Part 2: Outsourcing species-appropriate food for your dog

Have you tried handling meat and can’t do it but still want to feed your dog a species-appropriate diet? Do you have no way to get a separate set of things to cook for your dog? Is it simply overwhelming? That’s okay…

Part 1: Species-appropriate cooking for vegetarian households

As dog parents, we always want to do what’s best for our dogs. However, feeding a species-appropriate diet in a vegetarian household can be a challenge. A lot of dog parents express concerns about this. Most of the time, members of a vegetarian…

Winter care for your dogs.

Winters are a magical time of the year. It snows in most places, you get to layer up and get cosy, and nobody needs to worry about sweat and humidity for a while. It is also a great time to have your dog around. …

Part 3: Planning and prepping meals, sourcing ingredients, treats and snacks

Now that we have an idea of what should go into your dog’s bowl, let’s tackle the planning and execution aspects of it. It takes a while to streamline the process, but with meal prep and a regular schedule…

Part 2: Meat-based diet components and more

Dogs may have evolved to digest human food better but cannot eat everything that goes on our plates. Their diets need to be balanced to provide optimum nutrition and maintain gut health. Diet affects every aspect of your dog’s life — even behavioural…

Part 1: The domesticated dog’s stomach and unsafe human food

We’ve all heard that dogs descend from wolves and that they share 99% of their DNA with them. However, unlike their carnivorous ancestors, dogs are not ‘obligate carnivores,’ which means they can benefit from extra ingredients beyond meat in their…

All about Tick Fever

Tick fever is transmitted through ticks that have latched onto the dog for more than 36 hours. Different types of ticks spread different strains of tick fever. While a regular blood test might indicate tick fever, the exact diagnosis is made after an RT-PCR test.

Tick…

Tick and Flea prevention

Ticks and fleas are ectoparasites — organisms that feed off the host while living outside the body (endoparasites like tapeworms live inside their host). They live on the skin and bite to suck blood and feed themselves. This causes the host — in this case, the…