Anybody seen this publication?
http://www.whole-dog-journal.com/

I started reading this thing and initially thought that it wasn't too bad....until I continued to read. Half of this months issue was research on the best commercial dog foods. The rest was debunking myths about canine behavior (didn't completely agree with some of it...especially the ecollar and prong collar bits, as well as the 100% positive reinforcement training attitude) and K9 health information.

Somehow my pops got roped into getting this periodical. I'm going to have to keep an eye on his meds.

Howard

Connie and Sue Tuck spoke so highly of WDJ that I subscribed.

I don't have enough dog experience to rate their training techniques but I have found the health and nutrition information to be excellent and informative. They do promote raw feeding and lean toward a more holistic/homeopathic view of medicine.

I especially like the fact they don't accept advertising.

 Quote: Howard Knauf

Anybody seen this publication?
http://www.whole-dog-journal.com/

I started reading this thing and initially thought that it wasn't too bad....until I continued to read. Half of this months issue was research on the best commercial dog foods.

That's an annual issue that you happened upon.

WDJ is a very good source of raw (and homecooked, but they prefer raw) feeding. Mary Strauss is a terrific nutrition researcher/writer. It is focused on natural dog care more than anything else.

I believe that three issues (maybe four) last year had non-commercial-feeding main articles.

Now they are stretching into areas of non-traditional medicine that the editors are sometimes a little skeptical about, but that they give very good evenhanded treatment to (IMO). I like their non-hysterical reporting.

I like it very much.... especially compared with the competition. This month's annual dry food list isn't particularly interesting to me personally, but I still read it. I wanted to know, for one thing, which companies refused to say where their foods were manufactured (after the terrible recalls), and especially which ones just refused to return the call or comment in any way.

Individual issues can be ordered on their web site. (They do not accept advertising -- a good thing, IMO; subscription and individual issue money is their only income.)

I don't always agree 100% with their training articles. I'm always interested, though.

I haven't gotten any new issues for about a year, when I was subscribing I really liked their health and non-traditional medicine articles.

I just subscribed to whole dog journal for the first time. I just got it last night in the mail and skimmed over it, I read a few of the comments re: training myths, and wasn't impressed. I was wondering if they have different trainers write their own ideas in their each issue or something. I hope it doesn't turn out to be something I regret subscribing to. Anyway I am going to see what comes next before I make my decision to stop my subscribtion.
I had heard good things, so, just waiting to see.
Anyone been scribing for a while and could give some insight? Is this issue what they are usually like?
My husband saw the issue and said, it isn't much of a dog journal..that was based on looking at the outside cover.
Anyway hope things improve.

Hi Sharon,

I've been subscribing for awhile and here's my $.02

I look at WDJ as a good other resource for nutrition and health. I don't know very much about holistic/alternative medicine for animals so it's been valuable in shedding some light on the unknown.

Not every article interests me but I figure if I learn something new each month then the journal has more than paid for itself over the course of a year. Considering what I pay for other subscriptions, $24.00 is pretty reasonable.

 Quote: sharon empson

Anyone been scribing for a while and could give some insight? Is this issue what they are usually like?
My husband saw the issue and said, it isn't much of a dog journal..that was based on looking at the outside cover.
Anyway hope things improve.

Whole Dog Journal means (I think) holistic. The "front" or in-depth cover articles are generally health and nutrition. That's why I get it. Then they usually have a behavior article, and now they have started adding an article a month on a non-traditional medicine method.

For what I get it for, I think it's the best around. They have Mary Strauss (nutrition researcher/writer). And no ads, no designer breed kennels filling the back, and no cute-puppy filler.

But the annual "Best Dry" and "Best Canned" food editions are probably not going to be interesting to fresh-food feeders.

 Quote: Sarah Morris

I look at WDJ as a good other resource for nutrition and health. I don't know very much about holistic/alternative medicine for animals so it's been valuable in shedding some light on the unknown.

Me too.

The whole series in 2007 on how other people get their raw food supplies and streamline their prep was great, to me.....

But it all depends on what you want.

I got the Feb 08 edition. I guess I shouldn't have been so quick to discount the thing without reading other issues. What are the odds that the one I read (and wasn't thrilled with) would be my introduction to the periodical? Without everyone's input, I wouldn't even think of reading it again after seeing this issue.

Howard