The First Thing We Talk About When We Talk About Dental Care Love your pet? (We know you do!) The best way to express your fondness for your furry one is to love them from the inside out. So don’t worry too much about buying the latest heart-shaped squeaky or catnip toy (unless it will energize you to play more with your dog or cat)….
Stockings for Shelter Animals
Want to bring purrs & woofs of joy to our local shelter animals? Team up with us & together we’ll deliver 90 Christmas stockings stuffed with toys, treats & chews to our local shelter kitties & pups. For just $5, you can donate a stuffed kitty stocking, and for $10, you can donate a stuffed stocking for a pup, and it’s easy…you can do it right online…
Rapamycin: Can Dogs Live Longer?
If you knew you could extend the life of your pet…would you? Rapamycin, also known as Sirolimus, is a drug developed to minimize rejection of organ transplants in humans, based on research into the make up of the volcanic soil on Easter Island. It first became news a few years ago when test mice were shown to live up to 60% longer due to an anti-inflammatory effect the drug has on the body. Rapamycin seems…
Treats: Goodness Gracious
Give a handful of treats to the pet you love, and a heart full of hope to another in need… One of our favorite dog treats has a particular place in our hearts because of their commitment to supporting local animal welfare groups. We’re talking about Goodness Gracious, located right in Marblehead, MA. Founder Amy Renz left the high tech world, as the story goes,…
What is it like to experience the world like your pets?
Is it possible to ‘blur the species barrier’? That’s what Being A Beast attempts to find out. For weeks at a time, veterinarian/lawyer/naturalist Charles Foster lived as a badger, an otter, a fox…in their habitat, approximating their movements & habits (dumpster diving in London, eating earthworms…). This is radical nature-writing, and it’s witty, deep and humble. He attempts to blur the species barrier, ultimately knows he…
Severe Storm & Hurricane Preparedness for Pets
Storms are literally forces of nature, and there’s nothing we can do to stop them. The key to weathering (and even enjoying) storms with pets is thinking ahead, and being organized. Storm prep for pets isn’t time-consuming, difficult or expensive. And assuming you’re in a dry, safe place, it means you can all relax and enjoy Mother Nature’s spectacle ‘unleash’. Animals are very sensitive to…
Make a Raw Resolution
I love Primal’s Raw Resolution campaign. The idea is to commit to trying adding even just a little raw to your pet’s diet and see the results. To make it easier to take the risk, we’ve got coupons for $3 off freeze-dried or frozen raw diets for cats or dogs, free trial size of frozen raw, free samples of freeze-dried raw, and $1 off Primal Raw Goat’s…
Stella & Chewy’s FROZEN MORSELS Recall
Stella & Chewy’s has just announced a limited recall of FROZEN Morsels…all the details can be found on their website here. The batches in the recall may have been exposed to Listeria. We’re emphasizing FROZEN because most of our Stella & Chewy’s customers are using their freeze-dried dinners. None of the recalled product is in our freezers. We strongly suggest all customers of the frozen…