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There's No Comparison: Balanced Blends Complete, Safe, and Convenient Raw Cat/Dog Food

4/26/2016

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There's No Comparison: Comparing Pets and Raw Food Diets for Dogs and CatsNothing Compares
Typist: Bethany
Too often, I find myself comparing my current dogs and cat to pets from my past "Oh, Brychwyn leaps onto the bed the same way Tynan did" or "Amelia comes to the door when we get home just like Gryphon used to" are phrases muttered frequently by me to Jason, friends, family, and neighbors. While it does warm my heart to notice similarities in pets from my past and present, I work hard to remember that each pet is an individual and those unique personalities deserve recognition and space to flourish. Yet this is also something I have said about all of my pets, present and past.

When it comes to what I feed Wilhelm, Brychwyn, Huxley, and Amelia, I end up comparing to the past again. The right diet significantly extended the life of Emily and Tynan. So that right diet, raw food, is what I rely on for my pets health today. Similar to how each dog and cat are not the same, each kind of raw food is not the same. It is very important to me that the raw dog and cat food I feed my pets is complete, safe, and convenient. I was thrilled when I learned about Balanced Blends, a new company founded with the simple idea of creating a well-balanced raw diet to cover all nutritional needs of beloved dogs and cats. Balanced Blends has everything I want in a raw cat/dog food and all of my dogs and cat have been enjoying this food for the past couple of weeks. There is no comparison to how happy all four pets and I have been with our Balanced Blends experience.

Complete and Balanced Raw Diets for Cats/Dogs
Complete diets for dogs requires more than just fresh raw meat, bones, organs, fruits and vegetables. Dogs also need just the right blend of vitamins and minerals. Obligate carnivore cats may not need the fruits and vegetables, but they also need proper vitamins and minerals along with their raw organ, bone, and meat mix. Balanced Blends dog food contains a 10% produce, vitamin and mineral mix and the cat food contains a 0.5% vitamin and mineral mix. And the rest is grain, gluten, filler, artificial coloring, artificial preservative free meat, bone, and organ (the cat food also has egg yolks.) Balanced Blends uses chicken that is USDA Grade A, cage free, antibiotics free, with no added hormones, beef that is USDA Approved, naturally raised, antibiotic free, with no added hormones and in the dog food the fruits and vegetables are organic. It's time for another comparison: this natural, simple, and complete diet is comparable to what I strive to feed myself.
Safe and Healthy Raw Diets for Cats/Dogs
Abyssinian Tabby cat Amelia balances a top our Balanced Blends raw dog and cat food delivery.Amelia is interested in our Balanced Blends delivery.
Safety is always on the top of my pet care list. Someone who keeps a cat safely on a leash when outdoors and puts goggles on dogs when riding a convertible car, obviously would only feed the dogs and cat the safest of foods. In using all best practices in making raw food, from Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP), Sanitation Standard Operating Procedures (SSOP’s), and Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP’s) to applying high pressure processing (HPP) in the final packaging to eliminate re-contamination, safety obviously matters to Balanced Blends as well. As one last precaution, Balanced Blends foods is only released for sale after third party laboratory pathogen test results come back negative. On top of all that, absolutely none of the ingredients, including vitamins and minerals, in Balanced Blends are from China. All of Balanced Blends recipe formulas meet AAFCO nutrient profile for “all life stages." In other words, all pets, those constantly compared to others or those who are undeniably unique, can safely enjoy this healthy food as much as Wilhelm, Brychwyn, Huxley, and Amelia do!

