Animal life vs Human life

Something you may or may not need to know about me. I put the same value on human life as I do animal life. With the only difference being that I decide what is best for my animals, not them. Just as a parent would determine what is best for their child. If it is…

Cutting Costs on Rabbit Food.

As some of you know I have not had a paying job for almost a year now, which means we really had to tighten our belts.  I had to find creative ways to get everyone the nutrition they needed with out going into debt so I played around with different ideas and finally found something…

Don’t Feed Your Dog This, Do Feed Your Dog This!

Has someone ever told you not to feed your dog something just for someone else to say that you should feed your dog the same thing? How do you figure out who to believe? With so much "info" floating around out there how do you know what is real and what isn't? What is marketing and what isn't?

Saved Echo’s Ears by Cutting Out This!

Sometime last fall I noticed Echo was getting funky ears, I followed the traditional instructions about cleaning her ears and using antibiotics. I tried various types of antibiotics, for months I kept trying new things, different ways of doing the old things and anything else that was suggested. Nothing helped, in fact a lot of…

I slathered coconut oil on the dog, guess what happened!

There are so many home remedies and they all seem like they're going to work so well. I once tried out a shampoo recipe from a holistic vet that I trust only to find it didn't work at all, I wasted a lot of time and money and I was very discouraged. So what did…

5 things most people think dogs shouldn’t eat but are actually good for them.

There are hundreds of posts and images detailing lots of foods that dogs shouldn't eat. Virtually all of them have at least one or more item that is ok for dogs and might even be beneficial. Here are five foods that people don't realize are good for their dogs. Garlic Most dog parents have been…

Dog Food Recipes

If you have been following along you probably already know that I'm not a fan of processed kibble or even most canned dog food. I believe dogs should be eating real food and I'm not alone! Fellow blogger from Wisk and Dine recently posted one of her favourite recipes for real food dog food, Doggie…

I was horrified at what she found.

We had just got home from the dog park, Echo was still amped up and covered in mud and suddenly became very interested with something on our steps. This isn't out of the ordinary for her, if she gets a scent that doesn't make sense she has to go investigate like the curious puppy she…

Confession time. Kibble while visiting.

Holiday season just ended, and traveling and visiting was already stressful enough trying to explain how I raise my dog to my family was just not in my bag.   So we packed up, I separated Echo's food into days, made sure she had enough organs in each container and brought some toppers too.  When we…

Mistakes I made with the raw diet.

While I talk and write with confidence, please never mistake that for me thinking or claiming to know everything because I don't and just like you I have made mistakes.  I will try to recall these in order. My first mistake assuming that feeding kibble and raw was a good idea. No nothing bad happened,…