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This month is Golden Retriever Month here on Bark N Blog! I’ll be sharing with you the members of the Welk canine family – and of course there are TWO gorgeous girl dogs – uh and their man, Mowgli, hehe. Since Mowgli is the head of this pack, he’s the first to be featured. As you’re going to see he is a BIG, RAW FED dude, WOOF – just like MOI!

Mowgli seems to REALLY enjoy life – heck who wouldn’t with two gorgeous girls living with you, WOOF! And he really shows it in his photos.

Here is what Mowgli has to say about life:
Hey Shadrach! This is Mowgli, the Golden Retriever! I live in Oshkosh, WI, with my two humans and two other beautiful Golden gals…. Maisy & Mari! Whew… they are both hot babes, and sometimes I feel like a King! I am, of course a gentleman, but what I really like best is running and playing together with them! I love other dogs! Arf arf!

I gotta tell you, when I was a mere pup and I saw my humans come into the barn, it was love at first sight! They think they made a choice, but I was the happiest puppy and I made sure they knew that by licking and kissing them! I really chose them! Read the rest

The longer I’m on this earth – and I’m 11 years old now – the more confused I get about humans. I mean I get my own humans of course but humans in general. It seems there are so many factions in the human world and everyone wants to be the one that is right…whatever that means.

We dogs definitely have our disagreements with each other but we can be the best of friends in the next moment. Not always as we can be wonky too, but for the most part we move on past the disagreements. It is humans who convolute and create all these conundrums – mostly bepaws they have agendas for every single thing these days.

I could give you lots of examples but I think the most interesting ones my human encountered just this past week alone are good examples of some of these canine conundrums. Read the rest

Have you ever wondered where we dogs descended from? And while I can see this theory making a whole lot of sense, especially bepaws I consider myself and my fellow canines to be carnivores, needing to eat similar to our wolf ancestor/cousins I am not sure we weren’t just created as “dog” to begin with. But no matter where you stand on this, dogs are GREATLY similar in every respect to the gray wolf as you’ll read in the following article How Did Dogs Get to Be Dogs?

And knowing the GREAT similarities as the article states (and you can do a whole lot of research yourself to find out) between dogs and the gray wolf, has it ever occurred to the general human population that we dogs therefore should not be eating processed foods from bags and cans any more than you should be eating processed foods for your good health, but RATHER a diet that is GREATLY similar to the gray wolf???

But your veterinarians and of course the pet food industry itself is always going on about the “dangers” of raw food – hahahahaha – and how it’s supposedly much better to feed the “safe” (recalls abound) poop in a bag so we get a “balanced and complete” diet much to the increase of their bottom line and the decrease of our overall long-term good health, WOOF!

Come on humans, it’s time to stop letting your minds be so controlled with the illogic of it all. I mean what were pets eating a little over a hundred years ago hmmm BEFORE the junk food in bags and cans were sold and propagated as the end-all-be-all for dogdom health? Adolf Hitler said, “If you tell a lie long enough and loud enough eventually the public believes it.” And you know what happened when people listened to that human!

Like Mulder always used to say on The X Files, the truth is out there – IF you want to KNOW it, WOOF!

Have a pawsitively tail waggin’, NATURALLY healthy day, WOOF!

To learn more about how to feed your dog a REAL diet visit our page on our Raw Feeding Information Page or obtain a consultation with my human if you prefer having someone guide you.

This is a great story – and it is a breed kennel club who raised the needed funds to be able to supply Chip the Police Dog with his much needed vest, WOOF! I think it’s pretty pawsome how Paper Cities Kennel Club in Wisconsin rallied behind this very brave young police dog to ensure his safety while he ensures theirs!

When they contacted my human to ask us to participate in helping Chip to get his vest, here is what they told us:
We are committed to purchasing a ballistic protection vest for Chip. Chip is a Canine Police Dog at our local police department. Please meet Chip here. He is but a baby still, at only 18 months, but a very well trained baby, at that! We want to protect him. Because of budget limitations, the police department cannot afford a vest for Chip, his Vet care is donated, his food is donated and our goal is to offer Chip a life saving vest. Chip lives to serve his community, his willingness to put his life on the line to keep our neighborhoods and our schools safe is a huge sacrifice. Chip doesn’t get to carry a gun, he has no way to save his own life. The cost of the vest is around $700, with the purchase coming entirely from the proceeds from our raffle.

And they came through for Chip! They put together raffle baskets and raised the money so Chip could have his vest. Later we wrote to find out how it all went and this is what Paula from Paper Cities Kennel Club told us:
Chip came to present our Best In Show at our dog show on Sunday and we presented him with a basket of goodies, toys, treats, Doggles (made especially for police dogs and dogs of war) a leash and collar with his name and the Kronenwetter Police Department embroidered on it. Chip was so funny and sweet with everyone at the show, he really, really loved the basket of goodies. So…WE DID IT-together, all of us, we did it!!! We earned enough from the raffle to purchase his Vest.

Thank you Chip for all the hard work you do to protect the citizens of your community! We’re glad we could be a small part of ensuring that you received your vest, WOOF! And thank you Paper Cities Kennel Club for going above and beyond the call of duty to help yet another dog, WOOF!

Have a pawsitively tail waggin’, NATURALLY healthy day, WOOF!

Often people with us giant breed or large breed dogs will experience this, even if we’re naturally reared although it can come much earlier in kibble-fed dogs or dogs that have been spayed/neutered far too young.

