What does “eat the rainbow” mean?
Author: Mandy Lau
Founder of Dogkie Vancouver
As humans, we all know the importance of “eating the rainbow”. Eating food with different colors can ensure we are getting enough vitamins, fiber, minerals, antioxidants, and a variety of essential nutrients. These nutrients bring us incredible health benefits and help us prevent diseases.
However, little do we know, the concept of “eat the rainbow” can apply on DOGS Yesss! Our four-legged friends deserve the rainbow too. Including colour in dogs’ diet can bring them lots of health benefits. For example, pumpkin contains Vitamins A, E, and antioxidants. These nutrients contribute to destroy free radicals in a dog’s immune system. Too many free radicals might cause cancer and damages to their body. Eating pumpkin can help prevent a certain type of cancer. Rainbow brings amazing health benefits to dogs. There is no reason not to feed them a “rainbow”.
Dog treats are an important part of a healthy diet. Eating treats with different colors can balance your dog’s diet from meat-based meals such as kibbles or raw diet. Dogkie’s new product Rainbow Box can be a great option for your Rainbow diet. It contains 6 bags of Everyday Signature Cookies with 6 different flavour: Peanut Butter Oatmeal, Pumpkin Honey, Blueberry Banana, Beets Strawberry, Spinach Parsley and “Double Chocolate”. (Double Chocolate flavour doesn’t contain any chocolate in it. We use carob chips as the substitute to chocolate) Dogkie’s dog cookies are 100% homemade and contain less than 5 ingredients for each flavour. What’s better than getting daily nutrients by simply eating delicious dog treats? Rainbow Box is definitely a great gift for your dogs
You can also order Dogkie’s dog cookies with your furry friend’s name on them Rainbow Box will be available for purchase next Monday (September 7) Free delivery in Metro Vancouver area for orders over $10.
Order it at www.dogkievancouver.com
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Donation to Thank Dog
Author: Samuel Wong
Co-Founder of Dogkie Vancouver
Hello Friends,
We have recently decided to share our love to all of you in need through Thank Dog. They are hosting #FURBabyFoodBank at 228 Nelson’s Crescent @WesGroup. If you are in need for food for your doggie, go there on Saturday and Sunday from 10am - 2pm to get your four-legged friend food supply.
How is Dogkie Helping Out?
Dogkie Vancouver has decided to do our part in the community to donate as much as we could. We are donating our Peanut Butter Oatmeal Signature Everyday Cookie so that your lovely cute friend could do you some tricks and crack a smile on your face.
As you may know, all our products are made on order, and in order for us to provide you the fresh and best dog treats, we are currently baking them. That means, you get your Dogkies the day they were baked.
We are targeting to get out at least 250 Signature Everyday Cookies out to Thank Dog.
Please do not hesitate if you feel the need to obtain food for your doggie. Thank Dog’s believes that “the safety, wellbeing, and health of” dogs come before anything. Don’t starve your dog, get help from Thank Dog.
Can full grown dogs eat puppy food?
Author: Samuel Wong
Former Pet Dog Training Instructor
With all the different brands of dog food out there, and different types of food to feed your furry friend. Why not just feed them puppy food and stick with it forever.
If we have to talk about brands and types, it would be a long and controversial topic. so let focus on “why not puppy food all the way?” Where there are a few problems that may arise.:
SIZE
Size of puppy food and adult food for the same breed will definitely come in a different size. For puppies biting into larger than normal kibble may become a difficult task for your tiny little puppy. But things may get a little more serious on the other end. When full grown doggies gobble the tiny kibbles, this creates the risk of them chocking. When choosing the right dog food for your four-legged friend, you must consider what size fits them best.
2. Nutrients
Nutrients is always one of the top things, doggie parents should pay attention to. The fat and protein content in puppy food is substantially higher than adult food. The reason for puppy food to contain more fat and protein is to support the rapid growth at puppy stage. The fat acts as a fuel to support the growth stage, much like water for a seed. While the protein helps building tissue and cell division processes. What are the down side of full grown dogs eating puppy food? Adults do not need as much energy for growth and repair. And as we all know, if fat is not used, it stores in our bodies. Fats in doggies work in a similar mechanism. As for protein, if they are not used, the amino acids ( components of protein) are broken down to 2 major parts,: Amino group and Carboxyl group. The amino group would go straight to the bladder while the carboxyl group will form glycogen in the liver.
All in all, puppies should eat puppy food and full grown doggies should eat adult food. The risk we put them at by supplying the wrong stage of food may result in greater danger than you think.