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Brisket bones for Dogs

Brisket bones for Dogs

To solve the mistery first waht actually a brisket bone is – see picture on the left Where does it come from?! I didn’t really know before I found this blog: my dog parlance According the the authors butcher, and I’m sure he knows what he is talking about, a brisket bone isn’t a bone at all. It’s …

rawhide VS real bones

rawhide VS real bones

I have been asked if I give my dogs rawhide bones and the answer is yes. But let me explain… Rawhide comes in a variety of forms including rawhide bones in all sizes, compressed rawhide, rawhide chews in different shapes and sizes… I agree with the manufacturers that rawhide dog bones are good for the teeth and that they help …

Potatoes for Dogs

Potatoes for Dogs

I personally don’t give raw potatoes to my dog too often. They just don’t strike me as a very healthy plant eaten raw. (Correct me if I’m wrong!) But even for humans – nothing seems to be out there. I had a good google and the only thing I found was this BLOG POST from a girl who only eats …

Green Vegetables for your dog

Green Vegetables for your dog

A friend of mine told me that her vet advised her on feeding her dog more green vegetables and asked me what she should get… Her vet said green is better for the dog as much as it is better for us. He is probably right there but unfortunately he was also talking about cooked vegetables Your dog …

Monica’s Doggie Rescue Sydney

Monica’s Doggie Rescue Sydney

Sorry I haven’t been updating my blog lately but that doesn’t mean I haven’t done research or lot’s of other dog related things…
Every Saturday at our local Petbarn there is a volunteer from Monika’s Doggie Rescue with lot’s of little dogs. They try to find new homes for all of them and they don’t put dogs down like other shelters. …

wrinkly fruit and vegetables

wrinkly fruit and vegetables

I admit that I sometimes forget to go shopping for my dog/husband/myself… Well – the dog is always the most lucky one in situations like that as I can always find something for him in the fridge. Normally I don’t give him veggies or fruit i wouldn’t eat myself but that’s just me being either stupid or treating my puppy …

A successful day…

A successful day…

I just went for a walk with my dog and met a lady with 2 Labradors. That was great for 2 reasons – my puppy had someone to play with and I had someone to talk to After chatting about almost anything concerning dogs (the usual dog owner conversation: my dog does, my dog doesn’t, I always, a …

What’s left from the last burglar…

What’s left from the last burglar…

One if the reasons why I feed my dog big FRESH bones are burglars. Why? Well, if I was a  burglar looking over the wall of a potential house to break in and would see big, half rotten bones I would choose the neighbors house… Whatever is eating those bones must be big!
Not necessarily. Dogs of every size should get …

For a change – I have got a question…

My dog does not want to swallow the antibiotics he has to take at the moment. In fact – any kind of tablet is a struggle! Even the, apparently, tasty (and therefore rather expensive) ones won’t go down his throat. He is driving me up the wall! I tried literally everything. I even put them into food items I strongly …

What’s Really in Pet Food!?

I just found an interesting article about what really is in dog/pet food… I kind of hope that most of you know that they only put “waste”, stuff we humans wouldn’t eat in your dogs can?! Well, why do you feed it then? There is nothing in wet or dry food that is any good your your puppy… even if …

Cook for your dog?

Am I mad? Cooking for your dog when you can just run down to the pet store or supermarket and be blown away with the hundreds of choices of dog food?