Merry Christmas!
We close for our Christmas break today and reopen the diary from Thursday 2nd January. Send us a message if you are interested in booking in with us in 2025 😊
A huge thank you to all our clients in 2024, it has been a pleasure to work with you to help your beloved dogs. Thank you for supporting Peak Dog Nutrition through its first full year! And thank you to all our followers on here!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 🎄☃️🎁
Benefits of a fresh diet
If you’re strapped for time, this is a question best avoided 😅 but if you’re keen to learn, please strap in and ask away! #caninenutrition #caninediet #caninediettips #freshfeedingfordogs #biologicallyappropriatediet
If you are able to, take your dog for a sniffy walk in the woods this autumn - it will help them top up their gut and skin microbiomes with beneficial soil-based microorganisms! Post inspired by Carol from Biome4Pets
Why we love pumpkin 🎃
Reasons why we love pumpkin at Peak Dog 🎃
🎃 It helps with both constipation and loose stools, keeping the digestive system moving, yet promoting the re-uptake of excess moisture
🎃 It’s a great source of insoluble fibre, and therefore acts as a prebiotic to feed the gut microbiome
🎃 If fed boiled or steamed, it’s really hydrating for your dog
🎃 It gives me an excuse to post this dancing pumpkin man, which makes me laugh every time I see it 😅
Say No to Chicken & Rice
My reaction when people are told to feed chicken and rice to gut-sick dogs or dogs with pancreatitis 🫣
Rice is highly inflammatory as it causes blood sugar to spike quickly, meaning the body must go into overdrive to rectify it. This is last thing a struggling pancreas or gut needs 🧐 We need to feed food that supports the body and takes some of the pressure off the areas that are inflamed.
Many dogs with gut issues have an underlying intolerance to chicken. It is best to avoid this protein if they are showing adverse digestive symptoms.
Swap out the chicken for boiled white fish or scrambled egg. Swap out the rice for steamed butternut squash or sweet potato. These are more easily digested and absorbed. Add bone broth to include electrolytes, vitamins, minerals and anti-inflammatory components.
⭐️ It’s important to note that this is not a balanced meal/diet and should not be fed long-term ⭐️ #caninenutrition #dognutritionist #diarrhoeadiet #holisticdoghealth
Inspired by Hozho Hounds and her hilarious posts - a representation of how I feel inside when I see an ingredient list like this - where is the food??!!
All credit to Bark & Bowl Canine Nutrition for sharing about this earlier. Amazingly, it seems you can buy a spray to freeze your dog’s poo to make it ‘easier to pick up’. This should absolutely not be a thing. If your dog’s poo is chronically soft or liquid, that needs addressing as a health concern. This is another example of fixing the symptom, not the cause. Though in this case it’s only really fixing the symptom for the poo picker. The environmental effects of this product are also a concern 🤯
