Farringford Boarding Kennels & Cattery

Farringford Boarding Kennels & Cattery Farringford Kennels THE best dog boarding establishment the South West (so we have been Paula Ross and Duncan Greek purchased the business in 2003.

Farringford Boarding Kennels & Cattery is situated in a picturesque valley in the popular town of Bruton Somerset. Over the past years we have built up a reputation for high standards. All the Kennels have been re- built, the same standards of a house.All three are thermostatically controlled - no cold dogs here! The cattery has also been refurbished, it is now a bright relaxing corner of Farring

ford. We advocate a holistic health care approach to our family and our pets. For many years we have fed our own pets naturally,avoiding additives and preservatives. With this in mind we now sell and feed a Holistic dog food from Land of Holistic Pets. Many of the pets that come to us show signs of poor nutrition, we would like to encourage people to read the labels of the food they buy. Pets fed optimum food will spend less time at the vets- saving hundred of pounds!

03/01/2025

Anyone have time and space to foster?

26/12/2024

TURKEY BONE BROTH

Let’s be honest, this time of year can feel like a never-ending juggling act. We’re all under enough pressure to channel our inner Mary Poppins: managing the house, working, shopping for gifts, wrapping them, cooking, cleaning…the list goes on. It’s exhausting!

And then, of course, there’s the never-ending chorus: “Don’t throw out your turkey bones—make broth!”

Here’s the thing: if you’re not in the mood, don’t do it right now. The great news? Turkey bones can be frozen. Yep, just pop them into a parchment paper bag and stash them away. They’ll wait patiently until you’re ready.

And about the apple cider vinegar (ACV) debate, several readers have asked if it’s necessary, especially if it’s not in the budget. The answer? Absolutely not. ACV isn’t crucial, and it evaporates when heated anyway (basic science).

If you’d like a couple of simple, stress-free bone broth recipes for whenever you’re ready, here is the 🔗

https://thenaturalcaninekitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/BoneBroth2.pdf #

https://thenaturalcaninekitchen.com/bonebroth1/

But for now, give yourself a break. The bones will keep.

Relax—it’s just bone broth. Enjoy the season!

Emma 🌟

Well that’s a wrap, our last day of 2024Much gratitude to all our 4 and 2 legged customers 🐶🐾Wishing you all a very Merr...
23/12/2024

Well that’s a wrap, our last day of 2024
Much gratitude to all our 4 and 2 legged customers 🐶🐾
Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and a healthy New Year. 🎅🎄🥳
See you in 2025

Neutering has such an impact on dogs that most vets and charities aren’t aware of
18/12/2024

Neutering has such an impact on dogs that most vets and charities aren’t aware of

Remember no one is arguing the need for sterilization, it's the surgical technique that should be reevaluated. Hysterectomy and vasectomy achieve the same goal but leave important hormones intact according to science.

"The association between gonadectomy and timing of gonadectomy, and the risk of canine cranial cruciate ligament disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Abstract
Objective - To determine if gonadectomy in dogs is associated with the risk of cranial cruciate ligament disease (CrCLD) and to quantify the magnitude of the association.

Study design - Systematic review and meta-analysis.

Sample population - Comparative studies with gonadectomized and entire dogs, with CrCLD as an outcome measure.

Methods - A systematic search of the primary and gray literature was performed. The effect size of the outcome measure was defined as the OR and 95% CI. Subgroup analysis was performed with s*x, breed, and age at gonadectomy. A pooled OR (95% CI) was generated from meta-analysis of relevant studies. Certainty in the body of evidence was rated with the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) framework.

Results - The literature search yielded 1398 results and 24 relevant studies were included for synthesis. Gonadectomized female (pooled OR = 2.293, 95% CI = 1.768–2.945) and male (pooled OR = 2.117, 95% CI = 1.665–2.691) dogs were both at increased odds of developing CrCLD in comparison with entire female and male dogs, respectively. Subgroup analysis showed that gonadectomy at 1 year or less was consistently associated with an increase in odds of developing CrCLD in both s*xes. Overall certainty in the evidence was rated as moderate. All included studies were observational and no controlled trials were available.

Conclusion - In data with moderate certainty, gonadectomy is associated with increased odds of developing CrCLD in both s*xes, particularly in dogs gonadectomized at 1 year of age or less.

