Big THANK YOU from me as well! Best wishes.

Julia

Petitionz.org is another.  From what I understand, TrustPetCuisine.com launches March 20 in Canada. The net proceeds from TrustPetCuisine are going to fund a program for random pet food testing (similar also from what I understand to the consumer site that tests and has memberships - details are supposed to be realized in the next few weeks) and an alert system (North America from what I understand, not just Canada).

With Defendourpets on one hand with AAFCO & other topics, and Petitionz with the random pet food testing the PFCs should take note.

It has taken a long time, and pet owners have not really joined up in large numbers to form a coherent group pushing forward. It takes a lot of networking. We can't just sit back and think a couple or 4 people are going to make this happen. They need support. Financially and from tasks & helping promote/advertise.  Every little bit helps.

PFI paid attention with the volume and topics here before. It's quietened.

The energy of pet owners now has to be in forming a coalition or the pfcs will ride out the last before interest wanes further.

Contact petitionz, defendourpets, karen frazer and ask.. What can I do?

Spring & yard sales are an excellent time to clean house & earn extra mowing yards, washing windows, selling things to raise funds for Petitionz random testing and to help Mike further his efforts with AAFCO.

Thank you thank you thank you, for giving us the good & bad pet-related news and a place to discuss it for the past year!  You deserve the time away - I often thought how much time it must take to keep something like that running.

Even though I spend much less time than I used to on the blog, I will miss it as a source of the latest info.  Also thanks for keeping the forums running - it would be really hard to adjust without my daily hour or two chatting, researching, discussing & supporting each other here.

Will the structure of the forums change?  Will you or someone else still be around as 'admin', with moderators to oversee the posts? 

Thank-you Itchmo for being here for us. Your website has been a life saver to pets by letting us know which foods were safe when we couldn't count on the pet food companies or the FDA.

The forums have been a great source of information and support to pet owners who have lost pets and others who continue to care for sick pets affected by the recall.

Please keep posting and let us know how you guys are doing. We are going to miss you.

God Bless you.

What a surprise! For the past year Itchmo has been my first stop in the morning when checking out what is happening in the world.
Thank you for all you have been to us and to the wonderful pet stories you have shared.
I hope that after you take a break and catch your breath, great animal stories will again appear.
I have laughed and cried many times reading the stories you have provided.

Thank you!!

(sigh of relief)

I am new here and  thankfully did not lose a pet to the recalls.
I did lose an animal to a feed/grain related illness and that prompted my desire to learn more about what I was feeding to every type of pet I have. This site was recommended to me and I am so grateful for all I have learned here and applied to my food choices for my cats and dog. I have learned so much here .
Thank you for creating this site and for devoting yourselves to finding answers, educating pet owners , turning sorrow into positive actions  and sharing the joys of being pet parents.