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01/25/2025

Why do pets get boosters every year?💉

The ultimate goal of antibody titer testing is to move towards a more personalized approach to pet care—one that respects the individuality of each animal and makes medical decisions based on data, not tradition or medical habits. By utilizing vaccine antibody titers, pet owners can ensure their pets are protected without unnecessary boosters, aligning with the principle of “first, do no harm.”

Comment TITER to read my most recent article on the subject and watch my interview with UW-Madison vet school’s Dr. Laurie Larson.

12/13/2024

Incorporating eye health supplements and antioxidant-rich foods into your pet's diet can help support long-term vision and even enhance eye health over time.

Certain dog breeds are genetically predisposed to conditions that can lead to age-related vision loss, including blindness. While vision loss tends to progress gradually, you can slow down this process by adding supplements and foods that promote eye health.

Consider rotating eye supplements into your pet’s routine and offering antioxidant-rich foods like spinach, pumpkin, carrots, and summer squash to help protect against genetic or age-related eye degeneration.

These simple dietary changes can help preserve their vision for longer.

To learn more on protecting your pet’s eye health, check out our recent Inside Scoop episode - Anti-Aging and Stress-Relieving Supplements - where we also discuss diabetes, early-spay urinary incontinence, anxiety and more!

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12/06/2024

Hello! Our friends and neighbors are sadly closing their Boutique! Go see them for Great Deals!

The Pink Flamingo Studio + Boutique

11/30/2024

11/30/2024

Happy Holiday season !!

11/28/2024

🍂🦃 Make Thanksgiving Dog-Friendly!

However, not everything on the table is safe for your pup. Here’s how to keep the holiday dog-friendly and delicious

🐾 Extra ideas to share:

💙 A pup-approved plate with plain turkey, green beans, and sweet potatoes.
💙 A festive dessert of plain canned pumpkin topped with a dollop of plain Greek yogurt.
💙 Fun frozen cups of cranberries, yogurt, and applesauce for a refreshing treat!

Because sharing the love (and the right foods) is what Thanksgiving is all about.

11/08/2024

DIY Anti-Yeast Recipe 🐾🐾

Did you know you can manage many cases of yeast at home? An effective dog yeast infection home remedy just requires a change of diet and some lifestyle changes. Check out our Anti-Yeast recipe to help your dog today (for adult dogs only please) 🐾

INSTRUCTIONS 🐾
Chop ingredients or whiz through the food processor to combine. You can feed this recipe raw or you can bake it at 300 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes.If you are cooking this, make sure to add your marine oil to the food AFTER it has been baked and cooled!

HOW MUCH TO FEED 🐾
Feed adult dogs 2% to 3% of their ideal body weight daily. Unless your dog is very active, here is a rough guide to get started:
25 lb dog: 1/2 pound daily
50 lb dog: 1 pound daily
100 lb dog: 2 pounds daily

👉 Want to learn more about yeast? Click the link here! https://www.dogsnaturallymagazine.com/itchy-dog-yeast-infection/

10/28/2024

10/18/2024

10/14/2024

Rupture of the CCL is one of the most common reasons for hind limb lameness, pain, and subsequent arthritis. The development of this problem in dogs is much more complex than in humans. Furthermore, dogs suffer from different degrees of rupture (partial, complete).

08/22/2024

DIY Vitamin/Mineral Greens Powder Recipe🥬: An easy way to add antioxidants and nutrients to your pet’s bowl.

Using kale, chard, spinach, dandelion greens, watercress or any greens of your choice, you can make your own super greens powder that is good for you, your pet…and your wallet.💳 Our DIY super greens powder is a great way to use up extra greens and sneak more diversity of vegetables into your pet’s diet.🐾

📕 The Forever Dog LIFE DIY Greens Powder Recipe:
· 4-1/2 cups of greens of your choice, organic if possible

·Lay greens flat on a baking sheet and cook for 6-8 hours at your oven’s lowest setting, or at 125℉ in a dehydrator. Dehydrate dry greens until completely dry and crispy. Blend or grind until they reach a powder consistency. Store in an airtight container in a cool, dark place.

·Use 1/2 tsp for every 10 pounds of body weight.

🥄Add to your pet's meals or dust over a lick mat that’s been smeared with cottage cheese🧀, mashed sardines🐟 or one of the many topper recipes found in our new book The Forever Dog LIFE, like our Fiber Smoothie for a**l gland and digestive health, our omega-rich Smart Spread for gut and brain health and much more! 📣 Now 50% OFF at Amazon, Target and Walmart!

08/09/2024

Finally, we’re at a turning point in veterinary nutrition. ✨ Vets are the last group of formally trained medical professionals to still actively (and sometimes aggressively) promote the exclusive feeding of ultra-processed, pelleted food for a lifetime (birth to death), as a means to achieve longterm health. 🥺❓
This incongruent and unorthodox recommendation is a result of our nutrition education during veterinary medical school. As of now, every vet school around the world is endowed by a Big Pet Food brand, so their nutrition curriculum is funded, prepared and executed (taught) by the top (ultra-processed) pet food manufacturers (or faculty funded by them), so our future vets don’t have access to unbiased nutrition information. But our Next Generation vet students are asking more questions 💥; aren’t less processed, fresher foods healthier for all mammals? How does heat and extended, unregulated, storage temps affect added nutrients, flavorings, palatants and additives 🌡️? Where are all the synthetic nutrients coming from, and is anyone regulating safety? In the U.S., there’s no limit on the amount of copper and other minerals in pet food… and what happens when we feed excessive amounts in perpetuity?
While some vet med students may not feel nutrition is relevant to their future (see link in graphic), and some (correctly) feel they aren’t adequately prepared for the job ahead of them, we have a whole new generation of intelligent, inspired, and empowered veterinary students who actually understand all of these issues, and are moving forward with a clear sense of what needs to happen in veterinary hospitals around the world, but also what has to happen in the industry ☄️. The next generation of present-knowledge vets is here… let’s support the heck out of them❣️

04/18/2024

https://youtu.be/4fR5k0Xog74?si=gNdfLVdwScc9kRD9

Dr. Jodie Gruenstern discusses the Pet Nutritional Ladder, Nutritional Needs, Approaches and so much more.More About Dr. Jodie Gruenstern:Dr. Jodie Gruenster...

10/17/2023

https://hemopet.org/seresto-pet-flea-and-tick-collars-still-on-the-market-but-with-mitigation-measures/

Seresto pet flea and tick collars are still on the market after being tied to possible deaths. Find out the new measures the EPA has implemented.

10/07/2023

https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/communicate/press-media/wwi-centennial-news/6789-five-dog-breeds-that-served-in-world-war-i.html

Site of the United States WWI Centennial Commission, and the Doughboy Foundation, building the National WWI Memorial in Washington, D.C.