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11/14/2023

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We had a couple people unable to attend this class THIS SATURDAY! If you are a Veteran or First Responder and want to attend our FREE dog training camp with your pup, sign up right away!

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11/03/2023

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A superfood that can do wonders for your pet’s health! 🥦✨ Do you offer broccoli to your pet?

Check out our site today and read the free blog post to learn more about the benefits of broccoli to pets: https://bit.ly/45NxEhs

10/17/2023

The Key to a Leaner, Healthier Pup 🐶💪

A great approach for weight loss and weight maintenance in dogs is intermittent fasting. 🐕🙌 By creating an “eating window” 🕐 (feeding all your dog’s daily calories in a set timeframe), you provide ample time for your dog to rest, rebuild and restore, which goes a long way in achieving optimal health and longevity. 🐕✨

❗Dogs not recommended to fast: growing puppies, lactating females, dogs with health conditions for which time-restricted eating is contraindicated and toy breeds under 3 pounds that might be prone to hypoglycemia. ❗

For more canine weight management tips, visit our site today and read the free pet blog post: https://bit.ly/45r6Cfv

10/05/2023

Firehouse Raw is back on the road Friday morning delivering our furry friends delicious raw food
Thank you to our awesome Firehouse Raw family!🥰

10/04/2023

https://youtu.be/Pn1F7AsmEkw?si=CzZSacoZRSomvYuk

http://healthypets.mercola.com/sites/healthypets/archive/2013/04/15/raw-food-diet-part-3.aspx Dr. Karen Becker, a proactive and integrative wellness veterina...

10/04/2023

https://youtu.be/TJPToVsJj-c?si=zPf8ttAfZVwOMm9U

http://healthypets.mercola.com/sites/healthypets/archive/2013/04/08/raw-food-diet-part-2.aspx Dr. Karen Becker, a proactive and integrative wellness veterina...

10/04/2023

Excellent Raw Food education by Dr Karen Becker video #1 of 3:

http://healthypets.mercola.com/sites/healthypets/archive/2013/04/01/raw-food-diet-part-1.aspx Dr. Karen Becker, a proactive and integrative wellness veterina...

09/21/2023

great info

As your dog retrieves the first...second...third...maybe fifth or sixth ball, his muscles start to tire and soon they reach overload, where they no longer can fully control and support your dog's movements. Now, when your dog does those amazing athletic maneuvers to snag the ball, soft tissues like the cranial cruciate ligament, iliopsoas muscle and tendon, and the muscles and ligaments that support the vertebrae are overstretching. Minor tears are occurring. Now the ball is thrown 10, 12 times or more and ultimately your dog lies down, exhausted.

That period between when your dog's muscles are in overload, and when your dog lies down exhausted, is the injury zone (Figure 1). But remember, with all that adrenaline, your dog doesn't feel the injuries happening, so you have no idea that the tissues are being used beyond their capacity.

When this game is repeated day after day, month after month, the small tissue tears become large ones, and suddenly it becomes evident that your dog is in pain and has an injury. Of course, it hasn't been sudden at all-what seemed sudden is just the final result of repeated stress and strain until the tissues gave way.

Chris Zink DVM
Discovering Your Dog

08/25/2023

Firehouse Raw announces our
‘SUPERBEAST’ raw grind for our doggies!! Our Firehouse Raw grinds infused with Green Tripe!!
Contact Heather to Order🤘
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Local Phx Valley deliveries on Fridays

08/05/2023

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05/15/2023

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04/24/2023

Education

I have to admit I have some strong opinions. And I know some of my opinions are completely contrary to “everything you read on the Internet“. But there’s always a reason I disagree.

So what am I talking about today? Rice.

It’s everywhere. Even conventional veterinarians who are adamantly opposed to people food, they’ll tell you “feed chicken and rice“ if your dog has a sensitive stomach or diarrhea or some thing like that.

What’s my problem? There are three aspects that I feel should also be covered:

First, rice is definitely bland for us humans. That BRAT diet thing. Banana, rice, applesauce, toast. So if we have the flu, we’re supposed to eat these bland foods. That’s for humans! There are times what works for humans works for dogs and cats. In the case of a sensitive stomach, it’s absolutely not the case!

Why is that? You might ask

Humans produce lots of amylase. Amylase is a digestive enzyme that breaks down carbohydrates. Specifically rice. Dogs and cats have very little amylase by comparison. And if their intestines are messed up, dogs and cats have even less amylase. So if you feed them rice and their guts are screwed up, you’re likely to make things even worse!

Some people think rice is a good binder. Plug the dog up. I would argue with you that cheese is more likely to plug up the system.
But if you wanted some thing that’s socially acceptable and a little bit easier to digest and known to help with diarrhea: how about canned pumpkin?

So when we’re talking general dietary distress and look at the chicken and rice concept, I would argue that it’s more appropriate to feed chicken. Only. Unless of course the dog or cat is sensitive to chicken.

What do we use rice for? Me personally I think it makes my sushi rolls taste absolutely fabulous! But if I eat 75% carbohydrates at every meal, like many common dog food diets, I won’t fit through my front door. Because most dogs and cats are neutered, they no longer have the hormonal driven ability to maintain lean, muscular body weight. They are like post menopausal women. Say the word carbohydrate and we all get fat.

