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Dog Food 101
The Original Dog Food

Did you know that the first dog food was literally "dog biscuits"? Mr. James Spratt, an electrician from Ohio, first invented dog food.

In the 1860s, Mr. Spratt traveled to London on business. There were no airplanes back then, so he traveled by boat. He saw dogs in the shipyard eating leftover biscuits that sailors took for their long journeys.

Until then, companion dogs fed on leftover human food, including meats, grains, and veggies. But biscuits are easy to feed, have longer shelf lives, and best of all, easy to carry. And voila, dog biscuits were born! Mr. Spratt started creating dog biscuits made of wheat, veggies and meat. These first generation dog biscuits came in tins rather then bags.

SALES

( WHILE SUPPLIES LAST)

Fromm 4 Star - This offer is ONE per family.

Buy 2 1/2 lb cat food, get 1 free

Buy 5lb dog food, get 1 free
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Natural Choice Pouches are back. Both dog and cat.

Buy 1, get 1 free

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Plush Holiday teddy toy... Buy 2, get 1 free

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SPECIAL SALE

ONE DAY ONLY! TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18TH.

13oz MERRICK FOR DOGS........ $ 17 PER CASE plus tax.

New products

We NOW carry CANIDAE pet foods.... both dog & cat

Also new is EVOLVE dog food.... It is baked... That's the way dog food used to be made. Baking is a process that takes longer and doesn't destory alot of the nutrients.

Other new additions are FROMM 4 STAR.

After the food "scare" this past spring, alot of the pouches that companies made were recalled... well good news... Many are of them are back and re-formulated.

Triumph cat food in pouches, Natural Choice in pouches for both Dog & Cat, and Wellness has come out with a Pouch for Cats.

Cancer in Dogs

Cancer is in all of our lives. I have Prostate Cancer and will be treated very soon.

In dogs, it is the leading disease killer! In dogs, there are many options... surgery, radiation & chemo. New treatments include cryosurgery which is the freezing & killing of cancer cells. On the flip side is hyperthermy which is heating tissues and thus killing the cells.
A new treatment is photodynamic therapy . You dog is injected w/ a light sensitive agent which seeks out the cancer cells. A laser is the directed on the area.

You may want to contact a large Veterinary Hospital. Many Veterinary Schools have teaching facilities. Perhaps they're seeking dogs for research.

As with cancer in people, much work is being done to deals w/ cancer and dogs. Secondhand smoke also affects dogs as it does people. Herbicides and chemicals are also linked to cancer in dogs.

This is a good site to visit
http://www.vetcancerregistry.com/

SWHEAT SCOOP

Valuable coupons on all 14Lb, 25lb and 40lb bags of SWHEAT SCOOP LITTER

5LB MERRICK DOG FOOD SALE

SPECIALLY MARKED BAGS - 5LB MERRICK DOG FOOD

$ 6.99 WHILE SUPPLIES LAST

SALE !

THIS SALE ENDS THURSDDAY, MAY 31 !

100 WEE WEE PADS $ 30
50 WEE WEE BAGS $ 20
13.2oz K9 MERRICK CANED DOG FOOD $ 17 CASE - 12 CANS, 1 FLAVOR.
PURRPPP MENT DOG TREATS 1/2 PRICE
MUTZZZZ RELLA TREATS 1/2 PRICE
KITTY KISSESS CAT TREATS 1/2 PRICE
SMALL DONUT BEDS $ 15
MED DOG BEDS $ 19
EVOLVE DOG FOODS 12 OZ CANS, BUY 2, GET 1 FREE

Naturally Speaking

Since the pet food scare, we've noticed more use the words holistic and organic.
For a pet food, or any other product, to be labeled organic, 100% of what goes in has to be organic. Holistic refers to an approach. ... as in we are striving to stock & sell holistic pet foods.
The list of foods that we currently carry are

• Precise
• Merrick
• Annamaet
• California Natural
• By Nature Organics
• Newmans Own
• Innova and EVO
• Natures Variety
• Solid Gold
• Evangers
• Verus
• Back To Basics

Natural Foods

Before the recall of Pet Foods began, we've slowly have moved in the direction of stocking & selling both Holistic & Organic Pet Foods.
There is also alot of confussion over that "meaning". To be labeled Organic means that every single ingredient in the bag OR can must be Organic... 100% !