Calcium. It Does A Body Good. As people educate themselves about the best way to care for their pets, many have made the move to feeding a natural raw diet or, in some cases, a home cooked diet. While real food is always better for your pet than commercial kibble pet food, it is important that all of your pet’s nutritional […] Continue Reading>
So You Want To Know Why You Should Feed Raw It just seems crazy to you. Why on earth would you feed raw meat to your dog? The bacteria alone will surely kill him especially since he will be weak from lack of vitamins that are so conveniently put into that crunchy stuff that comes in a bag. Your dog isn’t a ‘wolf’. That’s ridiculous. […] Continue Reading>
Does Your Dog Have Food Allergies? Just like people, dogs can suffer from allergic reactions to a large number of things be they environmental, chemical or food related. This article deals primarily with food allergies and how feeding a raw natural diet can help you to help your dog. First off it is important to note that commercial dog kibble contains […] Continue Reading>
Give Your Dog A RAW Bone! For years and years as far back as we can remember, pet owners have been told to never ever give your dog a bone. It will get stuck and choke them, block their intestines and kill them, cause a perforation of their esophagus or stomach. These are dire consequences indeed. While we agree that […] Continue Reading>
Fermented Fish Stock – Superfood? Fermented fish stock. Just the name of it sounds, well, icky and sort of smelly. Once you realize the good that it can do for your pet, your feelings of ‘ick’ might just change. (more…) Continue Reading>
Three Great Reasons to Add Raw Goat’s Milk to your Dog’s Diet Raw goat’s milk is one of the most complete foods on earth. Full of trace minerals, vitamins, electrolytes, trace elements, enzymes, protein and fatty acids, unpasturized goat’s milk is incredibly easy for our dogs to digest and utilize. Even dogs who have a hard time digesting dairy products derived from cow’s milk can do extremely […] Continue Reading>
Daycare Tough Toys – Our High 5 Dog Approved Toys that Last! So what makes a toy Daycare tough? They need to be soft enough to be mouth friendly but hard enough to withstand pulling, tugging, chewing and ripping as well as withstanding hot and cold weather. The toys that last with minimal damage have very few sticking out parts or mouth […] Continue Reading>
What Does Your Dog Love? 20 Rewards to Motivate Your Dog From teaching you dog to come to you to training tricks, it is all easier if you are using rewards that your dog loves. Finding the right motivator can change a ho-hum practice session to a super training experience. Changing from one reward to another can add excitement and […] Continue Reading>
Introducing a New Shipping Option Over the years, our shipping option has been singular. We charge our customer just what UPS charges us to ship to them. A simple passing along of the cost. Unfortunately, UPS rates can seem a little high when one is only ordering our non raw items. Certainly, when ordering frozen food as well as treats, […] Continue Reading>
Introducing the NEW and IMPROVED Cooler! Since A Place For Paws began shipping our raw food to people all over this great land of ours, we have utilized a standard styrofoam cooler that perfectly fit our needs. Though not exceptionally good for the environment, it was the only thing we found that would keep our food fresh and frozen on its […] Continue Reading>
Coolest Toys Ever?? Occasionally we come across something so very cool that we simply can’t resist carrying it and bringing it to our customers. Such is the case with The Cheerful Pet line of unique handmade toys that not only will thrill your dog BUT are also a great way to help people in need far far away. […] Continue Reading>
Fish Oil – The One to Add With the myriad of supplements out there, its sometimes hard to decide what is good versus what isn’t quite so good. Many people feed unnecessary supplements, some make the mistake of feeding none at all. We all must decide what is right for our dogs and as individuals, our dogs often help us to make […] Continue Reading>