Archive for the 'Health and Wellness ' Category

Are There Benefits to a 24/7 Vet Care App?

Are There Benefits to a 24/7 Vet Care App?

Shermie has early renal disease. This is heartbreaking, but he is almost 15-years-old. We recently needed to switch his diet from kibble to a fresh food diet. Honestly, Sherm has a sensitive stomach, and I’ve been feeding a GI hi-fiber...

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How To Transition Dogs To A New Diet

How To Transition Dogs To A New Diet

There are many moments in a dog’s life when you need to transition them from one diet to another type of food. In some cases, you need to feed a bland diet and then transition back to their everyday meal....

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Vestibular Disease in Old Dogs

Vestibular Disease in Old Dogs

Don’t panic. However, this is hard to tell any pet parent with a dog with vestibular disease. The syndrome may occur in old dogs and is idiopathic if there is no reason or diagnosis of an inner ear infection. This...

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Summer Solstice Snacks for Dogs

Summer Solstice Snacks for Dogs

Disclaimer: This post is sponsored by WellPet but the content and opinions expressed here are my own. What I miss about life pre-COVID? There are many things I miss, so I’ve decided to put some of the ‘normal’ back into our...

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Dog First Aid Kit: What I Forgot To Bring on My Roadtrip

Dog First Aid Kit: What I Forgot To Bring on My Roadtrip

Torn paw pads, diarrhea, red or sore ears – and these are just a few of the things I had to help our dogs with when we went to the coast for a few days over the holidays. We have...

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Adding Herbs to Your Flock’s Feed to Boost Immunity and Decrease Health Issues #ad

Adding Herbs to Your Flock’s Feed to Boost Immunity and Decrease Health Issues #ad

Herbs can be fed directly into the feed or free choice like you do with other types of supplements (e.g. Oyster Shell). You can also add herbs to the dust bath. We partnered with Scratch and Peck for this post...

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Product Review: BarkBox Memory Foam Dog Bed for the Hounds #ad

Product Review: BarkBox Memory Foam Dog Bed for the Hounds #ad

Super cute box the bed came in! We reviewed this bed and loved IT. More below for the bed features.  #ad I’m not doing a holiday gift guide this year but I loved this gift and wanted to give it...

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Round-Up of Stories About Dog Health and Behavior (Nominated for DWAA awards!)

Round-Up of Stories About Dog Health and Behavior (Nominated for DWAA awards!)

I’m a writer for Wide Open Pets (WOP)! I haven’t announced this formally but I wanted to shout it from the rooftops since so much of the content I write for WOP benefits all those folks that read any Wag...

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Benefits of Animal Blood Proteins: Dog Supplements #ad

Benefits of Animal Blood Proteins: Dog Supplements #ad

*Check back Sunday at midnight (PST)  as we’re kicking off a contest and giving away a 30-day supply of supplements!  This isn’t meant to be a “scary Halloween themed post about blood” but a serious post about animal blood proteins...

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Senior Dogs: Ways to Be More Proactive About Arthritis

Senior Dogs: Ways to Be More Proactive About Arthritis

We started a few new techniques for Sherman in the past six months. I wanted to share these since he’s feeling really good these days and just turned 12 years old. A few of these recommendations are herbs and of...

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