Good Karma Dog Center

04/08/2022

Pals

04/08/2022

Packed house of playful fun today.

04/08/2022

A Happy 6th Birthday to our darling Daisy. Mom made yummy yogurt bites for everyone.

04/07/2022

Why CESAR MILLAN Got Bitten By Food Aggressive Labrador Holly

Why CESAR MILLAN Got Bitten By Food Aggressive Labrador Holly

04/07/2022

Willow and Teddy

04/07/2022

Oliver meeting Chronic

04/07/2022

Meet Oliver. An outstanding German Shepard/Basset mix.

04/07/2022

Posing for Kaylee

04/07/2022

Pepper and Ronda with morning love

04/06/2022

Kiley and Nova

04/06/2022

Madden knows how to relax!

04/06/2022

Poppy is very shy it’s her first time here

04/06/2022

Charlie and Sig

04/06/2022

Ovie is celebrating his 1st birthday with treats made especially by mom (the awesome baker). What a great celebration day today

04/06/2022

Madden is ruler of the room shinanigans

04/06/2022

Some much fun already this morning

04/06/2022

Crosby has graduated to the big dog room today and is loving his new play pals

04/06/2022

Happy Birthday to loving Luigi who turns 12 today.

04/06/2022

Happy 1st Birthday to Archie. Birthday balls for everyone. Archie is giving toys for his special day for his special pals.

04/05/2022

Twelve years ago today we opened our doors! Thanks to all our wonderful clients and spectacular dogs and dedicated staff

04/05/2022

Ruby is cracking me up today

04/05/2022

Welcome Delilah and Penelope

04/05/2022

Cashew is very interested in the new girls Delilah and Penelope

04/05/2022

Ruby enjoys her bed

04/05/2022

Take it easy time Tuesday

04/05/2022

A terrific Tuesday

04/04/2022

Photos from Good Karma Dog Center's post

04/04/2022

Photos from Good Karma Dog Center's post

04/04/2022

Photos from Good Karma Dog Center's post

04/02/2022

Bird nesting season is well underway!

Whether you’re out and about or doing some wildlife gardening this spring, keep an eye out for nesting birds – both in trees as well as on the ground. 🐣⚠️ Here’s a handy guide to help you avoid disturbing them.

Thanks to our friends at Sussex Wildlife Trust for this brilliant poster 🙌

04/01/2022

We disinfect the bowls several times a day and once a day at home when it's just my own dogs.

THE INVISIBLE SLIMY MONSTER IN THE WATER BOWL

Ever rub your fingers on the inside of your pet's water bowl and you feel a slippery slime of sorts? Well that invisible goo is called Biofilm.

Biofilm is a collection of organic and inorganic, living and dead materials collected on a surface. It is made up of many different types of bacteria bound together in a thick substance that acts as a glue to both hold the bacteria together and adhere it to a surface.

Biofilm can often be good bacteria but there is also the bad!

Biofilms provide a safe haven for organisms like Listeria, E. coli and legionella where they can reproduce to levels where contamination of products passing through that water becomes inevitable.

Bad Biofilms have been found to be involved in a wide variety of microbial infections in the body such as urinary tract infections, middle-ear infections and bladder infections.

Many pet parents are guilty of simply refilling the water bowl over and over without a wash and this becomes a wonderful environment for biofilm to soak around in.

How to reduce Biofilm:

Remember to clean your pet’s water bowl at least once a week if you can and change water daily.

For pet daycares where a host of different bacteria float around in water bowls, wash daily!

For best results, run your water bowls through a hot cycle in the dishwasher with an eco friendly, non-toxic soap to really clean out the biofilm!

Rodney Habib Pet Health Site

"An educated, informed and well-researched community of pet owners can only put more pressure on the pet food industry to be better! When pet owners know better, they will only do better!"

(P.S. - I am going to get lambasted over the "wash once a week at least" concept. However, after a wonderful discussion with a well known pro-active veterinarian/scientist, when she studied the bacteria looming in pets' water bowls she found if you have a healthy beast, biofilm can actually be full of wonderful, healthy bacteria. It's like playing in the mud as kids and having good bacteria all over you! So sometimes cleaning regularly can wash all the good stuff away. ;) )

04/01/2022

Eyes on Norman

04/01/2022

WhAT?!! We get more birthday treats today? Thanks Topher 🤪🦮

04/01/2022

Topher is celebrating his 9th Birthday with us today. Topher treats!!! YEAH

04/01/2022

Viral Papillomas (Canine) - Mar Vista Animal Medical Center

All about puppy warts please read

Viral warts are a specific condition and that a growth on the dog?s skin may or may not represent a viral wart. Viral warts in dogs tend to possess frond-like structures creating more of a sea anemone or cauliflower-like appearance, though they can be smooth as well. Because growths can appear harml...