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Ways to cool down your pet during Summer!

In this furious heat, strong sunlight, temperature exceeding the thermometer, many of you may be thinking of favorite, diverse ways to cool down. For example, devouring ice cream, turning on the air conditioner, or even random showers. But what about your pets? How do you find proper ways to cool down your pets? Pets, like us, can also feel the heat, causing heatstroke. For those of you who still haven’t got ideas to cool down your dogs and cats at home, we have some amazing tips and tricks just for you! ► Heat Stroke in pets If you find your pets having any of the following symptoms: rapid heartbeat, high body temperature, salivation, breathlessness, vomiting, dizziness, abnormal gazes, or even having a seizure (other abnormalities can also be observed), both after outdoor activities or on a hot, sunny day, you should find a way to cool them down right away.     ► 7 simple ways to cool down your pets You already know the symptoms of heat stroke and ways to observe such symptoms. Let’s look at some simple ways to cool down your pets. Simple ways to relieve heat and reduce heat stroke are as follows: 1. Use a damp cloth to wipe your pets Soak a cloth or towel in plain or cold water, wring it out, and gently wipe your pets fur, face, body, stomach, and paws. This will help relieve and cool down the body temperature of your dogs and cats. 2. Avoid covering your pets mouth When your pet is panting and drooling, gaming your pet should be avoided, especially in dogs. Since dogs and cats don’t have sweat glands on their skin, it causes them to open their mouths with their tongues hanging out, as can be commonly seen, and it’s a way that they relieve heat from their body. 3. Giving them enough water to drink It’s a must to provide your pets with enough water, around the corners of your house, and if you take your pets outside, you should also bring extra water for them. On really hot, sunny days, you can provide them with cold or ice water to help them relieve heat as well. 4. Keep your pets in a well-ventilated atmosphere You should not allow pets to be in a car for a long period of time, as well as closed rooms where air doesn’t flow. You should keep your pets in a well-ventilated room or atmosphere; if the temperature rises too high, you should turn on the fan or air conditioner to help them relieve heat from their body. 5. Take them out for a swim or play in the water Taking your pets out for a swim or playing in the water at home can be another activity for your pets. They can have fun, exercise, and relieve body heat at the same time. 6. Changing their favorite toys into ice cubes You might usually give your dogs and cats something to play with or chew on, whether it’s a ball, plushie, or a tether in various shapes. Try changing these toys into ice cubes; gently toss them around, allowing them to gnaw, bite, and lick the ice cubes. It’s a fun activity for them and can relieve body heat very well. 7. Refrain from outdoor activities during strong sunlight On hot, sunny days, pets should not be allowed to do outdoor activities or exercise. This is to avoid the occurrence of heat stroke symptoms. Observing your pets and their behaviors, from time-to-time during the hot weather, will allow you to prevent your pet’s heat stroke in a timely manner. Which includes helping your pets relieve body heat with methods as mentioned above. For example, using a damp cloth to wipe your pets when they are found to have unusual symptoms of tiredness; giving your pet enough water or cold water on hot, sunny days, or changing their favorite toys into ice cubes. All of these can help relieve symptoms and can also help prevent heat stroke in a way. Source https://www.usmagazine.com/celebrity-news/news/10-ways-to-keep-your-dog-cat-cool-this-summer/ https://www.purina.com/articles/dog/care/6-tips-how-to-keep-dogs-cool

Is it true that Turmeric can relieve symptoms of osteoarthritis in dogs? Find out here!

