Typist: Bethany
The multitudes of health benefits of fish oil for dogs is why I have been supplementing my dogs diet with fish oil for decades. Until recently, however, I didn't think it mattered what kind of fish oil I gave them. If they ate it, their skin wasn't too flaky and dry and their fur was shiny, it was good enough. Then I experienced the unbelievably soft fur, completely vanished itching, significantly more alert and active dogs that a high quality fish oil supplement can create. I will never go back to the cheap stuff. Especially since it turns out the cheap stuff isn't that much less expensive than the high quality fish oil, Bonnie and Clyde Premium Pet Goods Wild Omega-3 Fish Oil Supplement for Dogs with Natural Vitamin E. The wild salmon oil tablets I have been giving the pets for as long as I can remember cost me approximately 47 cents per day. The Bonnie and Clyde Pet Goods wild fish oil will cost me only 15 cents more per day. With the 90% improved health of my dogs since starting Bonnie and Clyde fish oil, the extra cost is 100% worth it.

Like any educated pet owner, I questioned why Bonnie and Clyde fish oil is so much better than salmon and cod liver oil. I admit to being biased because while I was asking that I was lost deeply petting one of my softer than rabbit fur dogs. Ahh! But back to the fish oil that has made such soft fur possible. A few of the significant differences between the fish oil I had been feeding and Bonnie and Clyde fish oil is that it is formulated specifically with an appropriate amount of omega-3 for dogs. The Bonnie and Clyde omega-6 to omega-3 ratio "may be more effective in managing the skin inflammation" according to the Bonnie and Clyde website as well as the no-more-itching results I have seen in my own dogs. Another benefit to supplementing with Bonnie and Clyde fish oil is the added natural vitamin E. I have supplemented my own diet with natural vitamin E since I was a teenager and I have long known that natural vitamin E, d-alpha tocopherol, is better adsorbed by human bodies. It turns out that the same it true for dogs. Natural vitamin E also has similar effects on dog health as is does on human health, among those benefits are skin and immune system health. The improved dog skin health I have seen with Bonnie and Clyde fish oil is amazing and I look forward to enjoying improved immunity in my dogs as well. A healthy immune system is essential for traveling adventure dogs.

Bonnie and Clyde Premium Pet Goods Wild Omega-3 Fish Oil comes with a pour cap and with a pump. The pump is extremely convenient for dosing the oil for my dogs needs as it delivers approximately 2ml, the recommended dosage for my smallest dog, Wilhelm. After supplementing Wilhelm, Brychwyn and Huxley's meals with Bonnie and Clyde fish oil for over a month, seven pumps per day for all three dogs (and one pump for the cat*) the bottle will likely last another two weeks. Out of curiosity, I recently served the oil à la carte. All three dogs licked the bowl clean so there is no need for the fish oil to be served over food. It has now become a daily treat! I feel so lucky to not only do have discovered a fish oil supplement that the dogs enjoy eating but my sleep is no longer disturbed each night by one or more dogs scratching and I have the softest dogs in the whole entire world to pet. Speaking of that. Enough typing. Back to petting.

*Bonnie and Clyde Premium Pet Goods Wild Omega-3 Fish Oil Supplement is formulated for dogs not cats but I did a little research and it is safe for cats. Since I also gave Amelia the same salmon oil as the dogs, I thought I'd see how the Bonnie and Clyde fish oil worked for her. The words of a child who asked to pet Amelia while on a walk yesterday best express how well Bonnie and Clyde fish oil has also worked for my cat. The child stroked Amelia then ran back to her mother and exclaimed "that is the softest cat in the whole world! You have to pet it!"

Do you give your dogs a fish oil supplement? Have you noticed a difference if trying a new supplement? Do you think your dogs health would improve on with Bonnie and Clyde Wild Omega-3 Fish Oil?

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Typist: Bethany
When at the vet a few weeks ago with Huxley, the collie relaxed on the floor after having his swollen eye examined for debris. I expressed to the vet relief as well as surprise that the eye problem was likely only conjunctivitis since this dog has a propensity to stick his face in every tree, bush, shrub and mass of weeds that he comes across. The veterinarian and I discussed how nice it must be to live a life oblivious to all of the dangers in the world. I smiled as my giant fluffy dog enjoyed the cool tile floor in the exam room and relayed to the vet how diligent I know I must always be to protect my dogs and all of my pets from all the dangers that they are not aware of. Staying constantly alert to how to keep my pets safe isn't easy, especially when new dangers arise with every change of season. Even though summer is supposed to be full of amazingly fun pet friendly adventures, there's always some pet hazard lurking. Besides time with pets leisure, summer also isn't supposed to have any quizzes. I know. But this summer safety for pets quiz is an excellent way to make sure every pet stays out of danger this season. Try it:

Most pet summer safety seems like common sense. Anyone who knows anything about dog, cat, parrot, etc care would take precautions to ensure their pet doesn't get lost during a thunderstorm, would never leave a pet in a car even with the windows cracked or go for a summer hike without water, right? Well, with 1 in 5 pets going missing after being scared by loud noises, a news story about a pet dying in a hot car at least once a day and even I, a pet adventurer with decades of experience, am guilty of forgetting or running out of human and pet water on a summer outing pet safety isn't always simple. Then there is my biggest summer safety fear; foxtails. Surprisingly few people seem to be aware that this common weed that can be deadly to pets. Maybe I am so foxtail paranoid because I have a dog who sticks his face in every tree, bush, shrub and mass of weeds that he comes across as well as being covered in fur that loves to collect every bit of tree, bush, shrub and mass of weeds that we pass. Wait. Make that three dogs with velcro fur! Diligently keeping pets safe is never easy. And keeping up on pet safety knowledge goes beyond simply using common sense to feeling like an all consuming, full time job. Like me, I hope that all pet adventurers will never stop learning about pet safety and sharing the knowledge to keep all pets safe. Even if it means taking a quiz in the summer.

