Josie's Bone Cookies

14/12/2021

Stay tuned! Josie’s is back in business!

24/03/2020

Love this.

While most people hate the thought of being stuck at home for prolonged periods of time, there are a select few who are thrilled about it: introverts and pets.

14/02/2020

14/04/2019

Yes!

30/03/2019

spring is in the air! Look what I found...Dandelions are richer in both pollen and nectar – and bloom earlier – than most other spring flowers. Bees need their pollen and your lawn needs them to aerate your soil.

25/03/2019

Good Monday!!

24/03/2019

to my always puppy Miss Stella Belle.

13/03/2019

You can do something really cool and take a tax deduction ❤️

When it comes to tax deductions, there's something to wag about for animal lovers, rescue groups and for people who foster (or are considering) fostering a pet: It's now tax deductible!

04/03/2019

Local women make colourful jumpers for formerly abused animals after staff at conservation centre warn of temperatures dipping close to freezing point

01/03/2019

Woof

27/02/2019

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Saratoga Dog Walkers in upstate New York offers a wonderful opportunity for local dogs to walk as a pack together on a daily basis. This program offers

21/01/2019

A moment of zen...

19/01/2019

Ha!

02/10/2018

Please keep your pets water bowls clean!

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. ;) )

17/09/2018

A true hero!

Tony Alsup has been rescuing shelter pets from floodwaters since Hurricane Harvey.

13/09/2018

To all of Josie’s friends and beyond!

Whether evacuating or taking shelter at home, here’s how to keep your pets safe during a hurricane.

04/08/2018

Do you really know where your pets food comes from? For the best in raw meals for your pup we recommend sadiesselect.com
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