Clinical significance - This study provides an estimate of the true effect size of gonadectomy on the odds of developing CrCLD, which may be useful for clinical decision making surrounding gonadectomy and the timing of gonadectomy."

I personally wouldn’t consume products from cows that have been fed Bovaer. I wouldn’t want my pets to either
14/12/2024

I personally wouldn’t consume products from cows that have been fed Bovaer. I wouldn’t want my pets to either

WILL BOVAER MAKE ITS WAY INTO RAW DOG FOOD IN THE UK?
Bovaer is a new feed additive that can potentially reduce methane emissions from dairy cows by purportedly 30%, on average, and it has just received the green light as a feed additive in the UK.

The public isn't happy, though. Spooked by the ever-increasing volume of nasty chemicals that sneak into our ultra-processed food chain, all of which were GRAS at one point and now we wish we never invented - from hydrogenated fats, toxic preservatives food dyes and artificial sweeteners like aspartame in the products to themselves to antibiotics, angel dust, chlorine and glyphosate used in production - we look back on all this horrible s**t poisoning our kids and our environment and wish we could all eat "organic", aka, normal food, free of the toxic soup.

Are we simply lurching to the next patented, ultra-profitable, chemical sticking plaster for our broken ultra-processed food system?

Bovaer, made of silicon dioxide, propylene glycol and organic compound 3-nitrooxypropanol (known as 3-NOP), works by suppressing the enzyme in a cow’s stomach that produces methane. By doing so, less methane is produced in a cow’s stomach.

You would think the public has every right to be concerned. What is this food additive that suddenly, apparently, reduces methane from cows? How did they test it? Are these cows fed grain (high methane omissions, thick black smoke coming out of the exhaust of a struggling car) or normal cows (grass-fed, happy, where methane emissions are significantly reduced). Is it just dairy or meat? Give us a look at the human data. Who's behind the product? That matters as companies like Monsanto (glyphosate) have truly despicable reputations. And, as ever, there's the whole carbon / climate thing.

The UK government, however, who never, ever get anything wrong and try and cover it up later (post office, blood scandal, Covid response), believes it is. As ever, there is no debate, there is only mandate. They want it that by 2030 ALL British cattle will be given this methane-reducing chemical Bovaer daily in their feed.

Arla Foods are already on board, agreeing to trial the use of Bovaer in their dairy products which they provide to Tesco, Morissons and Aldi in the UK.

Australia, Brazil and Canada are now also on board. We Irish are looking into it too, far be it from us to buck a trend. It's interesting to note however that when we trialled it, we found that feeding 3-NOP (Bovaer) to lactating dairy cows grazing on grass, it reduced enteric methane by a WHOPPING 5%.

5%.

Hmmm. This reshapes things slightly. For such marginal gains in normal cows (fed grass not grain and kept in fields not concentration camps), the safety-bit would need to be drum-tight.

So, is it? Well, currently they are telling us there is "no side effects in cows".

Isn't that amazing? Completely messing with the cows digestion...and it has ZERO impact on the animal. No health risks at all for her, apparently. It's hard to accept how when only a year ago the Food Standards Agency in the UK had found that 3-NOP “should be considered corrosive to the eyes, a skin irritant and potentially harmful by inhalation” to humans handling it.
https://www. food. gov. uk/research/outcome-of-assessment-of-3-nitrooxypropanol-3-nop-assessment

Better still (for Bovaer shareholders) is that they had a look and it DEFINITELY does not make its way into the meat or milk of the cow either.

However, we're just not sure if this is the same way the mRNA jabs, packed in lipid nanoparticles whose very design means they can get around the body, DEFINITELY DO NOT go around the body so couldn't be causing all the inflammation in all those organs folk were reporting. To suggest it did was, of course, misinformation. Now we know of course they DEFINITELY DO.

We were also told, using zero long-term safety data in humans (with Bovaer there is not even short-term safety data in humans) that said therapies were DEFINITELY SAFE when their previous safety record was the very thing preventing them getting to market prior to their rushed authorisation in 2021. And now, the data is building, greatly reinforcing that earlier stance.