  “Turmeric” is a herb with many properties and benefits; it helps treat gastroenteritis, boosts immunity, and can also be used as spice in many dishes, including boiled chicken with turmeric, crab curry with betel leaves, fermented fish entrails soup, or Southern yellow Thai curry. It can also be used as a skin scrub and a mask that helps nourish the skin to become smooth. Out of all these benefits, turmeric can be used in animal feed as an ingredient as well, which can help relieve the symptoms of osteoarthritis in dogs. Is that true though? Let’s find out together! ► The initial symptoms in dogs that indicate knee osteoarthritis First of all, it’s important to observe the dog’s behavior and general daily lives. This will help you indicate if your dog is suffering from health problems related to joint, allowing quick treatment and the symptoms will be in mild stages. Symptoms can be observed as follows: 1. Difficulty to balance, including trembling legs. 2. Unable to lie on hard or stiff surfaces; have difficulty sleeping. 3. When changing posture or body movement, whether it’d be walking, sitting, standing, or laying down, there will be pain and screams. 4. When walking, the dog’s legs may sway back and forth, which can cause collision. 5. Difficulty in running or doing activities that require the use of leg muscles.   ►Handling osteoarthritis in dogs Now, we have observed the initial symptoms of a dog with osteoarthritis; let’s see ways to deal with this kind of disease. 1. Taking your dog to the veterinarian for treatment. 2. Give the dog medicine as prescribed. 3. Control the dog’s food consumption and be sure to give them a complete meal, refraining from food that can directly cause the disease. 4. Take your dog out to exercise regularly by choosing appropriate activities. 5. Physical therapy to restore or nourish their joints and muscles. 6. Dogs may need surgery, in cases that have severe disease; this treatment is usually a decision that the physician needs to make.     ► Can turmeric really help relieve symptoms of osteoarthritis in dogs? As you know, turmeric has various medicinal properties. It has been popular over the years and has become essential in families, which is unbelievable that turmeric can be beneficial for dogs as well, in terms of relieving symptoms of osteoarthritis. This is due to the herbs anti-inflammatory effect, and it can also reduce joint pain in dogs from a substance called Curcuminoids, which can be a substitute for steroids. Turmeric has other benefits in dogs as well, such as: • Preventing cataracts. • Helps fight off bacteria, viruses, and fungi.  • Helps cure liver disease. • Relieves any allergy symptoms. • Helps get rid of fleas. • Can treat certain skin diseases. • Can be a treatment for diarrhea. • Has the ability to maintain a healthy heart. • Works as an antioxidant. • Helps detoxify. • Improves the digestive system effectively.   Giving turmeric to dogs and using it as treatment or relieve symptoms of osteoarthritis needs consulting from a veterinarian or specialists in terms of ingredients, frequency, and quantity in use. Especially if your dog has congenital or other chronic diseases, in order to prevent any inappropriate treatment and also to avoid affecting the existing diseases from having more severe symptoms.     Sources: https://www.petfoodindustry.com/articles/8794-turmeric-ancient-spice-may-offer-osteoarthritis-relief-in-dogs-cats?v=preview https://www.petfoodindustry.com/articles/7142-functional-foods-moving-into-pet-food-from-human-trends https://canidae.com/blog/2017/05/10-health-benefits-of-turmeric-for-dogs/ https://www.interpharma.co.th/articles/articles-intervetta/เมื่อน้องหมาเป็นโรคข้อ/

The 5 benefits of sweet potato as a superfood that helps with weight control in pets, owners should know about!

