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03/19/2025

If your dog is limping, moving slower, or struggling to get up, you might think it's just arthritis. But what if the real problem is muscle-related—specifically tight fascia and trigger points that make your dog’s movements painful and restricted.

This week on the inside Scoop, Dr. Laurie McCauley, a Board-Certified Veterinarian in Canine Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation, is joining us to discuss how fascia (the connective tissue around muscles and joints) can cause stiffness and discomfort, leading to restricted movement. She’ll explain how trigger points (muscle knots) can form from overuse or stress, contributing to joint pain and share ways you can help relieve your pet’s discomfort at home.

We'll be covering:

⚡️ How fascia and trigger points affect your dog’s mobility
⚡️ Why joint pain might be more than just arthritis
⚡️ Simple ways pet parents can improve movement with massage and exercise at home
⚡️ Supplements like Boswellia, Green Lipped Mussel, UC-II and more to support mobility, as an example: dogs suffering with mobility, pain🤕 & joint🦴 issues improved in as little as 4 weeks when given a combo of undenatured type II collagen (UCII®) and Boswellia Serrata🌱 shows randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled, cross-over study.
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A new peer-reviewed, double-blinded, placebo-controlled study shows dogs with osteoarthritis experience the same benefits in managing pain when given a combination of green lipped mussel & krill oil versus pain meds like Meloxicam.

Tune in this Sunday at 12 PM ET if you're looking for ways to help your dog feel more comfortable and move with ease.

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10/04/2024

https://www.whole-dog-journal.com/behavior/understanding-canine-dysfunctional-behavior/

Canine dysfunctional behavior is roughly equivalent to autism in dogs sharing similarities and behavior patterns with the condition in humans

08/26/2024

Urgent ALERT: Cyanobacteria in water, lethal to dogs.
In Columbia River, entire length. Dogs dying. Even on Sand Island.
Rivers, creeks, lakes. Even the lakes on Mt Hood now have blue green algae. The creeks and sloughs at Scappoose Bay. Everywhere.
It can start as white dots in water. Often bright green slime, but also blue, brown, red, orange, cream.
If the water is at all murky, with oily scum along shoreline, or smells, do not let your dog anywhere near it.
Don't paddle board or kayak with your dog in these waters.
Cyanobacteria is deadly, fast: No cure, No Treatment.

07/22/2024

Everyone who is thinking of getting dogs should read this because you need to understand this reality:

***I am a 21st century dog.***
-I'm a Malinois.
Overskilled among dogs, I excel in all disciplines and I'm always ready to work: I NEED to work.
But nowadays I get asked to chill on the couch all day everyday.

-I am an Akita Inu.
My ancestors were selected for fighting bears.
Today I get asked to be tolerant and I get scolded for my reactivity when another approaches me.

-I am a Beagle.
When I chase my prey, I raise my voice so the hunters could follow.
Today they put an electric collar on me to shut up, and you make me come back to you - no running - with a snap of your fingers.

-I am a Yorkshire Terrier.
I was a terrifying rat hunter in English mines.
Today they think I can't use my legs and they always hold me in their arms.

-I'm a Labrador Retriever.
My vision of happiness is a dive into a pond to bring back the duck he shot to my master.
Today you forget I'm a walking, running, swimming dog; as a result I'm fat, made to stay indoors, and to babysit.

-I am a Jack Russell.
I can take on a fox, a mean badger, and a rat bigger than me in his den.
Today I get scolded for my character and high energy, and forced to turn into a quiet living room dog.

-I am a Siberian Husky.
Experienced the great, wide open spaces of Northern Europe, where I could drag sleds for long distances at impressive speeds.
Today I only have the walls of the house or small garden as a horizon, and the holes I dig in the ground just to release energy and frustration, trying to stay sane.

-I am a border collie
I was made to work hours a day in partnershipwith my master, and I am an unmistakable artist of working with the herd.
Today they are mad at me because, for lack of sheep, I try to check bikes, cars, children in the house and everything in motion.

I am ...
I am a 21st century dog.
I'm pretty, I'm alert, I'm obedient, I stay in a bag...but I'm also an individual who, from centuries of training, needs to express my instincts, and I am *not* suited for the sedentary life you'd want me to lead.
Spending eight hours a day alone in the house or in the garden - with no work and no one to play or run with, seeing you for a short time in the evening when you get home, and only getting a small toilet walk will make me deeply unhappy.
I'll express it by barking all day, turning your yard into a minefield, doing my needs indoors, being unmanageable the rare times I'll find myself outside, and sometimes spending my days sunk, sad, lonely, and depressed, on my pillow.
You may think that I should be happy to be able to enjoy all this comfort while you go to work, but actually I’ll be exhausted and frustrated, because this is absolutely NOT what I'm meant to do, or what I need to be doing.
If you love me, if you've always dreamed of me, if my beautiful blue eyes or my athletic look make you want me, but you can't give me a real dog's life, a life that's really worth living according to my breed, and if you can't offer me the job that my genes are asking, DO NOT buy or adopt me!
If you like the way I look but aren't willing to accept my temperament, gifts, and traits derived from long genetic selection, and you think you can change them with only your good will, then DO NOT BUY OR ADOPT ME.
I’m a dog from the 21st century, yes, but deep inside me, the one who fought, the one who hunted, the one who pulled sleds, the one who guided and protected a herd still lives within.
So think **very** carefully before you choose your dog. And think about getting two, rather than one, so I won't be so very lonely waiting for you all day. Eight or ten hours is just a workday to you, but it's an eternity for me to be alone.

David Attenborough.

07/06/2024

The holy grail of longevity foods, protecting your dog like a suit of armour.🫐

Blueberries are an awesome source of prebiotic fiber and are chock-full of polyphenols. Studies have found that blueberries delay the aging process by promoting the repair of DNA strands.🧬 Diets supplemented with this blue antioxidant powerhouse can potentially sustain the body’s antioxidant levels and protect against oxidative damage💥, making them one of our top recommendations you can share from your refrigerator!

We use a lot of frozen blueberries as training treats, when fresh blueberries aren’t in season. But be forewarned: more than one blueberry for every two pounds of body weight a day (i.e., five blueberries for a ten-pound dog) can lead to completely benign dark blue p**p, so feed a few, then move on to other Longevity Foods, found in The Forever Dog LIFE, as healthy rewards.

06/02/2024

05/21/2024

https://www.dogsnaturallymagazine.com/natures-benadryl-quercetin/

When it comes to allergies, quercetin for dogs is a mighty flavonoid with anti-inflammatory and anti-histamine powers. Find out more about Nature's Benadryl.

05/20/2024

RECALL ALERT:

Grilled Steak & Vegetable Flavor Dry Dog Food, 44 lb. Bag Size