Healthy Pets
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How to Spot Signs of Pain in Your Pet: Key Signs Every Pet Parent Should Know
How to Spot Signs of Pain in Your Pet: What Every Pet Parent Needs to Know As pet parents, our main goal is to keep our furry friends happy and healthy. But here’s the reality—our pets can’t tell us when they’re hurting, so it’s up to us to pick up on the signs, whether they’re subtle or more obvious. Let’s explore how to spot signs of pain in your pet, and what to keep an eye out for. Behavioral Changes: The First Red Flag of Pain in Your Pet One of the first things to notice is any changes in behavior. If your usually sweet and cuddly pet suddenly becomes…
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Football isn’t the only sport to watch Sunday February 2, 2014-Talented canine athletes from around the world compete in the Purina Pro Plan Incredible Dog Challenge
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Senior Pet Health Tips: Strengthening Immunity and Promoting Longevity
Boosting Immunity in Senior Pets: Top Tips for a Healthier Life As our pets age, their health needs change, and supporting their immune system becomes more crucial. For those of us with senior pets, like my beloved Delia, it’s especially important to ensure they stay healthy and vibrant. Today, I’m sharing some top tips for boosting immunity for optimum senior pet health with insights that have been helpful for Delia and her well-being. Understanding Senior Pet Immunity Just like us, as pets age, their immune systems naturally weaken. This can make them more susceptible to illnesses and infections. For Delia, who’s navigating her golden years, I’ve seen firsthand how important…
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How We Battle Fleas and Ticks Naturally Without Harmful Pesticides
I’ve never been comfortable using pesticides on my dogs. Delia has never tolerated them. As a result of using them, her skin is almost immediately red and inflamed, causing her pain and itching. A few years ago, after moving to a heavily wooded area, our vet recommended topical chemicals. Reluctantly, I followed their advice for Chewy. He had a seizure and other neurological/muscular side effects. Never again. Since then, we battle fleas and ticks naturally without harmful pesticides. We have used only pawTree flea and tick spray and diatomaceous earth dusted on our yard, and lots of checking for nasty bugs. It takes more work, but I’d rather keep them…
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Freshpet Natural Pet Food Review
I’ve written before about how picky Delia is about her food. I’m sure she is the pickiest eater on the planet. Each time I think we’ve found a food she likes, she turns the tables on me and stops eating it. Until we found Freshpet. She has been eating Freshpet food consistently for nearly a year, now. So, I was excited when we won a BarkPost contest for Freshpet food! We love BarkPost AND Freshpet, so it was a double win. BarkPost sent us a gift card to PetSmart to purchase Delia’s favorite Freshpet Vital Grain Free recipe. 8 Things We Love About Freshpet Freshpet uses only fresh all natural…
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The Honest Kitchen Bone Broth Treat for Dogs Review
We received a sample of The Honest Kitchen Bone Broth to sample at no cost in exchange for our honest review. All opinions are our own, and The Honest Kitchen is not responsible for the content of our review. We are big fans of The Honest Kitchen products in our home, so we are always excited to try their new products when we have the chance. The new Bone Broth Treat for Dogs with turmeric has arrived and it is a hit with Delia and Chewy. Delia likes it when I use it to hydrate her Revel food from The Honest Kitchen. Chewy enjoys it as a warm treat after playing…
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Book Review: Grow Young with Your Dog
We’re all familiar with the aches and pains that come with aging. Our dogs experience this, too. Mary Debono’s book Grow Young with Your Dog gives readers an approach to grow young and feel better, rather than old and achy with your dog, and the healing power of connection with your dog. Mary Debono, GCFP (Guild Certified Feldenkrais® Practitioner) is the creator of Debono Moves, a system of improvement designed to enhance body awareness, comfort and movement, while deepening the human-canine bond. (Pg. 6 Grow Young With Your Dog.) This book introduces twelve basic Debono Moves to do with your dog as well as Human Exercises to improve your mobility,…
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Allprovide All-Natural Fresh Raw Dog Food Review
Allprovide is a new all-natural raw pet food company with a focus on making pets healthier and happier by providing wholesome, real human-grade food for dogs and cats. I’ve been interested in transitioning Delia and Chewy to a raw diet for a while, but the process seemed daunting. Cost, equipment, quality ingredients, safety…these were all concerns. When I was approached to review Allprovide in exchange for food for Delia and Chewy to try, after doing some research on the company and consulting our veterinarian, I thought it would be a great opportunity to delve into raw feeding. Allprovide is all-natural and made with USDA select meats and USDA Grade A…
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My Failure at Delia’s Dental Care Routine and How I Plan to Fix It
Delia has horrible breath. It is my fault. We used to brush her teeth at least three times a week, but she put up such a fight, I felt terrible, so I stopped, which was worse for her in the long run. I’ve bought countless dental treats, water additives, and numerous flavors of toothpaste. I’m convinced she’s got to be one of the pickiest dogs on the planet. She won’t eat any of the chews, stops drinking the water with the additives and runs at the sight of a toothbrush. It doesn’t matter if it is a brush, a finger brush, or what. She wants no part of it. The…
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The Honest Kitchen Gluten-Free Halloween BonBons
We have been trying recipes from The Honest Kitchen’s Made With Love recipe book. For Delia’s Halloween treats, we made the Gluten-Free Halloween BonBons featured in the book. The recipe was easy and quick to make and Delia LOVES them. This recipe book is full of healthy recipes for dogs, cats AND people. We haven’t tried any of the people-friendly recipes yet, but this is the third recipe Delia has tried and so far, they are all a hit. The Honest Kitchen Gluten-Free Halloween BonBons Ingredients 1 Cup The Honest Kitchen Force dehydrated dog food. 1/2 cup ground beef 1 cup canned or fresh cooked pumpkin 1 free range egg 1 small…
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Benefits of Essential Oils and Canine Massage after Trauma
Benefits of Essential Oils and Canine Massage after Trauma Today, I’m sharing my experience with helping my dog Nicky recover from a dog attack using essential oils and canine massage. For this post, I’ll be focusing primarily on the use of lavender essential oil. Sensitive Skin and Allergic Reactions My Nicky had sensitive skin and had allergic reactions to shampoos and topical flea and tick treatments. I’ve never been comfortable putting harsh chemicals on my dogs’ skin to kill parasites or giving them pills that can be as deadly as the parasites they’re made to kill. Of course, I’m not a fan of fleas and ticks or heart worms either,…
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Book Review: Grow Young with Your Dog