Is Bovaer safe? Who knows. Not me, anyway. I mean, try do a little research, see how you get on with main stream media coverage.

Because on Bovaer, MSM they are all in staunch agreement - it's great.

Not a single dissenting voice.

Every single newspaper outlet labels our concern about this new food additive as "misinformation".

[See attached image of the latest headline from the BBC. Not only is it misinformation for the plebs to grumble but right at the top there is a nice ADVERTISEMENT for a big, in-depth show they're bringing out on why everyone's suddenly getting turbo cancer. You can be SURE they'll get to the bottom of it....!!!].

All of them in agreement.

Again.

I have to admit that makes we worried. In fact, when I see someone say "misinformation, nothing to see here" now I immediately think the opposite!

I mean, it seems the BBC has more concerns about the level of "misinformation" on Steven Bartlett's podcast the Diary of a CEO.
https://www. bbc. co. uk/programmes/m0026q5x

Steven Bartlett? A conspiracy theorist?!! Have you ever listened to the guy? Getting mad at Bartlett, with all due respect to the guy, is akin to shouting at a plain, digestive biscuit. He is the most moderate, left-leaning guy ever. Never posed a contrary view on anything, that I have heard. In fact, he's so middling that folk like me who love digging into matters such as the Covid response or the climate debate or any of the major talking points that us plens are not allowed to talk about, would never consider DCEO as a source of useful information in those respects. It's not his bag. Bartlett loves business, men's (and sometimes women's) health, that sort of thing. On the spicier debates, I always felt he played it safe.

But not safe enough. Now, inevitably, some of his guests are beginning to mention the enormous elephants in the room, including the toxic food supply, mRNA products, if man-made-carbon is as big an issue as it's pained and recently some more natural ways to fight cancer, and you're not allowed to talk about, according to the BBC.

As always - when you're taking flak you know you're over a target.

Lack of MSM interest aside, the question at this point is will this s**t make its way into our raw dog food?

Well, the powers that be say it DEFINITELY won't.

If you're not happy about that, if you want to BE informed, you need to do a little digging. If buying milk in Tesco, Morrisons or Aldi, make sure it's organic. Email your raw dog food supplier. Seek assurances they are not using cattle fed this stuff.

Am I saying boycott the companies involved? No, actually. They will do anything to curry favour with the public. If they think the public want this s**t, they'll use it. If they show they don't, they won't. It's as simple as that.

The only boycott that should be happening here is the biggest bulls**t and methane emitters on the planet - politicians and mainstream media.

09/12/2024

Look at those nutrients. The vast majority of which are ONLY found in meat. The vast majority are absent in vegan diets.

If you're lucky, a vegan pet food manufacturer will include some D3 and taurine from a conical flask, as they're legally obliged, but what of all those other nutrients?! You think, despite all the science to the contrary, they're all just spare bits and bobs for the little meat-eaters? I'd say that's quite a gamble.

I mean, does your vegan kibble even contain a joint pack (glucosamine, chondroitin, hyaluronic acid, etc)? Critical building blocks of healthy joints, considered optional extras in kibble-land. This way, WHEN your dog's s**tty joints are stiff with arthritis by mid-age, you can buy it from us then in capsule form!

What is the omega 6:3 ratio in your vegan kibble? Because the only non-meat source of DHA, an essential nutrient for dogs meaning it must be included, is algal oil. Some brands claim to use it....but it's pricey. So, ask yourself - how much omega 3 from algal oil is going in versus all the horrible, refined seed oils they used? I say ask yourself as the vegan kibble companies will not give an answer, and I've tried. Proprietary information apparently (you want between 3 - 5:1, for the record).

Blood is a fascinating one - EVERYTHING they need in its most bioavailable form. They LOVE it. You should see the difference between haem iron to plant iron when consumed.

And don't get me started on carnivore versus herbivore fibre (the subject of my talk at the Natural Dog Expo with Habib and co next year...I have found some VERY surprising things about plant fibre...).

Clearly, meat and fat and organ and bone and blood and hide all contain a whole BEVVY of nutrients that the pro-kibble lobby either don't know about or don't discuss, I'm not sure which is worse.