Convenient Raw Diets for Cats/Dogs
Convenient raw dog and cat food is more that just having the food delivered right to the front door. Wait. That is really awesome. I have been feeding raw for over a decade and before Balanced Blends arrived on my porch, I had always trudged to the store, rushed the food home before it defrosted, filled the freezer, then did it all again what seemed like five days later. Balanced Blends offers amazingly convenient online raw cat/dog food delivery subscriptions, easily managed on their website. Two boxes arrived on my porch, I emptied the coolers inside into the freezer, defrosted and served! There is no comparison to how easy Balanced Blends makes feeding raw food. Granted this is coming from someone who defines easy as driving across the country with three dogs as easier than finding a new pet sitter, but still, Balanced Blends is seriously porch, freezer, fridge, dish, happy dogs and cat easy. Having food that makes my pets so happy show up at the door means I have more time to spend with my happy pets!
Blue Merle Cardigan Welsh Corgi Brychwyn checking out the cooler of frozen raw food from Balanced Blends that was deleivered to our home.
Brychwyn thinks even the still frozen Balanced Blends in the delivery cooler smells delicious!
And happy pets they are. Wilhelm, Brychwyn, Huxley, and Amelia all scarfed down their Balanced Blends beef and chicken meals. The way food disappeared at these meal times could be compared to water rapidly funneling down a drain or a drink being sucked dry by a straw in one quick slurp. But when it comes to raw food, my dogs and cat are not exactly picky. They trust me. I am  the one that has to be choosy and do the comparisons. I have to find perfectly complete, safe, and convenient raw food for them so that I can keep on comparing them to past pets, pets of friends, and each other for many, many years.
What kind of pet comparisons do you make?
Are you ready to compare raw cat/dog food with regular?
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Early Bird Specials on Balanced Blends Pre-Order Kickstarter Campaign
Balanced Blends is a fully funded company but they are running a Kickstarter campaign to raise awareness for their wonderful new brand and encourage people to try their complete, safe, and convenient foods. Some of the pre-order deals on Balanced Blends Kickstarter campaign include
  • “Early Cat/Dog special” price to save $20 to $30 on 10 LB of raw food
  • All backers will get 5 LB extra for every 20 LB order of the same item from our website for 3 or 6 months, after the Kickstarter campaign ends, depending on which tiers you backed
  • Free shipping for all pre-orders*
The Kickstarter begins today, April 26, 2016 and ends May 27, 2016. Get your Balanced Blends raw cat/dog food deal NOW!
Balanced Blends Kickstarter
*Shipping only to lower 48 states
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Don't Fall:  Pet Steps, A Ramp & Stacked Rocks {52 Snapshots of Life Week 45}

11/10/2015

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Rough collie Huxley, miniature dachshund Wilhelm and Cardigan Welsh corgi Brychwyn at the top of the pet stairs that lead to the couch.
Cardigan Welsh corgi Brychwyn, miniature dachshund Wilhelm and rough collie Huxley at the top of the pet ramp that leads to the bed.
Typist: Bethany
There are many reasons that the number one rule about life with short legged dogs is "no jumping." The little legs and long backs of dachshund Wilhelm and corgi Brychwyn cannot take the wear and tear of jumping on and off the couch and bed as easily as tall collie Huxley. Yet even my long legged dog knows how to use our pet ramp and stairs because pets and people of any size should always avoid a fall. As the dogs and cat age, knowing how to use the pet stairs and pet ramp are important for their continued adventure pet health. Since it is essential that Wilhelm and Brychwyn avoid the stress on their bodies that regular jumping can cause, I didn't wait until the pets were seniors to teach them how to use pet stairs and ramps. Despite my efforts, though, the dogs still jump and occasionally fall. Striving to minimize the risk of a fall with the pet stairs, ramp and a whole lot of fit dog time, the "no jumping" rule is more of a "jump carefully with your awesomely strong furry body" statute. If how often the dogs are on the couch and the bed between pet friendly adventures is a way to judge the pluses and pit-falls of our system, I'd say we're doing quite well. The only bad fall anyone has had is me!
Window sill cat Amelia at the top of her pet stairs.
Three dogs with balanced rocks on a traffic circle in West Seattle
Don't Fall: A precarious rock stack in a West Seattle traffic circle.
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A Cockatoo and His Pumpkin {52 Snapshots of Life Week 43}