  Did you know? Sweet potatoes have the ability to control a pet’s weight? The majority of pet owners probably face the problem of overweight pets, which often leads to other major health issues. This makes the topic of pet food even more important and pet owners should be aware about the ingredients in them. So today, we would like to introduce you to the advantages of sweet potatoes; the best ingredient for weight control in pets. Moreover, it has become one of the fastest growing, most interesting, main ingredients in the industry of pet food.     Besides being one of the greatest superfoods for human, sweet potatoes are also included in pet food. It can be seen that sweet potatoes are often used as an important ingredient in the pet food industry. Sweet potatoes are rich in nutrients that are essential for a pet’s health and serves well with the Limited Ingredient Diet (LID), which has been a great challenge for animal-feed manufacturers in limiting certain nutrients that may cause pet allergies, but still need to maintain a complete nutritious diet in pet food. In fact, sweet potatoes are beneficial for pets as follows. 1. Help with weight control First off, sweet potatoes help directly with weight control in pets. Sweet potatoes are so rich in fiber, which can make pets feel full quite rapidly and reduce overeating. 2. A better excretory system Sweet potatoes contain natural fibers. Besides helping with weight control, it can also help with the pet’s excretory system. Pets benefit from sweet potatoes in constipation and excretion reduction, which can be a common health issue in pets. 3. Strengthen the muscles & growth development Other than that, sweet potatoes are also rich in nutrients and proteins. These natural nutrients and proteins contribute to muscle strengthening and growth development, keeping pets strong and healthy. 4. Improves vision & nourishes the eyesight Beta-carotene can also be found in sweet potatoes and is one of the main nutrients. Beta-carotene helps increase better vision, nourishes the eyesight, and reduces a variety of different eye problems in pets. 5. Contributes to antioxidants Last but not least, sweet potatoes contribute highly to antioxidants. Antioxidants contains anthocyanin that helps fight off cancer and slow downs the aging process in pets.   Tips: Is it possible for pets to eat raw sweet potatoes? Although sweet potatoes contain many benefits toward pets, it is not recommended to feed them raw. They can be hard to chew, which is prone to choking and can also difficult to digest. Therefore, choosing the right pet food that contains sweet potatoes as an ingredient is highly recommended. It can be another healthy option for your pet and is much safer.   Source https://www.petfoodindustry.com/articles/6037-pet-food-ingredients-from-superfood-plants?v=preview https://www.petfoodindustry.com/articles/7395-superfoods-growing-fast-as-cat-food-trends?v=preview https://www.petfoodindustry.com/articles/6759-limited-ingredient-diet-pet-food-options-analyzed

Is insect-based food for pets truly sustainable?

Even though some scientists have been concerned about the scale of farming of insects, they are a new trend in sustainable foods for people and also for animals. This is because conventional animal foods are made from grain, which requires a huge area for farming and manufacturing which is not good for the environment due to forest destruction. The Dutch review study in 2017 has compared livestock production and found that there are advantages of insects as they: - Require less land and water - Emit-less greenhouse gases - Have high feed conversion efficiencies - Benefits for animals and aqua feed.   In 2020, the researchers in U.K. and Germany have concluded that the impact of pet food “are equivalent to an environmental footprint of around twice the U.K. land area, and would make greenhouse gas emission from pet food around the 60th highest emitting country, or equivalent to total emissions from countries such as Mozambique or the Philippines.” Bugs are less than appetizing to many people, but getting pets to feast on insects might be a walk in the park. According to the American Pet Products Association, start-ups and long-established companies are introducing bugs to change the pet food market. In 2020, this worth about $42 billion in the U.S. In 2019, Yora Pet Food, the British start-up, introduced the first insect protein pet food and sold it in the U.K by targeting customers who are environmentally conscious pet owners. It expects to have shipped the product of over 200 tons and generate sales of over $2.8 million. Such a business is part of a movement around the world as manufacturers in North America, Europe, and beyond are trying to make pet food more sustainable and environmentally friendly by using proteins from insects instead of animals. Nestlé introduced a Purina pet food containing fly larvae, plant, and animal protein last November. Purina Beyond Nature’s Protein for dogs and cats has been launched in Switzerland. Nestlé carefully balanced the contribution of the different protein sources, including insects, in cat and dog recipes to fulfill animals’ specific nutritional needs. In 2030, the demand for insect protein to be used in pet food and animal feed could hit half a million metric tons compared to about 10,000 metric tons currently. According to the report in 2021 by RaboResearch, the insect industry is increasing in scale and backed by investments and partnerships, while the cost can decrease with the increase in technology, automation, improvements in genetics, and legislative changes. The animal foods from insects will help your pets healthier because it is similar to their natural food source more than grain. Moreover, it is also sustainable and worth producing. Source : https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/12/more-pets-eating-insect-food-to-fight-climate-change-for-owners.html https://missiontothemoon.co/society-edible-insects/

