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25.01.2022 We’ve hit 100 likes! Woo hoo! Thanks for liking us and following us. It’s going to be an exciting rest of the year.
22.01.2022 Astrid was extremely interested in our mini carrot harvest today.
21.01.2022 Author unknown Wise words
20.01.2022 Astrid and Annie had a fantastic play date at the beach today.
16.01.2022 We always plan sniff sessions in our walks. I don’t allow Astrid to control the walk to sniff everything but have specific safe areas we go on our walks to have chill out time.
15.01.2022 DON'T HAVE THE SKILLS TO MAKE HOME-MADE? Why does putting together a healthy human meal not send you into a panic whereas preparing a healthy dog meal does?... Have you ever really thought about the why's and where your anxiety comes from? Here's the deal...We were born into a time period where dogs were fed cheap processed pellets we call Kibble or cheap canned food, it's what dogs were fed, it was as normal as the milk you put in your tea/coffee, so normal that you never questioned it. The Kibble company told you that food was complete and balanced and all your dog will ever need. Over time as you've come to learn a bit more and you've been receptive to the information out there, you've likely come to the conclusion that a supermarket kibble or the really cheap bags of kibble are largely based on cereal ingredients and meat by-products which is no more healthy for your dog than takeout every day is to us, so you decided to look for a better kibble... But hang on, you're still looking at kibble, why? Because we've normalised kibble, we're now conditioned to think this is what they should be fed, it's what caring owners do, it's apparently the only way to provide them with all the nutrients they need to live long healthy lives and we'll defend our right to feed it fiercely against those hippies that suggest we should look at giving them fresh food...but our dogs are still dying of cancer and being affected by organ disease at an alarming rate and with much voluntary euthanasia's occurring due to restricted mobility it doesn't seem like this dried pellet diet that apparently provides them with all the nutrients they could ever need is really doing them any favours? We're so conditioned that right now, you're likely calling bullsh*t on this post challenging your current belief system...I get it...I used to be you. So, let's skip forward to the future where you've decided to add fresh food to your kibble or you've made what seems like a giant leap to feeding 100% fresh food but you're worried...how are you going to balance this to make sure they get all the nutrients that they will ever need?!!! Remember that kibble company telling you their kibble was complete and balanced and that's all you ever needed to feed your dog.....you're conditioned by this and this is likely where your anxiety creeps in because you certainly don't have the same anxiety to cooking for yourself or your family right? So, let me tell you a little about what complete and balanced is - it's a marketing tagline created by a company in America called AAFCO, if you're a kibble manufacturer and you want to put the phrase 'Complete & Balanced' on your kibble packet to make pet owners feel as though this is all they ever need to feed then you need your kibble recipe to meet the minimum nutritional values that AAFCO suggest dogs need to stay alive. The keyword is 'minimum', this is survival not thrive. There are different groups such as NRC and FEDIAF who also have guidelines for nutritional profiles for dogs and they all differ from one another because the science of animal nutrition is ever evolving and the Petfood Industry in America just recently came out and said they don't know a lot of pet nutrition when they were asked why they thought dogs were developing heart issues eating grainfree kibbles....so if these guys don't know what is actually a balanced diet then I would highly recommend you don't allow yourself to feel anxious about trying to meet these 'guidelines. The other thing that is really important to know is that kibbles (most) use synthetic nutrients to meet AAFCO minimums and there are no studies, that's right NO studies that show dogs are able to uptake these fake nutrients so whilst it may be complete and balanced in the bag there is no guarantee or requirement that when it goes into the dog it is balanced. Secondly, recently in the UK there were studies into pet foods to see if they were actually complete and balanced and guess what they found...the large majority of them either had deficiencies or excessive amounts (unsafe amounts) of some nutrients in them. So do you still put your faith in the complete and balanced tagline? hehehe probably, because when you've been conditioned to something for such a long period, it's hard to break away even when shown otherwise...that's just human nature. So, let's go back to the photo of the human meal... let me ask you why you are not using websites such as: https://bit.ly/2rYGoi1 that outline what the human recommended daily dietary intakes are whilst at the same time you are stressing about meeting the AAFCO/NRC minimums that are recommended for dogs? We know what a healthy meal looks like for humans, that's why we don't need to panic about meeting the daily intake requirements right? So what does a healthy dog meal look like? Not too dissimilar to a human meal, just remove the toxic ingredients such as onion etc. and replace with dog safe ingredients they can easily digest which is a little different to humans because dogs can't process starch as well as humans so you just don't want to feed big amounts of these, keep them to a minimum and make sure they are cooked well, some examples of very starchy foods include: - Peas - Beets - Sweet Potato - Green Beans - Pumpkin These ingredients are excellent sources of fiber, vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients and are an important part of a healthy, balanced diet when chosen correctly and consumed in reasonable portions. These starchy ingredients do not need to be in a dogs diet at all and can often be mistaken by caring pet parents as being something healthy for a dog: - Corn - White Potatoes - White Rice - Pasta Now consider what dogs would eat without modern human intervention and that is a good guide for what is a species appropriate diet... - Meat - Edible bones such as chicken necks, beef brisket, roo Tail etc. - Eggs - Offal/Ogans - Small amounts of plant matter Here's is our base 'guide' for a balanced dog meal: - 55% Muscle Meat, sinew, ligaments, fat - 10% Edible bone - 25% Plant matter prepared by either blending, finely chopping, grating or cooking. All high starchy ingredients need to be cooked. - 5% Liver - 5% Secreting Organ The good news is, we break down what each one of these is and tell you how much to feed of each one here: https://www.balanced-canine.com/nutrition So, this is your base, you can add different things to it to create variety for nutrients because a variety of ingredients is where the 'balance' comes in just like how today I may have steak and egg and tomorrow I'll have chicken and salad, both meals bring me different vitamins and minerals etc. For the best opportunity of a variety of different nutrients, mix up your meat i.e. feed different animals on a rotation. With your plant matter, mix that up too because different fibres feed different good bacteria in your dogs gut. Now, remember, the base recipe is just a guide, your dog may need more than 10% bone to have firmer stools - just like you'd tweak your own diet to suit you, you can adjust your dogs diet to suit them. So, awesome dog parents, please don't freak out, balancing your dogs diet, it is no different to balancing yours, don't overthink it, it's not necessary - anyone telling you to overthink it is likely profiting somehow from your anxiety. If your brain isn't ready to release you yet, you can use mixes such as Vets All Natural Complete Mix and Wellbeing for Dogs that balance your dogs diet to AAFCO mins or more.
14.01.2022 Queen Astrid is loving her new bed.
10.01.2022 We love sunny days filled with rubs, playing and teddies!
07.01.2022 How close is too close? There’s not a lot of personal space when you have a Dane.
07.01.2022 All the poses of Astrid today And her interest in the camels on the beach
05.01.2022 Astrid and I had a nice walk this afternoon to clear the mind and rejuvenate the soul. She loved the lookout and the slobbery cuddles
03.01.2022 We went car shopping with one requirement... will Astrid fit comfortably. And yes she does!