How did you score on the quiz? Did you learn anything new about summer safety for pets? Is there a summer pet safety tip we forgot? Please let us know in the comments.

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Typist: Bethany
Upon coming across any article with yet another new idea on the best way to clean naturally I usually conclude that it is safest for pets to just not clean at all. That conclusion lasts for about ten seconds when a giant wad of dog hair, cat fur, bird feathers and dust suddenly wafts past my face, blocking the view of the safe and natural cleaning article I was reading. Naturally, I have to clean. Keeping the floors, furniture, pet beds, cages, dishes and the pets themselves clean means we all stay happier and healthier. That is unless I cleaned with products containing chemical ingredients. Chemicals in the home are not healthy for dogs, cats and other pets but they can prove especially deadly to birds. I have always been very particular about what kinds of products I clean with, making the task of housecleaning even more excruciatingly time consuming. But the health of my pets, Jason and I is definitely worth both my research and physical labor time.

We also received an assortment of PL360 grooming products. With the wide variety of dogs I share my life with, I am impressed with the wide variety of products PL360 offers. I chose three bottles, one for the individual issue each dog has. Wilhelm, who has the infamously typical dachshund skin, got Itch Relief Shampoo. The rough in rough collie means Huxley needs a whole lot of extra conditioning so he got All–In–One Shampoo & Conditioner and Brychwyn, the all-star rolling in poop and everything stinky Cascadian Nomads corgi, got Oatmeal Foaming Shampoo. The products all have a pleasantly light fragrance and, despite the fact that clean dogs do not mean I don not have to clean the house, are a wonderful addition to our natural cleaning routine.

Despite my best efforts to never clean the house, clean dogs, as much traveling as I can afford, aiming to be a full time nomad with no house, I know that as long as I share my life with pets, I will have to clean them and their surroundings. And since I always have and always will share my life with pets, cleaning it is. Cleaning naturally matters but I don't care to waste my time on products that don't work. I am thrilled to have been introduced to the PL360 line. Well, as thrilled as someone who is sitting next to a puddle of dog drool, typing on a keyboard with cat paw prints and just saw a feather float past on the floor can be. I guess I had better go clean...

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Nebraska was beautiful. Camp was set up. The sun had set. During twilight playtime with the dogs, I found an engorged tick on Huxley's chest. Without panic, I got the tick removing tool from my canine first aid kit and cleanly removed the entire tick from it's collie victim. Then I saw the gaping wound the tick removal process had left on my dog. I panicked. Now for dog lovers in areas where ticks are prevalent, go ahead and laugh "of course!" I am an outdoorsy dog person from Cascadia where ticks are very rare. I had no idea so much skin and fur were going to come off with the blood sucking insect. I nervously paced the campsite searching the internet for any article or advice about what to do. By the time I found a trusted answer, twilight was gone and I was sick to my stomach from stress.

When I used the Vet On Demand™ app for this review, I told the veterinarian, Dr. Baxter, about that evening camping in Nebraska. He explained that it is indeed normal for a large amount of skin and fur to come off when an engorged tick is fully removed. Dr. Baxter recommended washing a wound like this out with soap and water, keeping it clean and watching for signs of infection. This is the exact advice I finally found in an article on my mobile device search engine as the twilight dwindled in the cornhusker state. It took me well over a half an hour of searching to discover the truth about Huxley's tick wound. Dr. Baxter gave his wound advice in less than two minutes. He continued to warn that the real risks in finding a tick sucking on a dog are tick borne diseases like Lyme and Rock Mountain Fever. Testing for tick diseases is essential so that anything a dog may have contracted from a tick can be treated with antibiotics as soon as possible, Dr. Baxter advised. Getting Huxley tested for tick diseases is exactly what I did once we returned to Seattle. For the duration of our call, the Vet On Demand veterinarian gave me advice about searching for ticks on my ridiculously long furred rough collie. Upon seeing Huxley during our app video call, Dr. Baxter exclaimed "look at all that fur!" Dr. Baxter also relayed to me some of his favorite tick prevention methods.

This exactly the type of help I needed while desperately searching for dog wound answers, struggling with a decision to uproot camp and seek an emergency vet in the middle of Nebraska. After I cleaned Huxley's removed tick wound at our campsite, I decided to go ahead and light a campfire even though it was quite late. I hoped doing something routine would calm my frazzled nerves. As I reminisce on that evening, I can't help but wonder how different it would have been if I could have just opened the Vet On Demand app. Still, at least I didn't have to tear down camp and rush to an emergency vet for something I learned is rather trivial. There is not yet an app invented that will keep me from fretting if one of my pets is ill or injured but having the Vet On Demand app is one step closer to making me feel at ease while on pet friendly adventures.

Vet On Demand is currently only available for Apple devices but an Android version is is coming soon. Vet On Demand also hopes to expand their services to be available for exotic pets, like birds!

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