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09/25/2025

09/24/2025

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09/19/2025

Safe pet food storage! Can’t stress this enough!!!

09/15/2025

09/08/2025

“Grain-free” sounds like the healthier choice...but it’s mostly a marketing term.

Here’s what most dog parents don’t know:

👉 True food allergies are rare. Only about 1–2% of dogs have them. They’re usually triggered by proteins like beef, dairy, or chicken, not grains.
👉 Grain-free ≠ carb-free. Most formulas swap wheat, corn, or rice for peas, lentils, chickpeas, or potatoes. The starch is still there...sometimes even more.
👉 Heart health (DCM). The FDA investigated reports of dilated cardiomyopathy in dogs eating certain “non-traditional” diets. Many of these foods were grain-free and relied heavily on pulses (peas, lentils) as top ingredients. But cases were also found in grain-inclusive foods. The FDA has not called for recalls or identified a single cause. What matters is formulation quality, ingredient sourcing, and how nutrients (like taurine) are supported.
👉 Legumes in the spotlight. Studies show that when legumes are used at very high levels, they may affect bile acids and taurine metabolism. But short-term trials haven’t consistently shown taurine depletion. This is why researchers continue to investigate: it’s about the quantity and processing, not simply whether a food contains grains or not.
👉 Consumer trap. Pet food marketing made “grain-free” sound “healthier” partly because it mirrored the gluten-free trend for humans. Surveys show that nearly half of U.S. pet parents believe grain-free is better, but science doesn’t support this claim.

The bottom line? “Grain-free” doesn’t make a food good or bad. What really matters is:
✔️ Quality of ingredients
✔️ Whether it’s species-appropriate
✔️ How well the formula is tested and controlled

What’s the biggest pet food claim that confuses you?

07/08/2025

Poseidon’s favorite! 🫐

Blueberries are one of the ultimate longevity foods, like a suit of armor for your pet.🐾🫐 Rich in prebiotic fiber and powerful polyphenols, they help repair DNA🧬, fight free radicals, slow aging, protect against cell damage, and support the body’s antioxidant defenses💥 making them one of the best anti-aging treats to share straight from your fridge! (opt for spray-free if possible!) 🫐

Start with ¼ to ½ tsp per 10lbs of body weight a day.

06/27/2025

06/16/2025

AWESOME NEW DIET FORMULATOR IS GO!!

We've been working on this for ages - a powerful formulator tool for fresh feeders making and balancing their own pet food.

It has a ridiculous amount of unique features, including

🤖 dogs or cats
🤖 100s of ingredients and supplements
🤖 Raw or cooked options
🤖 Formulate using US and/or UK data, improved with all available literature
🤖 A unique carnivore ingredient section with bone info
🤖 Balance to AAFCO/FEDIAF or NEW DCB guidelines! Will explain more on the latter later, still building out the instructions for it!
🤖 A new protein quality scoring system, where the quality of the protein in your mix will be scored based on amino acid score, digestibility, presence of anti-nutrient compounds, etc.
🤖 Diets tailored to health requirements like low phosphorus or low protein
🤖 Best recommendations made for any imbalances

There will be a free version available so folk will always be able to use the calculator and get access to the basics, and a paid version for just $9.95/month) which comes with all the bells and whistles, cancellable anytime.

For now though, while we're making final tweaks and making it prettier etc, it's ALL FREE to use while you play and we learn so please, any bugs or hopes and dreams you have for the app, let me know now so I can tweak!

Have fun!

https://dcbformulator.com/

💥 NO MORE EXCUSES NOW VETS! LET'S GOOOOOOO!!!! 💥

06/12/2025

The skin is the first barrier the body has to protect itself from the environment. This is why I always say, if you want to solve allergies, you have to fix the diet!

➡️ Full study: https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/12/15/1881

➡️ Allergy resources: https://drjudymorgan.com/pages/dr-judys-allergy-resources

06/06/2025

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05/17/2025

Just got home from an amazing conference (in Orlando, FL 🌴)
The International Naturally Healthy Pets Experience. 8 amazing speakers presented a wealth of knowledge! Brought home an overflowing swag bag with samples and info, several great vendors giving away more samples as well as I did make a handful of purchases. Oh!! and I did win a basket of Spirted Paw products from Standard Process!! I’m still going through everything and reading new books. But whoever is interested in learning how to improve your pets bowl and health let me know! I have also completed my Professional Canine Nutrition Certification 🎉 Next step Holistic Pet Health Coach program!

05/13/2025

FYI!!