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Cute Chihuas

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Krampuss by Lisa Parker.

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Funny dog video. Please enjoy!

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In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this.

Terry Pratchett

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Dogs do speak but only to those who know how to listen.

Orhan Pamuk

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Funny Cats and Dogs Video

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Dog lottery

Hi Rachel here is one for you

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facts about cats

🐱 FACTS ABOUT CATS 🐱

1. Cats do not possess salivary amylase, this means there is no pre-digestion of carbohydrates in the mouth so all the work relies on the pancreas. It also increases the risk of dental plaque accumulation.

2. Being a strict carnivore the activity of pancreatic amylase is low and we over-demand this organ when we feed them a high carbohydrate diet.

3. Their intestine has a very low disaccharidase activity. This enzyme transforms disaccharides (two bounded sugar molecules) into monosaccharides (one simple sugar molecule) that is what actually can be absorbed in the intestinal wall.

4. A high carb diet negatively affects the digestion of proteins, vitamins and minerals due to the presence of phytates.

5. Carbohydrates affect the pH of the urine making it become more alkaline, therefore it increases the incidence of struvite crystals.

6. Carbohydrates increase bacterial fermentation producing gas and constipation in extreme cases due to dehydration.

7. Their liver has low activity of hepatic glucokinase, the function of this enzyme is to regulate the metabolism of carbohydrates.

8. They also have poor glycogen synthase activity. The liver stores glucose as glycogen and the job of this enzyme is to convert glycogen into glucose so it can be used as an energy source in situations like fasting for instance.

9. Cats use amino acids and fat as their energy source.

10. Cats have a very limited ability of handling hyperglycaemia (high blood sugar).

11. Excess carbohydrates are stored as fat.

Consequences of a high carbohydrate diet in cats (aka kibble):

✅ Kidney stones ✅ Cystitis ✅ Type II Diabetes Mellitus ✅ Inflammatory bowel disease ✅ Obesity ✅ Pancreatitis

Ask your pro raw veterinarian for advice to optimize your cat’s diet

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Winnie's Blog

Winnie’s Introduction to Raw feeding a species appropriate diet – 17th Jan 2020

    (This is a test blog and my first attempt whilst attending a social media course, being required to do a few practical experience during class time)

Winne’s breeder had weaned her on a raw diet of tripe and steak. Winnie was 10 weeks old when I brought her home on the 10th August 2016. I knew absolutely nothing of raw feeding.

Being a first time dog owner, I did not know anything of holistic or biologically appropriate feeding and I regrettably followed vet advice and Cockapoo group forums much to the detriment of the pup. I do wish that I had researched and known a little more before I got the pup and spared her some of the exposure to chemicals. I wish I had titre tested and understood immunity before blindly taking her for vaccinations that I not only did not understand buy had not been clearly explained to me by the vets, the conventional vet and conventional community actively encouraged and hassled me to use chemical flea and worm preventatives such as Bravecto and Millebax, I was also encouraged to stick to Kibble, dry feeding and received a plethora of useless advice by breed owners in group forums to try several kibbles, so we duly tried James WellBeloved, Guru, Platimum, Harringtons, Tails, Millies Wolfheart, Akela, Lilys Kitchen, Orijen, Eden, Barking Heads ….. and probably a few more brands, all before the pup reached 11 months of age. Winnie was a regular visitor to a conventional vet who also pushed the kibble brands that they pushed.  What I did not know or understand is that dry food is dead inorganic food with artificial, synthetic and carcinogenic ingredient void of any nutrients and enzymes.

I had also suspected that any derivative was posing to be a problem to Winnie and I learnt that nearly all of these kibble foods had some sort of chicken composition or derivatives in them ; often disguised and hidden within oils and fats. Much of the kibble market have this in their foods because chicken is cheap and easy to source for many. Chicken is a known pro-inflammatory food, and high in Omega 6 so must be balanced with Omega 3 to balance correctly.

Winnie did not enjoy kibble, she often refused mealtimes, she had copraghia (eating stools) she was a bag of bones and far too skinny, and to boot had anal gland issues that needed frequent draining because the diet was not right for her. With anal gland issues this had started itchy skin. Wrong food can lead to a disruptive gut and microbiome.

It was at 11 months of age that I had a eureka moment and the lightbulb went off in my head. Simply put “I NEEDED TO DO BETTER FOR HER”

So with my curiosity and interest piqued, and a nagging ache in my gut that something was not right and I needed to try something different to allow winnie to improve and help her to “thrive” not just to survive.

I joined the “Raw & Holistic cat and dog support group” run by Patricia Gethin and her experienced and professional admin and large following of experienced members.  Patricia personally hand held me to educate and encourage me to help me understand that Winnie would perhaps do better on a “fresh food species appropriate diet” …. And from there I bought some Paleo Ridge raw for Winnie to transition on.

We followed a guide of :-

#paleoridge

Week 1 – just tripe, we chose lamb tripe although Beef tripe is also available

Week 2 – Lamb tripe and introduced duck

Week 3 – she was ready for a “complete”

Regardless of whether you are preparing your own raw or are using a prepared raw food, it is best to start with just one protein source, like chicken or turkey. (We chose duck because I suspected chicken to be a problem to Winnie)

Feed one protein for one week at a time, if there are no signs of digestive upset you can try a new protein and so on.

I was told not to go straight in on completes whilst they transition. The advice I received was not to rush offal and bone for the first few weeks so not to completes until approximately week 3.

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Here I am with Winnie Woo the cockapoo - lets see pictures of your furbabies

You can also join me in my healthy dog, happy dog dog group

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1695320927178096/

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Lisa parker.

We have given a link to I-Canvas  where you will

find images from the phenomenal artist Lisa Parker

if you like cats with a magical twist you will love her

pictures.She also features birds and wolves. Each

picture has a concealed meaning have fun finding.

https://www.icanvas.com/canvas-art-prints/artist/lisa-parker?product=canvas&sort=popular

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Here is a test of adding my own thing lool. Can anybody see this?

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Welcome to our new blog

This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more