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FDA Provides Aflatoxin Education to Pet Owners
After several recent aflatoxin recalls, the FDA provides pet owners with some significant education regarding aflatoxin poisoning in pets. -
Asking CVM to be Transparent with Pet Owners
Documentary film producer Kohl Harrington challenges the Center for Veterinary Medicine’s lack of transparency based on federal law. -
The Forgotten Victims of Aflatoxin Contaminated Pet Food
There are victims of aflatoxin contaminated pet food that no one is giving any concern to. The risks they face are carelessly ignored. -
What Is Guaranteed about the Guaranteed Analysis?
I often hear from pet owners, breeders, and even veterinarians about how they’ve selected a particular pet food based on the food’s guaranteed analysis. The “guaranteed analysis” is required information on all dog and cat food labels and sounds very official and scientific. While the guaranteed analysis does provide a tiny bit of information, in reality, it’s not very useful. -
2020 HOLIDAY HOURS AT OUR LESLIEVILLE STORE
We wish everyone a healthy, happy and safe holiday season! Love, The Tom&
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How To Create Tasty Treats At Home For Your Dog
We get asked a lot, why would you want to make homemade treats for your dog?
Well, there are actually many answers to that question. Here are just a few:
- Many people don’t know that dogs can actually suffer from food allergies just like humans. Cooking their treats is a great way to know exactly what is going into their food.
- Maybe (like me) you have a very food motivated Labradoodle who needs some low fat treats to help them keep the weight off. This was a trick I learned from the team at welovedoodles.com
- Your dogs will love it if you spoil them with some homemade treats.
In this article, I’m sharing my dogs‘ three favorite homemade treat recipes. I will also be sharing a few very important ingredients to keep an eye out for when making treats for your four-legged friends.
Apologies for any dog-based puns you’re about to experience…
Ingredients to look out for
Gluten –
Flour tends to be the base for most dog treats. However, many dogs, mine included, have gluten allergies or intolerances. The easiest way to avoid using gluten is to cook with gluten-free flour. This type of flour also makes more dense biscuits that your dogs will find more filling.
Raisins and Grapes –
These ingredients can actually be extremely toxic to dogs. If you want to include fruit in your dog treats try apples, bananas, or blueberries.
Xylitol –
Many brands have started using this ingredient in their peanut butter to cut down the cost of including sugar. This will make no difference to you or me, but for our dogs, however, Xylitol can cause painful stomach cramps and sometimes death.
Peanut Butter –
Whilst there is nothing inherently wrong with giving dogs peanut butter, if you are trying to get them to lose weight, then giving them peanut butter will be very counterproductive. If it’s the ocassional treat though, it’s not really an issue. Be sure to look for peanut butter that’s sugar free.
The Recipes
Crunchy Apple Pup-cakes
These smell so good when they’re cooking that you’ll be tempted to keep them all for yourself.
Ingredients:
- One cup of fresh Apple
- 1 Egg
- 4 cups of gluten-free flour
- 1 tbsp of baking powder
- 3 cups of water
- ¼ tsp of vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp of honey
- ½ cup of Applesauce
- Muffin pan (and muffin cases if you’re feeling fancy) + butter for greasing them
Instructions:
- Dry out the apples overnight, use a very low oven heat.
- Preheat your oven to 340 degrees
- Grease the muffin pan with butter
- Mix your water, egg, and flour
- Add the rest of the ingredients
- Pour the mixture into the muffin tray
- Bake for 80 minutes
This recipe is so delicious, and it’s so ridiculously easy to make – what’s not to love?
Pup-kin Power Balls
These power balls are full of a bunch of healthy fats and vitamins. They are the perfect post-walk snack, that will tide them over until dinner time.
Ingredients:
- 1 tsp of cinnamon
- ¾ cup of canned pumpkin
- ¼ tsp of baking powder
- ¼ tsp of baking soda
- 4 tsp of maple syrup
- 5 tbsp of water
- 2 cups of gluten-free flour
- 2 tbsp of vegetable oil
- Cookie sheet + butter to grease it with
Instructions:
- Grease the Cookie sheet
- Preheat the oven to 340
- Mix the oil, water, maple syrup, and pumpkin together (wet mix)
- Mix the baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, and flour together separately (dry mix)
- Add the wet mix one spoonful at a time to the dry mix, until a tacky dough is formed
- Make small balls out of 2-3 tbsp of mixture
- Place the balls on the cookie sheet
- Bake for half an hour or until the dough has hardened
This recipe is high in potassium, iron, and Vitamin A!
Peanut Butter Cookies
Keep these away from dogs on a diet! They’re just too tasty to have one of…
Ingredients
- 3 cups of gluten-free flour
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp of baking powder
- 2 tbsp of maple syrup
- 1 cup of water
- 1 cup of peanut butter
- Cookie sheet + butter to grease it
- Cookie cutters
- Rolling pin + flour (gluten-free)
Instructions:
- Grease the cookie sheet
- Preheat oven to 340
- Mix the flour, baking powder, and the egg
- Slowly mix in the maple syrup, water, and peanut butter until you have a tacky but thick dough
- Flour your counter and roll out the dough
- Cut out your biscuits and place them on the cookie sheet
- Bake for 22 minutes, or until they develop a golden color
You’ll want to store these away safely, in an airtight container or you’ll find your dogs planning a heist in the middle of the night.
Cookie Cutters
To wrap up, these cookie cutters are adorable and make the cutest shapes for dog treats.
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Tips and Tricks to Get Your Cat to Drink More Water
Getting cats to drink more water can seem like an impossible task, but this article includes some of the tips and tricks we have used to increase water intake in cats who need it. -
Pancreatitis: A Real Pain in the Abdomen
Pancreatitis is a common condition in both dogs and cats. Diet can be associated with the development of pancreatitis in dogs and an important part of treatment. Cats with pancreatitis are less responsive to diet, but tend to have additional health issues that may respond to dietary adjustments. -
Attention: Holiday Delivery Order Cut Off Dates For December
Hello, Loyal Companions! Please take a moment to read through our December courier cut off dates and make sure to get your Tom&Sawyer orders in early! Zone 1*: VIP Delivery will follow its normal schedule. Zone 2*: Courier deliveries for Southwestern Ontario will not be delivered between Friday, December 25th and Tuesday, December 29th but will arrive on Wednesday, December 30th instead.
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LESLIEVILLE STORE IS CURBSIDE PICK UP ONLY
HOLIDAY CURBSIDE PICK UP HOURS CLICK HERE CLICK HERE NOTICE FOR ALL LESLIEVILLE STORE PICK-UP ORDERS – EFFECTIVE NOVEMBER 23, 2020 To help stop the spread of the coronavirus, our Leslieville store will be CURBSIDE PICK UP ONLY To pick up order placed online: CALL (647) 247-3212 EXTENSION 1 HAVE YOUR ORDER# AND NAME READY HOW TO ORDER FOR CURBSIDE PICK UP (other options are delivery and Penguin…