K9 Pet Foods

08/11/2023

Some captivating moments for K9 Pet Foods from the Made in Africa event this last weekend in Johannesburg, showcasing the rich diversity and creativity of African craftsmanship. Proudly local, proudly South African.

04/10/2023

Dear Customers, please see below letter with regards to an unexpected shutdown at our facility.

During this time, we will not have any access to the facility for any services to be rendered, nor will we be receiving any orders. During the shutdown period our Management Team will be available via email and cell phone where needed. Please do not hesitate to make contact with any one of us.

READ HERE:
https://www.k9petfoods.co.za​

CONTACT DETAILS AS FOLLOWS:

Candice Stewart
Finance & HR Director
C. 083 415 7409​
[email protected]

Rochelle Kennedy
QA/QC Manager
[email protected]

Nico Bruwer
Sales and Logistics Manager
[email protected]

Abigail Smith
Food Safety Coordinator
[email protected]

Shireen Martin
Sales, NPD & Operations Director
C. 079 388 1492
[email protected]

Nawaaz Badroodien
Facilities & Maintenance Manager
[email protected]

Fazielah Allie
Managing Director
C. 082 826 0455
[email protected]

08/08/2023

With the support of the Woolworths Enterprise and Supplier Development programme and the Industrial Corporation of South Africa, K9 Pet Food has achieved remarkable success 💚

In 2014, they successfully set up a wholly black, women-owned, state-of-the-art pet food manufacturing facility to produce their popular wet pet food in pouches. Woolworths has been with them every step of the way, offering guidance through food technology skills, upskilling staff, commercial guidance, and food quality and safety expertise. With an amazing team of 55, 49% of whom are women, K9 Pet Food is not just a business but a community of support and inspiration.

13/09/2022

Hi folks, please take note re price increase for all deliveries effective from 10 October 2022, please visit our site to learn more...

Petfood thats healthy - frozen cooked meals, pellets and dried treats.

14/06/2022

Dear K9 friends, please note the following... ☝️❤️

11/04/2022

Advance your career with K9 Pet Foods.
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The K9 Pet Foods team is currently looking for a candidate to fill the positions of:
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1. FOOD SAFETY CO-ORDINATOR

Apply here... https://www.k9petfoods.co.za

Petfood thats healthy - frozen cooked meals, pellets and dried treats.

14/01/2022

NEWSFLASH!!! 🔥🔥🔥

Dear K9 customers,
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We are pleased to announce that NORPHARM Veterinary Supplies are now the Exclusive Distributor to the full K-9 Pet food range!

Stock will be ready to ship from Monday, 17 January 2022.

Stay cool out there folks ❤❤❤

13/12/2021

Happy Monday folks, now here is an interesting one... Helpful tip #6 🐶🐶

Let’s talk about something very provocative! 😄 Cognitive processes indeed work a little differently in males and females, including canines, and there’s nothing bad or politically incorrect about it. But, just like it people, these differences have nothing to do with being smarter than others: it just means a slightly different approach to task-solving.
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🐶 For example, there was research in which female and male dogs were offered to open a box of treats on three occasions. There were 47 dogs taking part in that experiment, with almost equal number of males and females. Males would open the box significantly faster on the first try, but on the second and third tries the difference between them flipped: female dogs improved their skills faster their male counterparts.
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🐶 In another experiment, dogs were shown a ball, then it was temporarily covered only to be exposed again but “magically” in a different size! Males didn’t seem to care, but females showed surprise – they took much longer to “investigate” the ball.
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🧭 According to Dognition, males turn out to be egocentric navigators more often than females in navigation exercises. This means that they orient in space with the help of objects and their placement in relation to their own bodies. This is how sailors used to navigate using the stars. Females turned out to mostly be allocentric – they used the objective positioning of everything in the room, disconnected from their own position. What’s interesting is that these findings are completely opposite of what was found in humans.
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✅There isn’t much research done about this topic, but there is no doubt that male and female canines use different cognitive strategies. Knowing how to use these differences can help learn or teach something faster, but it of course doesn’t affect the end result of training. Individual traits and experience of both the trainer and the student play a much more important role that the way someone approaches a task.