Benefits of Taurine for Your Cat's Health

        Cats are obligate carnivores. Unlike herbivores or omnivores, they are not able to synthesize the taurine they need from other amino acids like methionine and cysteine. In addition, many animal species can use glycine or taurine to conjugate bile acids into bile salts, but cats can only conjugate bile acids with it. This low rate of synthesis combined with the loss of it in bile contributes to an increased dietary requirement of taurine for cats. With insufficient amounts of this essential amino acid in their diet, cats can develop central retinal degeneration, reproductive failure and impaired fetal development or heart cardiomyopathy.            Therefore, the Association of American Feed Control Officials, or AAFCO, recommends the minimum allowance of taurine for wet food to be 0.2% on a dry matter basis. The chance is that this amount might be covered by the natural taurine in meat alone, but due to a significant amount of variability of its concentrations in meat, high solubility in water, danger of delay in exhibiting clinical signs of deficiency and the fact that supplementation is relatively safe with no reports of any issues associated with overdose, it might be beneficial to always have a small amount of excess in your raw cat food. So a reasonable amount of taurine to add is approximately 250 mg of taurine per 1lb of meat.               For the benefits of taurine, it provides 5 key benefits of cats which are ;Supports brain health : Taurine helps regenerate brain cells. It plays a critical nutritional role in brain cell growth, differentiation, and development.Maintains healthy eyesight in pets : Without Taurine, the retinas of cats may deteriorate. Reduces the risk of DCM in cats : Cats cannot synthesize taurine, that’s why they need it in their diet.Supports reproductive health : In cats, lack of taurine may lead to reproductive complications like reproductive failure or poor growth in kittens. Taurine also promotes reproductive health in cats and dogs.Protects the immune system : The fundamental role of taurine in the immune system is related to its antioxidant properties. Taurine protects tissues from oxidative stress associated with the pathology of various inflammatory diseases. 

An Easy-to-Follow Guide to Switching Cat’s Food in 7 Days

Each cat has its own favourite and familiar taste. In order to switch the all-time favourite food into the new one, cat owners need to know that the menu should be gradually changed to prevent your cat from getting stomachache or any danger that could happen by following these easy-to-follow tips, and it will take only 7 days to complete!   Why should we switch the cat’s food? Sometimes, you might have decided that it is the high time we should change the type of food for our favourite kitty. The reasons for changing the food may be happened from various factors, whether it is because 1) Your little kitten is growing up to become a full-grown cat 2) The cat’s health needs have been changed which might require more proper nutrition 3) Upon the cat owner’s desire to change the type of food whether to be moist or canned cat food, dry cat food or mixed cat food   Nowadays, the cat food has been progressively developed to ensure that the food is being balanced and being appropriate with the age range, physical state and lifestyle for each cat, and to completely grant the nutritional benefits to the cat without the risk of being malnutrition. That means the cat owners tend to frequently switch the cat’s food along with the variety type of food to be chosen.   Cat food transition, why should it be carefully done? First experience of food plays an important role in the long-term food preference of the kitty. Therefore, prior to bringing new little kitty home, the cat lovers should be aware of which kind of food that this kitty used to have since kittens will adjust to new environment a lot easier if they have been provided the same food with the one that they used to have. Similarly, if there is the transition of food, it should be gradually done in all age ranges as some cats might be suspicious when it comes to the new food. This behaviour is called the fear of new food or Neophobia, it is believed that cats will develop this phobia in order to prevent them from poisonous food or contaminated food. This will be the explanation of why you should gradually increase the portion of a new food and this will also reduce factors that create stress, including prevent the cat from the refusal to try a new food.   Guide to switching food for your dearest cat Did you know that gradual transition to a new cat food by mixing the new food with the old food for at least one week is considered to be the best method and the best period of time? Besides, using this method will also prevent your cat from stomach pain, Neophobia or other anxieties. Tips are to begin with mixing with the small amount of the new food, then gradually increase the portion of the new food until your cat has completely transitioned to have only the new food.   Day 1 and 2 – 75% of old food mixing with 25% of new food Day 3 and 4 – 50% of old food mixing with 50% of new food Day 5 and 6 – 25% of old food mixing with 75% of new food Day 7 – 100% of new food   Cautions : your cat’s usual feeding routine should remain the same, being strict with the former food time and eating environment, in order to minimize the changes and to ensure that cats are feeling at ease during the transition.   Carefully keep an eye on your cat When it comes to the transition, do not forget to closely observe the cat’s behaviour to see how your cat reacts to the new food. If the suitable food is given, it will result in good physical conditions, including healthy weight and quality of excrement.