The truth is meat, pound for pound, is the best food source on the planet, by a very, very long way. The problem is it costs more than grain so manufacturers don't like using it. They want to use as much plant filler as possible. So they concoct a whole heap of stories to defend their use of it. And whatever they do include are utterly pulverised by the ultra-harsh processing procedures.

Tune in tmrw on The Den, where I give part 1 of a 2 parter on protein and dogs. In the first part, I need to get the basics done - what is protein, what does it do in the body, all that, but we also delve into how much protein does a dog actually need? I mean, do you fully understand where they got this 18% protein-in-dry food from?! You will watch those slides through the fingers of your hand, I assure you. We also touch on can dogs have "too much protein" and finally take a look at the impacts of cooking on meat protein.

There's absolutely no way I'm going to get done in 30mins but I love this topic.

That's tmrw, 1pm GMT, over on the Den, live, with QnA after. Hope you can join us!

08/12/2024
05/12/2024

The FDA has recently approved the feed additive Bovaer for cow feed.

Bovaer is a chemical called 3-nitrooxypropionic acid or 3- NOP. 3- NOP inhibits methane production or methanogensis.

It does this by inhibiting a key enzyme, methyl-coenzyme M reductase.

Because cows belching and having flatulence is going to kill us all apparently.

The main concern I have is 3- NOP creates a toxic metabolite, 3-nitrooxypropionic acid or NOPA.

NOPA impairs mitochondrial function. It does this by inhibiting a key step in the production of ATP.

That’s a big deal.

Anything that impairs the mitochondria usually drives systemic disease.

Not surprisingly, NOPA has been shown to drive

Mitochondrial Dysfunction
Neurotixicity
Hungtingtons Disease
Cell Death
Carditoxicity
and more.

A key science paper in the approval process stated there was no danger from NOPA to humans,

The label for Bovaer advises workers “Wear personal protective equipment, including gloves, a dust mask, and eye wear. Wash hands after handling. If Bovaer gets in your eyes, rinse them thoroughly with water.”

I could say a lot more, but the algo won’t let me.

Suffice to say the main question is...

How do we know what products use cows fed this stuff????

26/11/2024

What's a good dry?
I guess a nice freeze dried / dehydrated, ideally, although a cold pressed would do too, with a nice, grass-fed meat content, some organ meats, a little fruit and veg decoration maybe, a nice omega 3 addition, some chelated vitamins and minerals on the end, and ideally a joint pack if possible (good calcium from bone meaning some glucosamine, and chondroitin too).

What's a bad raw?
The same poorly prepared homemade, day after day, or an extremely high-fat, low protein "complete" raw dog food with no vit/min pack that will ensure nutritional deficiencies far quicker than the above.

Treating the cause of an illness, rather than pharmaceuticals for the symptoms is far better for any being.
20/11/2024

Treating the cause of an illness, rather than pharmaceuticals for the symptoms is far better for any being.

Recurring skin (including itch), ear and gut conditions are the #1, 2 and 3 reasons for visiting the vet today. We can show you how to heal them in 5 easy steps, for free. If you want more, we have online courses and a popular membership we call The Den.

Customer information, access to Farringford from Wyke Road (Shepton Mallet) only during these dates.
13/11/2024

Customer information, access to Farringford from Wyke Road (Shepton Mallet) only during these dates.

Treats should come directly from an animal source NOT man made. Denta chews are toxic too!
12/11/2024

Treats should come directly from an animal source NOT man made. Denta chews are toxic too!

Please do not buy. Throw them away if your dog gets one as a gift. Giving rawhide to a dog is never a good idea.

Many of these so called treats end up with the dog "enjoying" some time in a veterinary surgery over Christmas. The vast majority of these rawhide products and treats come from China.

The chews are made from cattle or horse hides and their journey starts with the hides being soaked in a toxic sodium sulfide to remove the hair and fat. More chemicals are used in order to split the hide into layers which is then washed with hydrogen peroxide to give the white "pure" look and remove the rancid smell.

Now comes the pretty festive colors and the glue to form cute shapes. On testing, these chews have shown traces of arsenic, mercury, chromium and formaldehyde.

If that wasn't bad enough, they regularly cause intestinal blockages, poisoning from chemical residue and choking. The chews go slippery when wet and are near impossible to get hold of to save a choking dog.

07/11/2024

Skin, itchy & gut issues

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