Tinkers Barkery

02/09/2025

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💉🐾 Titre (Titer) Testing for Pets – Whitsundays 🐾💉

Most vets in the Whitsundays currently offer lab-based titre testing, but it comes with a hefty price tag: $400–$500.

Down south, many vets use in‑clinic titre tests — fast, simple, and priced at just over $100, though these aren’t yet available locally.

✨ Same peace of mind. Less stress. Much lower cost.

Why titre testing matters:
• Confirms if vaccines are still working
• Helps avoid unnecessary boosters
• Creates a personalised vaccination plan
• Required for travel or export in some cases

Learn more:
• Dr. Karen Becker on vaccine antibody titers and avoiding unnecessary vaccinations.  
• Australian Veterinary Association overview of titre testing in pets. 

We’d love to see these affordable in-clinic titre tests offered right here in the Whitsundays.

👉 Add your name to the list in the comments if you’d like the opportunity for your pet to be tested locally.

28/08/2025

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Your pet’s food and water bowls can be a hotspot for bacteria?🦠

Research shows that while 67% of pet owners use metal bowls, only about one-third actually wash them after meals, some just give them a quick wipe. That’s exactly how the bacterial party begins 🤢. And that slimy layer that forms in water bowls after a day? That’s biofilm...a coating of bacteria that’s extremely hard to remove. Biofilm can harbor harmful pathogens like E. coli, Salmonella, and MRSA, making it easy for infections to spread from your dog to your family.🦠⚠️

The type of food matters too. Wet food tends to harbor more bacteria than dry, and the leftover moisture mixed with dog saliva creates the perfect environment for bacterial growth.

Here's a quick break down of the pros and cons of different types of bowls:

🥣Plastic: Chemicals in plastic can leach over time and interfere with melanin production, potentially causing “Plastic Dish Nasal Dermatitis,” which leaves your dog’s nose and lips pink and irritated.

🫖Ceramic: According to Hartpury scientists, ceramic bowls can harbor dangerous bacteria like Salmonella, E. coli, and MRSA, especially if the glaze is cracked and the bowl keeps being used.

🥄Stainless steel: Low-quality steel bowls have occasionally been recalled for heavy metal contamination. Stick to high-grade stainless (18/8 or 304 steel) from trusted brands.

🥛Glass: Durable, borosilicate glass (like Pyrex) is a safe, kitchen-friendly option for both food and water.

🧼 No matter the material, the best way to protect your pet (and your family) is simple: wash bowls after every meal with hot water and soap. Once a week, run them through your dishwasher’s hot cycle. You can also disinfect by coating with hydrogen peroxide, waiting five minutes, then rinsing.

For more on picking nontoxic, safe bowls? Comment FOREVERDOG, and we’ll message you a link to our book The Forever Dog LIFE. Check out part one, The Forever Kitchen, section “Food & Water Bowls,” for all the tips on keeping your dog’s mealtime safe and healthy 🌱⚠️.

28/08/2025

Love this 😍 Who else does this? Mine particularly like having make-up put on 🤣https://www.facebook.com/share/r/1C8XQirnVu/

22/08/2025

If anyone knows who has Andie please message me or take her back to thd Night Owl.

18/08/2025

Highly recommend Kerstin's Animal Connections for all puppers, not just the seniors 💞

18/08/2025

Sugarloaf Peeps

06/08/2025

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29/07/2025

Conway Peeps
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11/05/2025

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To the treat givers, the mud bath cleaners, the ‘just five more minutes in bed’ snugglers, the puppy trainers, the proud moms of one, or fostered a hundred.
To the medication givers, the oldies with the silver face the ones whose fur babies wait at the Rainbow Bridge.
To the mothers of wild ones, sleepy ones scruffy ones and long ones.
Happy Mother’s Day to every kind of dog mom.
You’re pawsitively amazing 🐾

25/04/2025

Lest we forget 🙏 🐾🐎

14/04/2025

Can you spare a few dollars for Maisie??
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Maisie came from a house of horrors where she was neglected and abused. She requires cruciate ligament surgery on both her legs. Please help us to pay for her surgery. We are a not-for-profit ru