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Tykie's Long Life Homemade Vegetarian Dog Food Video
News feature by Kimberly Purdy at TV 9&10 News - April 9th, 2007
Tykie - 24 and feeling great!
Article written by Cymbre Sommerville Foster of the Leelanau Enterprise - March 20th, 2003
Vegetarian dog living longer than most
Article from the The Daily News - March 23rd, 2002
Furry friends break up the winter blahs
Article written by Susan Ager of the Detroit Free Press - March 19th, 2002
Tykie celebrates 23 - Vegetarian dog living longer than most
Article written by Marta Hepler Drahos of the Record Eagle - March 15th, 2002
Dog hits 23; has avoided meat
Article written by Cymbre Sommerville Foster of the Leelanau Enterprise - March 14th, 2002
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Do Vegetarians live longer?
Article from the The Whole Dog Journal - March 2003
Stephanie Burns of Traverse City, Michigan, celebrated her dog Tykie's 24th birthday on March 15th, 2003. The 25-pound, Terrier/Schnauzer/Husky mix has been the recent subject of the media spotlight, earning mentions nationwide as one of the oldest dogs in the United States. Burns credits Tykie's diet - he's been a vegetarian since he was 8 weeks old - and plenty of exercise as the keys to his longevity. And in addition to being old, she hastens to add, he's still healthy.
 "His eyes are clear, his bloodwork is perfect, he has no tumors," she says. "He's deaf, so I have to use sign language, and he has a little arthritis, but other than that he's in great shape."
Tykie's typical diet includes rolled oats and bulgur wheat, shredded carrots, cauliflower, broccoli, and ground nuts. Burns also adds a variety of enhancements including molasses, ginger, garlic, lecithin, yeast, flaxseed, and wheatgrass.
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