07/12/2021

Essential skills for your dog. Helpful tip #5 🐶🐶

How do you check if your pet's knowledge of a certain command is good? 🤔 Here is a checklist ⬇️
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✅ They perform the command right after you pronounce it;
✅ They don't do any other command except for the one you asked for;
✅ They don't perform a command before you pronounce it;
✅ They don't demonstrate any other irrelevant skills in response to a command.
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Quite simple, right? Check how many commands your dog is 100% good at and let us know in the comments below 👇

01/12/2021

Naughty-naughty... perhaps not☝️. Helpful tip #4 🐶🐶

There are two main reasons dogs pull towards other dogs: either to have a social interaction with them or to scare them away.
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Let’s talk about things that can help in both situations.
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Any type of punishment is a no – it’s useless. It won’t make your pet change their attitude towards the trigger. It can only make your dog afraid of you. But the problem itself will stay.
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So, what to do then?
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1. Use counterconditioning, a.k.a. changing the emotional response.
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Create an association in your dog’s head: whenever I see a dog, treats magically appear in my human’s hands. If your pet is aggressive towards other canines, he/she will begin associating them with something pleasant, hence, showing a more positive emotional response.
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Whenever your furry friend notices a dog, say “yes”, take the treats out of your pocket, step back in the opposite direction and give the treats to your pet. Praise him/her and feed him/her treats until the other dog disappears from sight.
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Eventually, your dog’s reaction will turn into “I just saw a dog, now give me some food!”
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2. Go/pass concept.
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Your furry friend should know when exactly they can or cannot approach another dog.
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It’s a common mistake among pawrents to first walk past another dog and then turn back when their dogs start pulling towards each other. This teaches a dog to pull in order to get to the desired object.
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Instead, make sure to use an allowing marker before letting him/her go say hi. Say “go” only when your pet is behaving the way you’d like them to: no pulling or barking. Let your dog spend at least a few seconds in calmness before letting them go.
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If you’d like to pass another dog by without stopping, say “pass” and don’t change your decision. Walk past the dog confidently, and increase the distance to them you if needed. Reward your pet for paying attention to you.
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These techniques will help if the issue is not yet very serious or with puppies as a prevention method. If your pet refuses any treats when they see another dog, you might want to consult a specialist for help.
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29/11/2021

You are their safety base☝️. Helpful tip #3 🐶🐶

Safety base is essentially when a human has succeeded in becoming the center of the universe for their pet 😊
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When a dog comes back and restores the connection to the human time after time, after exploring the world around and interacting with others. Like a yo-yo.
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When their human is next to them, dogs are more active, playful, exploring the surroundings. When the human is not around, dogs are usually more passive, waiting for them to come back.
There has been research of attachment of puppies and adult dogs.
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Adult dogs would actively explore the room they were taken to, even if their human wasn’t with them, but eventually expressed less and less interest as the room got more familiar. But this is because adult pets are already used to their human leaving home for some time.
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When it comes to puppies, the difference in their behavior when their human was around and gone was quite significant. As soon as the human left the room, they would stop playing or exploring, regardless of the presence of other people.
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But when their “safety base” returned, they resumed playing and exploring.
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It’s important to take this into account in day-to-day life. To know that in your presence, your pet will be more active and braver. Without you around, he/she will tend to be more passive.
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For example, when two dogs are tense during their first meeting, if at least one of their humans approaches, this might cause a fight.
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If you scold an anxious dog for not feeling good when you are not at home (instead of working on this issue using humane methods), you’ll cause your pet even more stress and anxiety.
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Some believe that the number of people a dog can be attached to is limited, but we don’t know this for sure yet.
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What we do know is that dogs can feel attachment to more than one person.
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Our dogs feel safe in the world, if they get support, acceptable, protection and understand from us.
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📍Always be on your dog’s side. Even if there are behavioral issues you might still be struggling with.
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Are you your pet’s 🐶 safety base? 👇

26/11/2021

Happy Friday peeps.. here's a goody. Helpful tip #2 🐶🐶

Today, we’ll tell you how to introduce a puppy to the dog that already lives in your home. We often get a second, or even a third dog. So what is the right ...