor animals there..They need ur help!!!

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在這個世界，上一個人唯一不自私的朋友，唯一不拋棄自己的朋友，唯一不忘恩負意的朋友，就是你的朋友(狗狗)

pooh_angel — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 12:24:22 +0800

The best friend a man has in this world may turn against him and become his enemy. His son or daughter that he has reared with loving care may prove ungrateful.

Those who are nearest and dearest to us,those whom we trust with our happiness and our good name,may become traitors to their faith. The Money that a man has,he may lose. It flies away from him perhaps when he needs it most. A man's reputation may be sacrifice in a moment of ill-considered action.

The People who are prone to fall on their knees to do us honor when success is with us may be the first to throw the stone of malice when failure settles its cloud upon our heads.

The one absolutely unselfish friend that a man can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him and the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous is his dog.

A man's dog stands by him in prosperity and in poverty,in health and in sickness.

He will sleep on the cold ground where the wintry winds blow and the snow drives fierecely,if only he may be near his master's side . He will kiss the hand that has no food to offer, he will lick the wounds and sores that come in encounters with the roughness of the world. He guards the sleep of his pauper master as if he were a prince.

When all other friends desert. he reamins. When riches take wings and reputation falls to pieces, he is as constant in his love as the sun in it's journey through the heavens.

LOVE ANIMAL

流浮山流浪狗場籌集物資 (請大家有錢出錢有力出力好嗎!)

在上水, 有人遺棄Husky and 沙皮囡囡.... Please HELP.!!

WDJ 2008 Approved Dry Dog Foods 英文版(Detail version)

WDJ 2008 Approved Dry Dog Foods

WDJ 2008 Approved Dry Dog Foods -評選標準

天然狗糧中兩大隱藏殺手

請救救小生命！ 大家幫幫忙forward to all your friends.

請大力捐助救助四川動物 DONATE TO THE EARTHQUAKE RELIEF FOR THE ANIMAILS

在這個世界，上一個人唯一不自私的朋友，唯一不拋棄自己的朋友，唯一不忘恩負意的朋友，就是你的朋友(狗狗)

請救救小生命！大家幫幫忙forward to all your friends.