It seems that this is always attributed to “genetics” – as if that is always what is wrong with us dogs. But, if you’ve been reading this blog for any length of time, you know that other factors go into it besides genetics (see above for two clues). My human loves to refer to the generational damage we dogs are suffering from, bepaws of all the kibble-feeding (which is very contrary to our carnivore nature), the vaccines, the toxic pest control, and the major damage they are causing long-term to us dogs.

But the good news is that there is alternative, natural help that can aid us dogs with challenging canine arthritic problems. My human does the following things for MOI: Read the rest

Humans have this “thing” about everything smelling good – or what you perceive as smelling good. Things that smell good to us dogs might be very gross to you, WOOF! But something to consider is that we animals are highly sensitive to the synthetic and chemical fragrances, cleaning products, etc. that you might think smells good. Something else to consider humans is that these things are just as detrimental to your health as they are to our health.

A good book to read is “The Hundred Year Lie” by Randall Fitzgerald. It’s not a happy book but at least you will learn why there is so much illness, behavior problems, etc. in animals and in humans these days. This is why I am inviting you to participate in Fragrance Free Day – if you must use a fragrance you might want to consider what we use in our home and we KNOW they are healthy and good for us, is the Young Living Essential Oils. You can learn a lot more about them on my other blog, A Dog’s View. Here’s the news about Fragrance Free Day from SeaYu: Read the rest

Just this week my human and her colleague interviewed the founder of a pretty pawsome dog sanctuary called Mariah’s Promise, Toni Phillips, on their online radio show, Animal Talk Naturally. While they typically don’t do shows of that nature since they focus on teaching others about the natural rearing of us animals and our true nature along with the human-animal bond, the interesting thing is that all three facets of their show came together with this one dog sanctuary!

You might wonder how but their motto is “All that we can – We will for the animals“. And they mean that, WOOF! They’ve had a pretty tough go of things of late but that hasn’t dampened their spirits in wanting to help us dogs! They do love ALL dogs but most especially the bully breed dogs so they are getting the influx of all the dogs that had to go bepaws of that looney BSL law in Denver, CO. Plus they treat all the dogs in their sanctuary/rescue the same as their own dogs! They eat the same, play the same, and interact with the humans the same.

And I’ll go you one better – they are looking VERY into trying and using natural alternatives to conventional care for the dogs. In addition they are wanting to raw feed them all, WOOF! And have started down that path – isn’t that pawsome?! They need LOTS of help so if you are able, please contact them by going to their website at www.MariahsPromise.com and lend a paw to help.

You can listen to the interview here:
Mariah’s Promise: Sanctuary for Dogs – Show #325

Have a pawsitively tail waggin’, NATURALLY healthy day, WOOF!

To learn more about how to raw feed your dog go to our Raw Feeding Information Page

I’m thinking the readers of my blog aren’t into this type of flea/tick control – and I know your dogs are as grateful as I am to my humans for not subjecting me to these toxic poisons that not only can kill fleas but kill us dogs too, WOOF!

Here is an article about a particular brand:
http://www.lawyersandsettlements.com/case/sergeant-flea-tick-treatment-side-effects.html?ref=article14143

But know this, they are ALL toxic to some degree or other so seek out alternative solutions by starting with:
1. Diet – a raw meat and bone diet for your carnivore canines
2. You can use food grade DE for your yards and on your pets
3. My humans use Young Living Essential Oils which are pawsome and have helped me with other health challenges. I have NEVER had a flea or tick problem, WOOF!
4. Stop the vaccines that add to the toxic burden of the body so that the immune system is so inundated it never can work at its optimal.

“I have never recommended any of these products due to the dangers of using neurotoxic chemicals on animals. My concern is that these chemicals cause acute and chronic disease to my friends the animals. My other concern is that the caregivers and their children are being exposed to these chemicals by touching and hugging them 24/7. There are no safety studies on the long term effect of any of these chemicals on children…Any product that tells you to wear gloves, do not get it on your skin and then put on your pet once a month should be warning enough that it is dangerous to be around. These chemicals can cause seizures, liver, kidney, thyroid, spleen and adrenal disease weakness of muscles, labored breathing, in-coordination, increased miscarriages, birth defects, heart and brain disease as well… There are no studies on long term use or the levels of these chemicals in the body. My advice is to make sure your pets do not have this on them and if they do, wash it off immediately and never use it again. Make sure your children’s doctors are aware of their exposure to these chemicals if they are having any acute or chronic conditions that relate to these chemicals. Please pay this forward and save a life.” –Stephen Blake, DVM

Have a pawsitively tail waggin’ NATURALLY healthy day, WOOF!

To learn more about ANY of the above comments go to our Pet Resources Page on our website or obtain a consultation with my human.

I’m sure you’ve all recently heard about the latest rule from the Delta Society on raw feeding your CARNIVORE pets??? Uh huh they say that they won’t allow ANY dog to be in their Pet Partners Program that is raw fed or even lives in a home with other raw fed pets! So my human and her colleague decided to have a discussion about this on their radio show, Animal Talk Naturally this last week.

I am inviting you all to listen in and hear what they have to say about that AND some of the pawsome raw feeding stories they shared from a few other people. It all made me hungry, WOOF!

Here’s the link to the show – and they provided a lot of other resources as well:
The Agenda Against Raw Feeding – Show #324

Have a pawsitively tail waggin’, NATURALLY healthy, raw fed day, WOOF!

To learn more about how to feed your carnivore canine visit our Raw Feeding Information Page