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05/10/2025

Happy Mother's day to all the mom's of both 2 and 4 legged kids! Enjoy your day! 🩷💐

💐 Many flowers are toxic to both cats & dogs, so while you're picking out a bouquet for a special mom in your life this weekend, keep this graphic handy to help spot safe flowers for homes with pets!

Not shown, but also safe, are filler flowers like Baby's breath, Waxflower, and Limonium.

⚠️ Ingestion of any flower, even these more pet-friendly flowers, may cause GI upset, so still be sure to keep all flower arrangements out of your pet's reach!

❤️ Happy Mother's Day weekend!

04/04/2025

04/04/2025

DO YOU KNOW WHAT SIGNS OF HARMFUL REACTIONS😿🚑 TO WATCH FOR WHEN USING FLEA & TICK CHEMICALS ON YOUR PET?💊💦

As warmer weather approaches,☀️ it’s time to start thinking about protecting your pet from fleas, ticks, and even heartworm.🦟 When pet owners reach for those flea and tick treatments—whether chewables, spot-ons, or other parasiticide products—many don’t realize that adverse reactions can occur.

That’s why it’s crucial to know the signs and symptoms to look for so you can report any concerns to your veterinarian promptly.
The challenge is that different flea and tick treatments use various chemicals, each with its own potential side effects. For example, isoxazoline, a common insecticide, is highly lipophilic and easily absorbed by the body. It’s been known to cause a range of reactions, including seizures, behavior changes, gastrointestinal issues, and more.

These type of reactions can even happen in humans if ingested as a 2-year-old boy (12 kg), the son of a veterinarian, ingested two chewable tablets💊 and developed an unsteady gait🫨 approximately 50 minutes later. By 2 hours after ingestion, he had ataxia, tremor, confusion and hallucinations. He was sedated with midazolam, and 10 hours after ingestion was only minimally ataxic.

According to a recent study published in Vet Record, “The true incidence of neurological adverse effects from isoxazolines remains unclear. The delay between the administration and onset of signs can be long, and the association may be missed. A lack of timing information in the summary of product characteristics could also contribute to missed attribution of adverse effects.”

This Sunday on the Inside Scoop, we’re kicking off a Flea & Tick Prevention Series with must-know tips on both chemical and natural prevention options. Whether you’re looking for safer chemical solutions or effective natural remedies, our experts will guide you in making the best choices for your pet’s health. We’re launching this series with a team of veterinarians, herbalists, and scientists who will share everything you need to keep your pet safe and healthy this season.

In this first episode you’ll learn:

🦟 The Best to Worst Chemical Preventives: What works, what to avoid, and the safer options for your pet.
🦟 Favorite Natural Strategies: DIY repellents, essential oils, ultrasonic devices, amber collars, and more.
🦟 Combining Chemicals and Natural Solutions: How to effectively blend both methods when necessary for maximum protection.
🦟 Detoxing After Chemical Use: Supplements and protocols to help prevent and minimize adverse reactions when using chemical preventatives.

This is just the beginning! Over the next several weeks, we’ll continue bringing in expert insights on different aspects of flea and tick prevention.

Be sure to join us Sunday at 12pm EST for expert advice from our panel of veterinarians in California, Florida, Arizona, and New York. Each vet will share region-specific insights, from year-round prevention in Florida to managing tick-heavy areas like New York.🌎

Comment SCOOPERS and we'll message you the link to join Inside Scoop, a Planet Paws monthly subscription group, where all live podcasts are available to watch at any time. Plus, over 5 years of content including: past live podcasts, interviews, ebook downloads, and more!

Get ready for our Flea & Tick Prevention Series & see you this week!

**Edit on image for NexGard Spectra - Adverse reactions 190,802 / Deaths - 5,998

03/12/2025

Is your pup ready for the Easter Bunny? 🐰

Easter is just around the corner! Make sure your furry friend is dressed to impress with the cutest collars from PawesomePups! 🌷🐾

Hop on over to PawesomePups.com and grab yours today! 🛍️✨

03/09/2025

PUPPY LOVES 🐶∙•∙•:•*•:.🤎
Growing puppies need a robust, nourishing profile to keep up with their growth, energy and boundless natures.

