I’m a fan of Timothy Ferriss. He’s a radical self-experimenter with a sense of humor and a basher of popular assumptions. Some people can’t stand the guy but I think they must just be envious; who wouldn’t be? Regardless I wouldn’t have expected to come across Pottenger‘s cat study in his new book. Pottenger studied [...]
Living foods, from plants or animal sources, contain enzymes (but they are wiped out by heat beginning at 110 degrees…so cooked food does not contain active enzymes) . The body, human or animal, manufactures enzymes. But as we age, our store of them and our ability to make them gets depleted. And they’re important not [...]
Every month at both stores (Portland and Boston, Fetch and Fish & Bone) we pick a brand of pet food to discount by 10%. The idea is, encourage customers to experiment, or move what we have an overstock of, or just give a good deal because it’s fun. Who doesn’t like a bargain? This month [...]
They’re at the purchase agreement stage but signs look like they’re pointing toward the sale. Natura lines include California Natural, Evo and Healthwise. Proctor and Gamble owns Eukanuba/Iams. Changes are bound to come. My immediate concern is quality of ingredients, with a sudden interruption in ease of digestion for dogs and cats on Natura foods. [...]
There’s a story on the front page of the The Globe today on the growth of natural pet foods since 2005. It’s essentially a story on Wellness, who launched a new marketing campaign at this year’s Golden Globes with an opening party at an LA venue called the Buddha Bark Celebrity and Canine Lounge. That’s [...]
The subject of feeding raw diets to pets continues to polarize. I won’t get into the controversy here. I’m a raw food believer. I’ve been feeding Zip a raw diet for most of his 9 years. I’ve witnessed over time the impact: lean body mass, bright clear eyes (except during allergy season), calm demeanor (I [...]
Wellness has some strong products in its line of natural dog and cat foods. My sense, from 4-footed customer ‘feedback’ is that the palatability is best in their canned foods, and their dry cat kibble. They just seem to hit it square on in those areas, while the dry kibble for dogs has had just [...]
California Natural, “Nutrition Pure & Simple”. Don’t you like the sound of that, especially after Thanksgiving? And with the lovely but chaotic festive season upon us, doesn’t simplifying sound good to you? One protein (lamb, chicken or herring) and generally one carbohydrate (rice, though the Herring formulas contain sweet potato, barley and oatmeal) makes [...]
My cats are a little bit sensitive. They have always had a clean & healthy diet, so I’m assuming their food sensitivities are hereditary. I have been feeding Wellness grain-free cans most often in the last 5 years (Clara can’t tolerate dry, as she’s very prone to uti’s), with either Prozyme, Wysong’s All Life, or [...]
It’s been a while since the last post, partially because of a vacation but mostly due to my high tolerance for chaos. I can turn down social events pretty easily but projects are irresistible. Now that the dog wash is open and we’re closing in on the photo booth, and I’ve hired someone to manage [...]