We can try to argue that there is nutritional value in rice. Let’s be real. It’s primarily a very cheap filler, AKA a source of carbohydrates. Carbohydrates turn into sugar. Excess sugar is stored as fat. Rice makes us fat.

Now here’s my pet peeve. To explain this, I’m going to give a short science lesson. (by the way, every veterinarian, physician, nurse, chiropractor, healthcare, professional, learns this information the very first year of medical training. Maybe they forget?)

Food is primarily made up of protein, fat and carbohydrate. Sure, there’s a little bit of vitamins and minerals but it’s mostly protein, fat and carbohydrate. So we eat our food. It goes into the stomach. A well functioning stomach has high levels of acid. The acid breaks proteins down into tiny little pieces called amino acids. The amino acids are absorbed by the body and turned back into muscle. Like, you know, muscle. Or the heart. Because the heart is a muscle. Next the food goes into the small intestines. The duct from the gallbladder is right across the intestinal street from the duct from the pancreas. The gallbladder contains bile. Bile breaks down fat.

So what’s left? That’s right. Carbohydrates. The primary job of the pancreas is to digest carbohydrates! Not fat. Not proteins. Sure, the pancreas has a small function of digesting fat and protein; the primary job of the pancreas is to digest carbohydrates!

So if a dog has an upset stomach, it’s always possible that it has a pi**ed off pancreas. If there’s any possibility at all that the dog has a pi**ed off pancreas, why in the world would we feed rice which makes the pancreas even more pi**ed off?

Now you’re probably asking yourself why in the world your veterinarian told you that pancreatitis was a fat problem? That is a beautiful question! There is a blood test to evaluate the function of the pancreas. It measures pancreatic lipase. (Lipase is an enzyme that digests fat – AKA lipid.) So if the pancreatic lipase is high, the dog has pancreatitis. But it doesn’t mean the illness is a lipid or fat issue, it just means the lipase is high, but we absolutely need to stop feeding freaking carbohydrates because the primary enzyme made in the pancreas is amylase.

Why are 99.7% of veterinarians continuing to tell people that their dog has pancreatitis and absolutely must avoid fat? Marketing. Pure and simple.

It’s the pet food companies teaching the veterinarians that it’s a fat problem. And it’s a matter of forgetting the first year of veterinary school. I kid you not. Every single veterinary student learns in physiology class first year of vet school the primary function of the pancreas is carbohydrates metabolism.

So please. Skip the rice. It’s a cheap filler, has very little nutritional benefit and could be making things worse especially in dogs with pancreatitis.

04/05/2023

Protein options

Duck Meat Is Good for Your Pet 🥩👍

In a survey, researchers found that the top food allergens for dogs 🐶 were beef, chicken and lamb, while it’s beef and chicken for cats 🐱. If your pet has food sensitivities, try replacing the protein source in their diet with a novel protein, like duck 🥩 (if they haven’t tried it yet).

You can offer duck eggs (including the shell) as a treat as well. 🥚 They’re exceptionally nutritious and beneficial for your pet’s health! 🙌

Find out more about the benefits duck meat and eggs can offer to your pet in today’s free pet health article on our new website (link in the comments).

03/14/2023

Be kind..

We all know that we should be kind to one another, but it's hard to remember that when we're constantly being pushed and pulled in every direction.This tee is the perfect reminder to help you stay positive and focused on what's important. With each kind act, we make the world a little bit better.

02/14/2023

12/24/2022

Organ Meats 🥩

The purpose of feeding organ meats is to boost the nutritive value of your pet’s home made meals. Whether you feed raw or cooked, organs are nutrient dense and a concentrated source of vitamins and trace minerals that can often be lacking in basic recipes.

When it comes to raw feeding, there are two types of organ meats. Secretory organs and organs that are considered “muscle meats”. Secretory organs are often glandular tissue and include liver, kidney, spleen and testicles. These are significantly more nutrient dense than “muscle meat” organs such as heart and green tripe. These each have their own place in the diet.

Here’s the benefits of a couple popular and easy access organ meats to feed:

Liver
High in B vitamins, vitamin A and copper. Also a good source of folate, iron and choline. This is a staple organ in many home made diets. As it is so nutrient dense, the quantity fed must be specifically calculated for the dog.

Kidney
High in selenium, B12, riboflavin and iron. It is also a good source of copper and B vitamins. This is a great addition to any home made meal and should be fed in moderation.

Spleen
High in iron and highly recommended for puppies fed home made meals.

Heart
High in taurine. It is also a good source of B vitamins, iron, zinc and selenium. This is great for puppies, adult dogs and for cats. As it is made of cardiac muscle, it counts as a muscle meat rather than a secretory organ.

Green Tripe
Good source of selenium, magnesium and potassium. The calcium to phosphorus ratio is also 1:1 which makes it ideal to add to an already balanced meal. When fed raw, it is believed that the bacteria in tripe may provide probiotic and enzymatic benefits as well. We personally choose to feed it based on its nutritive benefits and feed canine specific probiotics and enzymes.

Organ meats should be fed in moderation and if you are unsure how much to give your dog, or whether you should give this to your dog, please contact a nutritionist.

12/04/2022

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