10/30/2015

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Cockatoo Leo's daily casserols dish with unsweetened, organic pumpkin.Casserole for a cockatoo
Typist: Bethany
When Leo is out and about I am often asked "what does he eat?" The sight of an adventuring triton cockatoo thrills many but all that is toted along inside his travel case can look puzzling. Leo always travels with at least one huge, dark, leafy green hanging in his Popemobile, a foraging toy full of pellets, a dish of spring water and a dish of fresh food. This fresh food is a spoonful of the casserole that Jason or I make for Leo each morning. We layer brown rice pasta, sprouted mung beans or lentils, winter squash, butternut squash or carrot baby food and unsweetened canned pumpkin into a small glass bowl. After 20 minutes in the toaster oven, we mix the hot dish with a small amount of plain, non-fat yogurt and chopped chard, kale or collard greens. We serve Leo his all organic casserole and he happily digs in. The types of baby food and pumpkin are chosen because of they are high in vitamin A. Serious health issues occur in parrots with vitamin A deficiency. Even birds like Leo who never eat seeds can suffer immune, tissue and organ trauma from a lack of vitamin A. So pumpkin is a delicacy in our house or when traveling, year round. The dogs also like pumpkin from the can or whenever Leo drops it. We are such a healthy bunch of Cascadians!

Triton cockatoo Leo enjoys an organic meal.
Trition cockatoo Leo with some of his organic pumpkin casserole stuck to his beak.
Three dogs, miniature dachshund dog Wilhelm, Cardigan Welsh corgi dog Brychwyn and rough collie dog Huxley wait for triton cockatoo leo to drop some delicious pumpkin.
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In The Shadow of A 3,741 Meter Mountain & 103 Other Reasons To Walk The Dog #DogWalkingWeek {52 Snapshots of Life Week 39}

10/2/2015

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Three dogs, Cardigan Welsh Corgi dog Brychwyn, miniature dachshund dog Wilhelm and rough collie dog Huxley, enjoy the morning sunshine on a morning walk in the shadow of Mount Adams, Trout Lake, Washington, Cascadia.
Mount Adams from Trout Lake, Washington, Cascadia.
It's National Walk Your Dog Week but why walk the dog? Here's some reasons:
1. Nature
2. Exercise
3. Color
4. Fresh Air
5. Trees
6. Flexibility
7. Socialization
8. Movement
9. Bonding
10. Training
11. Heart Health
12. Beauty
13. Happiness
14. Grass
15. Calm
16. Change
17. Mood
18. Strength
19. Posture
20. Fun
21. Sunshine
22. Photo
23. Opportunities
24. Joint Health
25. Love
26. Scenery
27. Moonlight
28. Smells
29. Visit
30. Brain Health
31. Exploration
32. Art
33. Flowers
34. Desensitization
35. Surfaces
36. Togetherness
37. Smiles
38. Behavior
39. Fondness
40. Wildlife
41. Seasons
42. Joy
43. Decorations
44. Outdoors
45. Sky
46. Lung Health
47. Beach
48. Shadows
49. Cuteness
50. Mountains
51. Fire Hydrants
52. Healthy
53. Muscle Tone
54. Water
55. Camaraderie
56. Circulation
57. Investigate
58. Trails
59. Marking
60. Safety
61. Exhaustion
62. Stars
63. Houses
64. Relief
65. Memory Boost
66. Caring
67. Neighbors
68. Terrain
69. Shopping
70. Bone Health
71. Light
72. Comfort
73. Friends
74. Foot and Paw Health
75. Appetite
76. Practice
77. Travel
78. Patience
79. Blood Sugar
80. Observing
81. Pleasant
82. Refreshing
83. Wonderful
84. Adventure
85. Forest
86. Present
87. Field
88. Show-off
89. Breeze
90. Rhythm
91. Treat
92. Inspiration
93. Stretching
94. Break
95. Healthy Weight
96. Fitness
97. Gardens
98. Free
99. Stress Reduction
100. Self-Esteem
101. Energy
102. Clouds
103. Easy
104. Longevity
105. Blood Pressure
What's your favorite reason for dog walks?
105 Reasons to Walk Your Dog, National Walk Your Dog Week #DogWalkingWeek
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