Special Homemade Dish for Little Pups “Almond Oatmeal Hypoallergenic Snack”

A dog parent is always looking to fill his/her pooch’s diet with nutritious ingredients. Having real control on what all enters our dogs’ tummies calls for preparing a snack or two with our very own hands. Though it might be a bit time-consuming process to prepare all these stuffs, all the efforts are worth it for your pooch to stay healthy.  This wholesome treat is unlikely to cause an allergic reaction, hence ideal for dogs bothered by food allergies.   Ingredients:  1)    1 Cup Rice Flour 2)    ½ Cup Oatmeal 3)    ½ Cup Almond Butter 4)    2 Eggs  5)    2 Tablespoons of Water Directions:  1)    You’ll have to preheat the oven to 350 degrees. 2)    Properly mix up all ingredients except the water in a bowl.  3)    For the dough to form well add 1 teaspoon water at a time.  4)    On a floured surface spread the dough to ¼ inch thickness and cut into interesting shapes.  5)    Place the cut-outs on an evenly greased cookie sheet and bake them at 350 degrees for about 12 minutes for the bottoms to turn a little brown.  6)    Remove from the oven and let the treats cool down. Store them in an airtight jar.  

Banana-Almond Treats Recipe for your Beloved Puppies

These will help you a great deal while training your pup. Also, a little over-eating can be over-looked with this healthful homemade delicacy.   Ingredients:  1) 1 Organic Egg 2.) ¾ Cup Unsalted Almond Butter 3) 1/3 of an Organic Banana 4) 1 Teaspoon Ground Cinnamon. Instructions:  1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees. 2) Then line a baking sheet/metal tray with parchment paper.  3) Mash the banana in a big bowl. Once the banana is mashed add to it the remaining ingredients. 4) Blend them together with a fork. The resultant batter must be thick and gooey.   5) Scoop out tiny dollops on to the parchment paper and place in the oven for 5 minutes. 6) Post this you will have to rotate the baking pan and bake for another 5 minutes.  7) Remove the treats from the oven and let them cool.   Remark : These should ideally last for about a week.

“Meat & Potato” Dog Snack Recipe for Perfect After Work Out

You don’t need to be a great cook to rustle up these below mentioned tasty dog treats in no time; you just need to be a discerning and loving doggie daddy or fur mama, like this menu “Meat & Potato” it can be an easy recipe and a perfect post work-out snack for your pet dog. Ingredients:  1) Potato 2) Unseasoned Portion of Meat. Directions:  Cut the two ingredients into ½ inch thick pieces and cover them with a little cooking spray.   Preheat an oven at 200 degrees. Bake these ingredients until they dry up. 3) After serving the pet a safe amount of the homemade treats the leftovers can be stored in an airtight container and placed in the refrigerator to retain their freshness over the next few days. Remark : You must always avoid using an ingredient your pet is allergic to when preparing a dog treat at home.