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03/06/2025

Glyphosate is a herbicide present in almost everything you or your dog eat. And studies suggest it can cause cancer. But how worried should you be? 🤔

Glyphosate is a herbicide applied to plant leaves. It's one of the most widely used herbicides in the USA, making it hard to avoid.

When glyphosate is sprayed onto a plant, it moves through the plant internally. This means it cannot be washed off. It also has a high thermal stability, meaning it is not destroyed by cooking.

Taken together, these factors explain how glyphosate can survive processing to end up in dog foods.

Studies suggest that high levels of glyphosate can cause health issues...

First, it seems to be connected with DNA damage, which can lead to cancer (when damaged cells replicate at speed). This is why the World Health Organisation declared it a 'probable human carcinogen' in 2015.

Second, glyphosate may also negatively impact growth and development, hormone function, the nervous system, digestive and liver health.

In toxicity studies in dogs, the highest intake of glyphosate which showed no observed adverse effects was 100mg/kg bodyweight per day. For added safety, the established acceptable daily intake for glyphosate in dogs is 100 times less than - 1mg/kg bodyweight per day.

The bad news is that, when dog foods were tested, the amount of glyphosate in them varied wildly. One study found the dog foods tested contained far less glyphosate than the acceptable level . Great news! The maximum amount found was: 0.00137mg/kg body weight per day.

However, another conflicting study found dog foods contained more than 12 times the acceptable level. Not such great news.

So what can you do if you're worried about glyphosate in your dog's food?

Two things:

1. Glyphosate is only present in plant-based ingredients. So choosing a balanced dog food with higher meat content can limit the amount of glyphosate in a recipe.

2. Since glyphosate is not permitted in organic farming, choosing an organic dog food should reduce the amount of glyphosate in a food to almost zero.

Interested? Find links to our full article on glyphosate & our top rated organic dog foods below:

https://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/red-flag-ingredients/glyphosate-in-dog-food/

Best organic dog foods: https://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/best-dog-foods/organic/

03/06/2025

02/22/2025

WHEN FEEDING PROPER NUTRITION🌟 MAGIC HAPPENS🌟
Feed cats their biological diet and see what happens. Shiny coats, muscular builds, clean teeth, clear eyes, spunky energy, wet noses, odorless poo and urine, less need for straight water, proper weight, strengthened immune systems, flourishing digestive systems, fit bladders... build their foundation and set them up for a HEALTHY LIFE.

01/19/2025

🐾🎉 This MLK Day, we’re spreading the love with 15% OFF sitewide at pawesomepups.com !

🐶✨ Whether your pup loves bold designs or classic looks, now’s the perfect time to treat them!

🛒 Don’t wait—this offer is valid today and tomorrow only!

Let’s honor a day of unity and love—treat your furry friend while giving back to a meaningful day. ❤️🐾

04/03/2024

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04/03/2024

A chemical used in Milk-Bones, Ol’Roy, Kibbles’n Bits, Hill’s Pet Food and other pet foods should no longer be considered safe for consumption due to concerns about its ability to damage DNA,🧬 according to a recent animal-model study.

According to the Environmental Working Group: “A scientific panel created by the European Food Safety Authority found that titanium dioxide “can no longer be considered as safe when used as a food additive.” The panel, citing concerns about titanium dioxide’s genotoxicity, or its ability to damage DNA, based its conclusion on a review of hundreds of scientific studies. EWG called on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to quickly consider whether to ban titanium dioxide from use in food."

A chemical that may damage our pet's DNA should NOT be fed to pets.😡

Titanium dioxide has always been on our Dirty Dozen list of additives you need to avoid in your pet food and one of the many reasons why we created easy-to-make additive-free versions of these popular treats! And, of course, you’ll also find loads of toppers and balanced meal recipes for your beloveds - with no unsafe food additives in sight! foreverdoglife.com