How do you know if your pet is sick??

Prevention is the medicine. Have your pet fully vaccinated every year; supervise your pet; and provide your pet with a proper diet and adequate exercise.

Even with all of the above, your pet may still get sick. While it can be difficult to know when to call the vet, here are a few guidelines in recognizing a sick pet:

Diarrhea
Unexplained or sudden weight loss
Significant loss of appetite or increased appetite
Vomiting
Pawing at ears or shaking head
Lumps on body
Significant fur loss (not just shedding, which is normal); dull, patchy coat
Persistent sneezing or coughing
Abnormal discharge from the eyes or nose
Stiffness or weakness in any joints; pet moves with difficulty
Straining to urinate or defecate. Inability to urinate is an emergency - get your cat to the vet immediately.
Injury

Note: Keep the name and number of the closest emergency vet clinic (for after-hours pet care), as well as those of your regular vet, close by the telephone.

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Pets and Common Household Poisons

Pets and Common Household Poisons

Consult your vet immediately if you suspect your pet has ingested poison. Be prepared to provide as much information as you can, such as what type of poison it was, how much your pet ingested, and when it happened. Follow your vet's instructions carefully.

Common poisons include:

Human medication, such as aspirin or Tylenol.
Antifreeze (windshield wiper fluid). The taste appeals to dogs and cats - but a even a small amount can be fatal!
Household cleansers - oven cleaners, floor cleansers, furniture polish, etc.
Rat and mouse poisons.
Gardening supplies - weed killers, insecticides, slug bait, etc.
Paint and paint solvents.
Plants, both indoor and outdoor.
Animal stings or bites, ie. snake, bee.


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Response to Post on Facebook about Cost

* Please share * Someone commented on our Facebook site this morning that "These natural foods for dogs cost more than most people spend on themselves!" 

I'd like to comment that while the cost per day in our comparisons varies you are getting quality! I own seven animals (5 cats and 2 dogs) so you can imagine what its like feeding an army such as this. We on average spend $4.42 a day to feed SEVEN animals the best they can get. While this seems like a lot to some, I'd like to point out you couldn't feed a family of seven for that amount per day!

The best part is I have saved my dogs life.... she was on a medication that was costing $50 a month to give to her plus the vet bill every 6 months to have her liver tested as this medication was known to destroy it. She is now off that medication and doing great! That $1.02 a day for her is well worth the cost of her life and health.

With any health food or supplement you MIGHT pay a little extra, like buying a salad versus a hamburger at a fast food restaurant, or premium gas versus unleaded but you know you are getting quality to make your "machine" (whether a car or a body) run more efficiently. Look at GNC, quality for cost, for the serious health nut.

I wanted to also attach our cost per day feeding chart to show you the break down of what it costs to feed your pet per day. If your particular food happens to maybe be 0.20 cents cheaper than ours, are you aware that ours doesn't contain any filler or harmful additives such as BHA/BHT or Meat and Meal product just as a start. The savings for the vet bills you could come across in the future due to poor nutrition would far out weigh that 0.20 cent difference. Or even worse yet, a recall like the ones that ended so many pets lives in 2010.

For a break down of comparisons and our pet food calculator go to :
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Pet Food Brand Comparisons............

Our Facebook page is doing a pet food comparison week. We are taking the top brands sold in the U.S. and comparing them to our Life's Abundance line for dog and cat foods. For all your cat lovers who love Fancy Feast you won't want to miss these!!

Of course if you don't have facebook, you can always take a sneak peak on our website under the section "pet food comparisons". 

Take the life's abundance challenge today and see if your food can compare! Never been recalled, made in the U.S. and shipped fresh to your door. You can even try it for 30 days and if you don't like it, you get your money back. But trust me.... your pets will love it. It's all we feed ours.

We have pet food, treats, supplements, pet care products and pet safe supplies available.

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WHAT ARE YOU FEEDING YOUR PET? 

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The Meatloaf Story By Dr Jane....

Dr. Jane Bicks, DVM, is the nationally known holistic veterinarian who formulates pet products for Life's Abundance. Dr. Jane tells “The Meatloaf Story.” You're probably wondering why the product formulator for Life's Abundance pet products is talking about meatloaf. Read on and you'll find out....

The Story
Betty and Bill are two singles who’ve each been asked to bring a meatloaf to their social group’s get-together on Saturday. Bill has never made a meatloaf, but he knows Betty makes a good one, so he asks her for her recipe. Betty is happy to share her recipe and sends this to Bill.

Ingredients
2 pounds ground beef
1/2 cup bread crumbs
1 (8 oz) can tomato sauce
2 eggs, beaten
1/4 cup finely chopped onion
2 tablespoons finely chopped green bell pepper
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground thyme
1/4 teaspoon ground marjoram
1/4 cup ketchup
2 tablespoons light corn syrup

Directions
1. Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2. Combine ground beef, cracker crumbs, tomato sauce, eggs, onion, bell pepper, salt, thyme, and marjoram in a large bowl and mix well. Shape beef mixture into a loaf. Place loaf in a 9×13 inch baking dish. Cover with foil and bake in the preheated oven for 1 hour. Meanwhile, mix ketchup and corn syrup in a small bowl to make a glaze.
3. Remove baking dish from the oven and remove foil. Brush glaze onto the loaf. Return baking dish to the oven uncovered, and continue baking until loaf is no longer pink in the center, 15 to 20 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C).

