Off Their Rockers

Elizabeth Head, professor at U-Cal Irvine, put a dozen beagles on a three-year holistic regime: extra fruit, vegetable extract, antioxidants in the kibble; regular exercise; group play with creative toys; one-on-one with kennel buddies; enrichment classes. The graduates came out “mentally younger” than their “couch potato peers”, according to the beagle handlers, who regrettably lost their funding to the budget cutters.        

(US News Bernadine Healy, On Health….11/12/07)