Today's VPI Spotlight
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Mar
1
While social media sometimes gets criticized for its lack of valuable content, it can also be educational, as Kyle Bowser of Barnstable, Mass., recently found out when her dog, Winnie, ate a two-pound bag of frozen onion rings. Ingesting the appetizer led to a severe stomach ache and a trip to the vet...
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Feb
1
We all know the importance of buckling up whether we are a driver or passenger in a moving vehicle. As Susan Chasmar of Barnegat, N.J., can now attest, restraining our furry friends while we’re on the road is just as important. Susan was driving through a parking lot on her way to take Mocha, her one...
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Jan
1
While exercise is vital in maintaining the health of our pets, as Lesli Miller of El Cajon, Calif., and her 14-year-old son recently found out, it’s best to take a more conventional approach to taking our furry friends on walks. Lesli’s son enjoys riding his bicycle and fre...
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Dec
1
Many of us have experienced a laundry mishap or two – perhaps inadvertently mixing our “darks” with our “whites.” Unfortunately for Daryl Humdy of Oakland, Calif., he arrived home in December to find a much more serious laundry calamity when his six-month-old Siberian Fores...
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Nov
1
Justin Groom’s new roommate had a rule: a house was not her home until she baked her grandmother’s bread there. While Justin wanted his roommate to feel comfortable in his Denver, Colo. home, he had no idea that her baking adventure would turn into a near tragedy for Dingo, his 2-year-old...
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Oct
1
Because of Annie’s diminutive stature, Jean Ann and Ralph Feneis of Middleburg, Va. didn’t let their four-pound Yorkshire terrier outdoors by herself. Unfortunately, after nearly 17 years, Annie found herself stranded and unsupervised outside for the first time during one of the worst thunderstorms...
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Sep
1
After reading and hearing about the benefits of chew toys versus bones for dogs, Kendra Snurkowski of Wilmington, Del., bought her Labrador retriever puppy, Ryder, an elk antler dog chew. Kendra’s precious new pooch enjoyed playing with the antler so much that it was rare when the so...
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Aug
1
Dana and Scott Carter of San Rafael, Calif., have always believed: what their seven-pound Himalayan cat, Ariel, lacks in size, she more than makes up for in personality. However, Ariel’s diminutive dimensions nearly cost her one of her nine lives last month as she was accidentally tr...
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Jul
1
As Curtis Engle of Clovis, Calif., was coaxing his neighbor’s escaped goats back to their pen, Chance, his curious Labrador retriever walked up for a closer look at the livestock. Before Curtis knew it, Chance was broadsided by one of the exuberant goats and sent crashing into the pen...
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