Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Totally Wild Shoot

Totally Wild came into the Oxley store back in February. They did a story about "Nero" the black Labrador puppy going to the groomers. It was good fun and went really well. The story will air on Monday June 28th at 8am, make sure you tune in!!

Here are some photos from the story.

Sunday, June 20, 2010

Bradleys Bowl Liver Krisps

Keep dogs happy and healthy with Liver Krisps from Bradley’s Bowl.

Liver Krisps by Bradley's Bowl is made in Australia from 100% quality Australian ingredients.

Liver Krisps are made with a unique drying process that ensures the goodness of the all natural ingredients is maintained. Unlike jerky or chews, Liver Krisps are the thin and crunchy meat treat. These treats are very easy to digest, allowing pets to eat Liver Krisps in larger quantities than other liver based treats without causing side-effects such as diarrhoea.


Varieties

- Roast Beef
- Grilled Chicken
- Lambs Fry
- Pork Pate

The Liver Krisps are available in resealable bags to keep in the freshness and goodness of these crunchy treats. Each bag offers 100g of this crispy treat plus an extra 20% FREE LIVER KRISPS!

Ingredients

- Liver
- Egg
- Polenta
- Flour
- Honey
- Herbs
- Spices

With no artificial flavours, colours, preservatives or additives, Bradley’s Bowl Liver Krisps are naturally the best way to treat your pet to something crunchy and tasty. With less than 0.1% of salt in each Liver Krisp, this treat conveniently assists in maintaining a healthy diet for pets. The liver and egg in these Bradley’s Bowl treats increases the pet’s protein intake, which helps develop essential amino acids and build a healthy immune system.

Bradley's Bowl also supports Monika's Doggie Rescue by donating 10% of revenue!

Priced at $7.95 these are great value compared to other liver treat products. Available from both stores and coming online soon!

Friday, June 18, 2010

Colouring in Competition


We are running a colouring in competition for all our younger customers until the end of July. Children up to the age of 12 are eligible to enter.

Colour in the picture as best you can, which will be displayed in store, on our Facebook page and our blog . Write your name, age and then tell us in 25 words or less, one thing you could do to be more eco friendly, all natural and organic when with looking after your pets.
Write your address and phone number on the back of the sheet and bring into one of our stores (pictures will not be returned, so please make a copy if you would like to keep it). Competition closes 30th of July, 2010 and winners will be contacted by phone and announced on above mentioned pages. Open to children up to 12 years and only one entry per person. Staff and their immediate family are not eligible to enter.

There will be 3 winners judged on their colouring in and answer to the question, judges decision is final. Prizes will include products and vouchers for services. 1st prize is valued at $100, 2nd prize is valued at $60, 3rd prize is valued at $30.
Pictures are available in store or via email. Please contact us for your copy.

Do vets have our pets best interests at heart when promoting foods?

How do you feel when Veterinarians sell less than optimal Pet Food?

This great article was taken from http://www.truthaboutpetfood.com/ and raises some great issues. I have felt the same when walking into reputable vets and seen what products they push onto their customers. It makes me angry that they do this and people trust their vets often without doing their own research. We will continue to research not only the pet foods we sell, but all the products and not compromise. Please let us know if you have any concerns about anything we carry in our stores! Reeda


"We've all seen it, veterinarian offices full of Science Diet, Eukanuba, or Purina Pet Foods. How does that make you feel? Knowing that most of these foods, prescription or maintenance, contain by-products, animal fat, and even risk chemical preservatives, does that change your opinion of your vet?

It's almost as if veterinarians, as a whole, are the last holdout to climb on the quality ingredient pet food band wagon. Why is that? The long stated excuse of dog and cat nutrition classes taught in veterinary school by the very pet food companies they pitch just doesn't float anymore. Pet owners have been brainwashed by pet food for decades, yet a growing number of us have learned the benefit of quality pet food. Sadly, many of us have learned these pet food lessons because of heartache; our pet sickened or killed by a pet food. But, our veterinarians have seen ten times...a hundred or maybe even a thousand times more pet death and illness that they had to connect to a pet food. So why are most of them still recommending pet foods that contain known less than optimal ingredients such as by-product meal, animal fat, and risky chemical preservatives?