Friday night, Bill suddenly remembers the meatloaf he’s supposed to make. He wants to play golf on Saturday, so he decides he better make his meatloaf tonight. Fortunately for Bill, he had picked up some ground beef when he was at the store last week because it was on sale. As far as he can tell, it’s still good—that gray color doesn’t really matter, does it?

Bill begins to go through the ingredient list. He’s got the beef, and the bread crumbs are easy. He doesn’t know why he was saving all those bread heels in his fridge. He just didn’t like throwing out things he had paid for, and now he can use them. The fact that they are stale and hard as rocks just makes them easier to turn into crumbs.

He has to dig around but finally finds an old can of tomato sauce. The “best by” date is two years past, but it’s in a can! It can’t go bad, right?

Darn! He’s out of eggs—but then he remembers. He’s got some leftover powdered egg from that hiking trip he went on last summer—that’ll do.

Hmm, 1/4 cup finely chopped onion—no fresh onion, but luckily, his mom bought him a spice rack when he went off to college (ten years ago) and he remembers a bottle labeled “Onion Powder.” It looks like about a ¼ cup.

Then 2 tablespoons of finely chopped green bell pepper—no bell pepper either. But not to fear! Bill is the luckiest man alive. It just so happens that he ordered pizza last night, or was it the night before? It had bell peppers on it and he has half a pizza left in the fridge. He manages to pick off just enough bell pepper for this recipe.

Salt is not a problem—but where’s that teaspoon measure? Oh well, a few dashes ought to do.

He’s got the 1/4 teaspoon ground thyme and 1/4 teaspoon ground marjoram covered—thanks, Mom! In go a few dashes of each.

Ketchup he has. Bill loves ketchup. Can’t have too much ketchup!

And finally corn syrup. He doesn’t quite have two tablespoons left—but corn oil is about the same thing, right?

Bill mixes all the ingredients together, including the ketchup, which he likes a lot, and the corn syrup/oil. He puts it in the pan and then into the oven, which he forgot to preheat. No biggie! Just turn it up a little extra.

Then Bill goes to watch the ball game. It’s a sleeper; and sleep he does—until he smells something burning. Bill runs to the kitchen and grabs the meatloaf from the oven. Had he remembered to cover it as the instructions said, it might not have been so black on top. Well, the glaze will cover it! Oops! The ingredients for the glaze are in the meatloaf—but not to worry; Bill has plenty of ketchup and corn oil.

He makes more glaze and then puts the meatloaf in the refrigerator to keep until tomorrow.

Saturday morning, Betty gets up early and goes to the butcher. She picks the choicest cuts of sirloin and has the butcher trim it and turn it into ground beef. On the way home she stops by the bakery for fresh bread crumbs and the grocery store because she’s out of corn syrup and needs a fresh onion.

When Betty gets home, she goes through her normal Saturday routine until about three hours before the get-together. She makes her own tomato sauce from the tomatoes she picked this afternoon from her vegetable garden. Then she turns on the oven to precisely 350° to preheat and gathers her ingredients. The bell pepper, thyme, and marjoram also come from her garden. The eggs she bought this morning from her neighbor who keeps a few laying hens. She combines the ingredients according to the instructions, places the loaf in the pan, covers with foil, places it in the oven, and sets the timer. Then she makes the glaze and goes to put on her makeup.

One hour later she puts on the glaze, returns the meatloaf to the oven, uncovered, and sets the timer for another 20 minutes. She goes and gets dressed. When the timer goes off, she checks the meatloaf with her instant-read thermometer—it reads 167 degrees. Done! She’s off to the party.

Bill’s golf game lasts longer than he expected, so he’s running late. He gets home, jumps in the shower, throws on some clean clothes, and rushes out the door. Five minutes later he’s back—he forgot his meatloaf. He knows he can’t take a cold meatloaf, but he doesn’t want to be too late either. He quickly puts the meatloaf in the oven and turns it up as high as it will go, all the way on broil, and sets the timer for ten minutes. As soon as the timer goes off, he grabs the meatloaf and heads out the door.

Now imagine that you are at this gathering of friends, and you have the choice of the two meatloaves. Both were made from the same recipe. If the ingredients were labeled (as on a bag of dog food), the ingredient lists would be identical. Even considering the corn oil substitute in Bill’s meatloaf, the FDA allows a “temporary” substitution (up to six months) without changing a label.

So which meatloaf would you choose? Which meatloaf represents “quality”? Which one represents “freshness”? Would you know the difference between the two if all you had to go on were the ingredients listed on labels?

