Blog
Build a Pet Disaster Survival Kit
May 8th is National Animal Disaster Preparedness Day Floods! Fires! Earthquakes! Snowbound! Hurricanes! Ice Storms! Any one of these can leave you with no electricity, no water, no communication, and roads that are impassable. You are trapped, alone with your pet depending 100% on you, their fearless leader, to take care of their needs. Can
Read More
Transitioning Your Dog or Cat to a Raw Diet
What Do Cats and Dogs Naturally Eat? Our dogs and cats are both carnivores, but while cats are true carnivores, dogs are often referred to as scavenging-carnivores. The main difference is simply that cats need no additional nutrition other than their prey animals provide, but dogs can tolerate eating limited amounts of produce and grain.
Read More
How to Ensure your Pets are Absorbing their Minerals
Not all Pet Foods Contain the Minerals Needed for a Healthy Diet Minerals are an important part of a healthy, balanced diet, for people and pets alike. While people have the luxury of opting for fresh, organic meals, pets often do not. Or, they did not until recently. While pet nutrition has come a long
Read More
It’s Not Exactly Irish, But it’s a Green Treat!
March is memorable for festive St. Patrick’s Day celebrations, green beer and four-leaf-clovers. While I wouldn’t recommend feeding your pets beer or clover, there is a green food you might want to try instead: Green Mussels, also called Green-Lipped or Green-Shell Mussels (usually shortened to GLM). While humans can enjoy these tasty mollusks in our
Read More
Do Wolves Go to the Dentist?
Pet Dental Health Month Since this is Pet Dental Health Month, we here at Northwest Naturals decided to tackle this subject. Interestingly, we didn’t have much to share since raw fed dogs who are occasionally given raw bones rarely have dental problems. Dr. Katie Kangas a Californian veterinarian writing in “Dogs Naturally Magazine” (May 2020)
Read More
How to Introduce Athletic Activities to Your Canine
Pampered Pooch or Canine Athlete? Some pets are pampered couch-potatoes, happy with two meals and two rambling walks a day. But there is a growing segment of people who are involving their pets in competitive canine sports and activities. These elite canine athletes, like their human counterparts, have special needs that must be met for
Read More
Medicinal Mushrooms and Our Pets
Lately, there has been ample publicity about the benefits of medicinal mushrooms for human usage but not nearly as much information is available for our canines and felines. First, we must acknowledge the difference between wild fungus species growing in the forest or in your backyard and medicinal mushrooms. Never let your pet consume mushrooms
Read More
Bone Broth for Dogs and Cats
The Perfect Cold-Weather Soup As soon as fall’s crisp days arrive and all through cold winters into chilly springs there is a large kettle of bone broth simmering on the back burner of my stove. The pot radiates some cozy kitchen warmth, my home smells yummy and most importantly I am creating a delicious and
Read More
November is National Senior Pet Month
When are Pets Considered Seniors? Is your dog 7 years old or older? That’s the magic number for determining senior status in most dogs. Smaller breeds aren’t considered golden oldies until they are 10 years old while the giant breeds hit senior status at age 6. Cats are seniors from age 10 – 14 years
Read More
The Northwest Naturals Difference
Feed Your Pets the Very Best, Because They Give Us Their Very Best Everyday Pets aren’t just pets. Your dog or cat is a member of your family. You want the very best for each and every member of your family. And that extends right down to the food they eat every day. Mass produced
Read More