There are a few veterinarians that have seen the light, there are a few that only sell Rx foods; however, the greatest majority of veterinarian offices have stacks of Big Pet Food sitting in their lobby and the same openly urge pet owners to feed dry or canned foods that contain some (if not all) of the following ingredients...

By-Product Meal. By definition, by-product meal is NOT meat. This ingredient is left over bits and pieces of slaughtered animals not suitable for human consumption. There is little to no consistency to this ingredient as one batch of by-products might contain a majority of healthy internal organs and the next batch might contain a majority of intestines and diseased animal parts.

Animal Fat. This common to pet foods recommended by veterinarians ingredient was determined by the FDA to be likely to contain euthanized animals and the drug pentobarbital.

BHA/BHT. These chemical preservatives, again common to pet foods recommended by veterinarians, have a long scientific history linking them to serious illness.

When I walk into a veterinarian's office (which thank heavens I don't do very often because I feed healthy foods to my pets) and see numerous pet foods for sale that I know contain less than optimal ingredients - even Rx foods - I immediately become guarded. Instead of engaging in trusted conversation regarding the health of my pet, I find myself only half listening to his/her advice, the other half of my brain is scrambling with questions of doubt. What's he/she going to advise me to do to my pet that I disagree with? How can I advocate for my pet while being respectful of his/her education and training? What am I going to say? How can I trust the advice of him/her while knowing what pet foods they recommend to clients? If he/she is so ignorant of the truth about quality and inferior pet foods, are they behind the times in other areas of care for my pet?

With me, the entire balance of respect and participation in working with a veterinarians is off-balance as soon as I lay eyes on 'that' food. I know many of you have similar feelings. So...

How do you feel about your veterinarian selling pet foods that contain less than optimal ingredients? How do you feel about veterinarians that are not up to date on health promoting pet foods and pet food ingredients? How do you feel about veterinarians that continue to prescribe Rx foods that contain little nutrition and risky chemicals? Even when the illness must be addressed and there are little to no options for Rx foods except formulating a home cooked diet? Should practicing veterinarians work closely with a educated nutritionist instead of prescribing (and endorsing) these foods?

Tell veterinarians how you feel. Post your comments below. Maybe we can get someone to 'hear' us.



Wishing you and your pet(s) the best,

Susan Thixton
Truth about Pet Food
Petsumer Report
www.TruthaboutPetFood.com "

Thursday, June 17, 2010

In the Salon


Monty Before

Monty After

Max Before
Max After

Max

Jessie

Hamish and Molly

Duke

Daisy
Buddy Before

Buddy After

Rusty and Cherry

Ted

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Dangers of Flea and Tick products

This article gives some great information about the dangers associated with spot on flea and tick treatments. We have been concerned about the issue of putting chemicals onto our pets skin (the largest organ which takes these chemicals straight into the blood stream). We have been searching for a long time to discover an alternative.

Coming soon - an all natural alternative to chemical spot ons, using essential oils and an ancient product that is safely used worldwide in organic farming. Will keep you informed about the arrival of these products.

http://healthypets.mercola.com/sites/healthypets/archive/2010/03/31/dangers-of-flea-and-tick-problems.aspx

Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Reeda visits Interzoo 2010 - Nuremberg, Germany



In May, Reeda took her husband and son to Nuremberg Germany to visit Interzoo - the worlds largest pet expo. This was a very exciting time and also a bit overwhelming. With over 2000 exhibitors it was by far bigger than anything Reeda had been to before.


With specific types of products to look for (eco friendly, all natural and organic) it made it a little easier to sift through all the exhibits, but was still like looking for a needle in a haystack. After the first 2 days Reeda had seen 2/3 of the exhibitors and was getting a little disappointed. Then on day 3, jackpot! All natural flea alternatives, flea traps, eco friendly beds, toys, leads etc. I guess the best had been waiting until last!


Now its all about shifting through all the information and samples and starting to work out which products will benefit all our customers. Hopefully we have found some really great products that will benefit everyone and provide an alternative for those wanting a more natural way! They will be in store as soon as possible and we will keep you informed about when they arrive.