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Attention Natura Customers:

Natura Pet Expands Voluntary Recall of Dry Pet Foods Due to Possible Health Risk

http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm348786.htm

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Life's Abundance has NEVER been recalled and is shipped fresh to your door. The products are formulated by holistic vet Dr Jane Bicks.

Life's Abundance dog and puppy food - Life’s Abundance Premium Health Food is made with select ingredients, including high-quality chicken and catfish meals, whole grains, nutritious vegetables and fruits, omega fatty acids and much more. We never use corn or wheat products and we never use artificial flavors or colors. With Life’s Abundance, you can be confident that you are feeding your dog advanced nutrition.

Life's Abundance weight loss dog food - If your dog’s weight is a growing concern, consider the nutritious Weight-Loss Formula. Formulated for effective use as part of a weight loss or weight control program, Weight-Loss Formula is a nutritionally balanced food that delivers the support dogs need to lose fat and maintain healthy weights. And like all Life's Abundance products, this food contains no artificial flavors or colors, and no corn, corn gluten, wheat or wheat gluten.

Life's Abundance large breed puppy food - Emerging science has shown that large breed puppies have slightly different nutritional needs than their smaller breed counterparts. To help your big bundle of joy grow and thrive, choose Life’s Abundance Premium Health Food for Large Breed Puppies. This advanced health food contains the same nutrients found in our flagship formula, plus a precise balance of protein, calories, calcium and phosphorus to encourage healthy, controlled growth rates and strong teeth and bones. Give your precious large breed pup every opportunity for a long, health and happy life.

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Life's Abundance cat and kitten food - Life’s Abundance Premium Health Food is made with select ingredients, including a delectable blend of high quality chicken, catfish and turkey meals, wholesome grains, omega fatty acids and much more. We never use corn or wheat products, and we never use artificial flavors or colors. With Life’s Abundance, you can be confident that you are feeding your cat advanced nutrition.

Life's Abundance canned cat food - Instinctive Choice Premium Canned Food is formulated to provide your cat with a meal that is similar in nutrition and moisture to how a feline would feed in the wild. Instinct is king with cats and they will purr over this protein rich food, which contains organic chicken, turkey, chicken liver and shrimp. Why should you choose Instinctive Choice for your cat? It’s not only what’s in Instinctive Choice that makes it the ultimate canned cat food, it’s what is not in it.

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Why Life's Abundance Premium Pet Food

Why Life’s Abundance? The Truth about Pet Foods.

Life’s Abundance has a video I thought I would share with you.

Pet food can contain a lot of harmful ingredients for your pet. The majority of those being rejected meat that the USDA will not approve. For proteins they use bones, feathers, heads and indigestible by-products which are intestines, fish heads, hides, bones and hair. Also some contain corn and soy which is also indigestible and can cause allergies or worse still….kidney failure.  Some pet food also contains meat and bone meal which is basically dead pets and animals that have been ground up, along with preservatives such as BHA and BHT which can be found in rubber and cause kidney failure.

Typical pet food sold in stores can stay on trucks and in warehouses before sold for up to 18 months and they are not climate controlled.

An interesting point to make as well is that in order to reach a guaranteed analysis for protein, fat and fiber, which is really all that someone looks at on the label, the ingredients might not be what you think. Did you know that you can make the same numbers needed for guaranteed analysis for dog food using motor oil for fat, a leather shoe for protein and peanut shells for fiber? Would you feed your dog motor oil, a leather shoe or peanut shells by themselves? The answer for all pet owners is no (I hope). But what if you are feeding your dog that kind of diet and just aren’t aware of exactly what is in your food?
So what makes Life’s Abundance pet food different? One it is made entirely in the USA following strict USDA guidelines and is kept in good climate control, however, a good note is that a fresh batch is made every week and shipped to your door cutting out the stores that hold your product in between. This means that when it reaches your door, the oldest that bag of food you just received will be 1-3 weeks old and has been kept in climate control and monitored before it is sent out. Sure beats the 18 months in a warehouse without climate control.

Also Life’s Abundance pet food contains chicken meal, fish meal, spinach, carrots, flaxseed, fruits and vegetables, live probiotics (guaranteed to be alive still) and antioxidants just to name a few.  All the things we know to be safe for pets and recommended by vets. There are also no artificial flavors or colors, no corn or corn gluten and no wheat or wheat gluten.  There are so many choices available through Life’s Abundance for every need, breed and age. Products range from pet food (dry and wet) to supplements and pet care products.

Life’s Abundance is so sure that you will see a difference in your pet’s life within 30 days or your money back! They also have the video that discusses all of the above in greater detail called The Truth about Pet Foods. It is definitely worth the watch! Wouldn’t you like to add years to your pet’s life by helping them live a healthier one? Life’s Abundance is proud to stand by their products and believes healthier pet food WILL help them live a happier, healthier, fuller life. What do you have to lose? I know my animals thank me for the switch and I know they will be healthier, fuller with feeding less, and live longer. That’s worth it to me!

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  You can even purchase samples! Compare the ingredients to your pet food today and take the 30 day challenge! I guarantee you will be believe in this food just as much as my happy family now does!