Duff's Tales

31/10/2023

REMINDER: Halloween can be SCARY for your pets. The constant ringing of the door bell, strangers in strange costumes can be stressful for your dog. Please consider keeping your dogs confined to a room - play some soothing music. Do not let them out in the yard alone - stay with them. Keep safe and HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

02/10/2023

27/08/2023

Happy Pup’s day!

17/08/2023

Love never ends…

“My last thoughts,as I drifted off, were as always, of the boy.”

W. Bruce Cameron, A Dog's Purpose (A Dog's Purpose, #1)

05/05/2023

Spending two weeks with these two. Theo and Finn. 5 days in we are having fun. It is tough to tire out Finn, he’s a 7 month old boarder collie!!

04/05/2023

My pack lost a special soul yesterday. Kazi was a gift. I was blessed to be able to spend time as her sitter, and will miss her. 💔

26/08/2022

National dog day!!! Love them all!

20/07/2022

I read another post that said ice cubes are NOT good. They have the opposite reaction for over heated dogs.

10/06/2022

THE INVISIBLE SLIMY MONSTER IN THE WATER BOWL

Ever rub your fingers on the inside of your pet's water bowl and you feel a slippery slime of sorts? Well that invisible goo is called Biofilm.

Biofilm is a collection of organic and inorganic, living and dead materials collected on a surface. It is made up of many different types of bacteria bound together in a thick substance that acts as a glue to both hold the bacteria together and adhere it to a surface.

Biofilm can often be good bacteria but there is also the bad!

Biofilms provide a safe haven for organisms like Listeria, E. coli and legionella where they can reproduce to levels where contamination of products passing through that water becomes inevitable.

Bad Biofilms have been found to be involved in a wide variety of microbial infections in the body such as urinary tract infections, middle-ear infections and bladder infections.

Many pet parents are guilty of simply refilling the water bowl over and over without a wash and this becomes a wonderful environment for biofilm to soak around in.

How to reduce Biofilm:

Remember to clean your pet’s water bowl at least once a week if you can and change water daily.

For pet daycares where a host of different bacteria float around in water bowls, wash daily!

For best results, run your water bowls through a hot cycle in the dishwasher with an eco friendly, non-toxic soap to really clean out the biofilm!

Rodney Habib Pet Health Site

"An educated, informed and well-researched community of pet owners can only put more pressure on the pet food industry to be better! When pet owners know better, they will only do better!"

(P.S. - I am going to get lambasted over the "wash once a week at least" concept. However, after a wonderful discussion with a well known pro-active veterinarian/scientist, when she studied the bacteria looming in pets' water bowls she found if you have a healthy beast, biofilm can actually be full of wonderful, healthy bacteria. It's like playing in the mud as kids and having good bacteria all over you! So sometimes cleaning regularly can wash all the good stuff away. ;) )

24/05/2022

A great reminder as we head into the weekend. The temps are on the rise. ~Amanda

30/04/2022

“Pets, it turns out, also have last wishes before they die, but only known by veterinarians who put old and sick animals to sleep.

Twitter user Jesse Dietrich asked a vet what was the most difficult part of his job.

The specialist answered without hesitation that it was the hardest for him to see how old or sick animals look for their owners with the eyes of their owners before going to sleep.

The fact is that 90 % of owners don't want to be in a room with a dying animal. People leave so that they don't see their pet leave. But they don't realize that it's in these last moments of life that their pet needs them most.

Veterinarians ask the owners to be close to the animals until the very end. It's inevitable that they die before you. Don't forget that you were the center of their life. Maybe they were just a part of you. But they are also your family. No matter how hard it is, don't leave them.

Don't let them die in a room with a stranger in a place they don't like. It is very painful for veterinarians to see how pets cannot find their owner during the last minutes of their life. They don't understand why the owner left them. After all, they needed their owner’s consolation.

Veterinarians do everything possible to ensure that animals are not so scared, but they are completely strangers to them. Don't be a coward because it's too painful for you. Think about the pet. Endure this pain for the sake of their sake. Be with them until the end.”

–Tricia Mo’orea

Photo credit: Travis Patenaude
Post: "David Attenborough Fans", FB

19/03/2022

Gorgeous day to get outside. This morning with Arrow on the left. This afternoon with Kazi on the right. So grateful to have lots of fur pals in my life. 💗

17/03/2022

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! 🍀💚

14/03/2022

yes!!!!
If you are ever in an emergency situation- your dog will be crated - please make sure it is already a safe place to them!

25/01/2022

Beautiful and accurate.

“We domesticated these animals to depend on us for everything. It is our responsibility to take care of them and treat them with the love and respect they deserve. They are sentient beings. Every dog story I write is a love letter between humans and dogs.” ~W. Bruce Cameron

“You can usually tell that a man is good if he has a dog who loves him.”
W. Bruce Cameron, A Dog's Journey (A Dog's Purpose, #2)

17/01/2022

This is a great way to honor a woman who loved animals and to make a difference for the animals we love!

If you don’t have a local rescue, may we suggest Bestfriends.org? They are our favorite national organization that supports local rescues.