Working Together to Help Dogs Dear friends of dogs, I have some wonderful news to share. Nestled in the beautiful Connecticut town of Haddam is a kind, progressive veterinarian named Dr. Bernadette Aleksey – aka Dr. Bernie. This vet offers all the expected veterinary services, but she goes way beyond that. Dr. Bernie has extensive …
Recently, I attended a workshop on healthy pet foods. The seminar was conducted at a veterinary clinic and the speakers focused on many issues, including the process of making pet food. This process includes removing many nutrients, and then adding them back, in artificial versions.
We know blueberries are good for us, with their antioxidant capacity and nutrient profile. But did you know they are also healthy for dogs? Fresh or frozen, think about adding blueberries to your dog’s meals.
I like to post periodic updates on what my dog eats in a single day, to help highlight the variety that you can achieve with a homemade diet. With all the variety, I also believe it is possible to offer some consistency too, particularly for dogs with sensitive GI tracts. Always introduce new foods slowly and one at a time.
Some people say a homemade dog food diet is not healthy because it’s not balanced. While that can be true, a homemade diet for your dog can also be very healthy – it’s up to us humans to make sure it’s healthy and balanced! Here is a list of foods my dogs ate today…. and …
Butternut squash is an excellent food for dogs. How can you incorporate it?
Autumn is a sweet, sensitive soul… inside and out. When it comes to diet, she has a sensitive GI tract. If I add too many new ingredients too fast, she may experience GI upset.
Some people say a homemade dog food diet is not healthy because it’s not balanced. While that can be true, a homemade diet for your dog can also be very healthy – it’s up to us humans to make sure it’s healthy and balanced! Here is a list of foods my dogs ate today.What do you think… sound balanced?
Phytochemicals are chemicals in plants (‘phyto’ = plant) that don’t contain nutrients, but do contain qualities that can prevent or protect against disease.
The more I thought about it, the more I thought, hmm, if vitamin D deficiency is so common in humans — especially northerners who don’t get adequate sunlight, and those who wear sunscreen — then what about in dogs?