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Yes, Your Dog Can Have Mushrooms
Any mushrooms that are safe for human consumption are safe for dogs too. Each mushroom has unique medicinal benefits, so you can choose which to feed depending on the type of support you need. Learn more below. For General Health & WellnessTry Porcini, White Button, Shiitake, Turkey Tail, Maitake, Reishi, Shimeji and Oyster mushrooms. Button…
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Christmas Gift Ideas For Dogs & Dog Lovers
Christmas is coming, and it’s another excuse to spoil our dogs! Here are Bowie & I’s favourite Christmas gift ideas. Natural & Healthy Dog Treats Whose dogs don’t love treats?! especially when they’re tasty and healthy. Bowie’s favourite is Laila and Me. They’re Australian owned, operated and produced using Australian sourced meats. Wanna go a…
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5 Fun Games That Will Improve Your Dog Walk
Walking (with) your dog can be a fun and engaging physical and mental exercise. It’s also the time for you and your dog to bond. Yes it means take a break from your phone and just talk to your dog – by talk I mean engage with – though I do often converse with my…
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Is Selective Hearing In Dogs Real?
My dog listens well at home but not away from home. My dog comes running when I whisper the F-O-O-D word but completely ignores me when I shout his name at the top of my lungs. Can you relate to this? You may think that our dogs have selective hearing but they simply just do…
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Sniffing Games for Your Dog’s Mental Exercise
Sniffing is such an important and natural behaviour for our dogs. That’s how they gather information, interact with their environment and communicate. Allowing our dogs to sniff and explore is one of the best mental exercises we can do to keep their brain sharp, prevent boredom, decrease hyper-activity and lower stress level. A mentally stimulated…
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Teach Your Dog To Be A Sniffer Dog
Did you know that dogs have up to 300 million olfactory receptors in their noses, compared to about six million in humans. And the part of a dog’s brain that is devoted to analysing smells is, proportionally speaking, 40 times greater than ours. To put it plainly, they can smell 10,000 to 100,000 times better…
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Safely Feed Your Dog Bones
Dogs and bones, they seem like a perfect pair. If you’re keen to feed your pup bones, this post will help you choose the best and safest bones for your pup. But before we dig deeper into various bone types and which ones are suitable for your pup, let’s start by answering commonly asked bone…
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5 Other Ways to Keep Your Dog’s Teeth in Tip-top Shape (Other Than Brushing)
Brushing your dog’s teeth daily or every 2–3 days is recommended to help remove plaque and tartar buildup. But if your dog is like Bowie who runs away whenever I try to brush his teeth, then these suggestions below may work for you and your pup. Use gauze or soft finger toothbrush to gently scrub…
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Pet Emergency Kit
Let’s plan ahead and be prepared before an emergency happens so that you can act quickly to ensure the safety and wellbeing of yourself and your fur-mate/s. We’ve compiled a list of essentials to pack in emergency situations: ✓ Non-refrigerated food for at least one week (and treats if necessary)✓ Feeding bowl✓ Bottled water with…
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Bowie’s Essentials In A Box
Including first aid, grooming, health and beauty kit. With a New Year comes the desire to clean up and organise my stuff… well at least my dog’s (Bowie) stuff. I put all his essentials (minus his food, treats and toys) in a ‘dedicated’ box and stored the box in the laundry, in an easy-to-reach place…
