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Pet Product(s) of the Week: K9 Cuisine, ROTATIONS & More

Posted on August 30th, 2010

It’s hard nowadays to find a pet food brand (whether for dog or cat) or a dog treat brand that actually lives up to expectation; that actually helps what it promotes; that honestly lives up to its PR company’s hype.

Henry Checking Out the Turkey Jerky...

Well, despite all that, I believe I found the perfect mix of food and treats for our family’s dogs through K9 Cuisine. K9 Cuisine offers only the healthiest and most well-prepared, honest-to-goodness pet nutrition products you will ever find ANYWHERE. You can find wellness brands of food, treats, food toppers and more. I was TOTALLY surprised and thus impressed when our dog and my sister’s dogs – who are all SO PICKY AND STUBBORN – took so well to these healthy grain-free food and treat options. It’s truly a fabulous website with only the best products.

I’m talkin’… revolutionary product that will change the way people treat their pets in terms of nutrition. Just as Americans are becoming healthier in terms of eating habits, thus so should our best friends – our pets.

Rotations Sample

First, we sampled the Rotations Complete 3-in-1 Complete Nutrition System. It’s adult dry food that has various flavors. The boxed set offers you three different meal types – Premium Chicken and Brown Rice, Wild Salmon with Peas and Carrots, and New Zealand Lamb and Potatoes.

The idea is to rotate them so your pet doesn’t get bored with the same old food. They basically promote the “appropriate levels of proteins and fats to provide energy and maintain ideal weight.” Rotations dog food options are all balanced with fermentable fiber (as always, no corn, wheat, or soy) so your dog receives proper digestive support and gets a healthy overall body maintenance and performance.

ROTATIONS Pet Food is designed around the premise that a broader array of fresh natural ingredients provides pets with a more complete diet that can still be easily digestible and convenient for you. That’s why each box contains three distinctly different all-natural formulas in three separate re-sealable bags — to ensure that your pet will never be bored, undernourished or overexposed to one particular ingredient or flavor.

Benson LOVED the Chicken and Rice one and surprisingly ate the veggies in the other kinds too. We noticed after feeding him this diet for about 10 days that not only did he lose almost 2 pounds, but also he was FAR MORE active – acting and playing with the energy of a puppy again!

Rotations is by far the “cream of the crop.” Learn more about it on their site, which is chockfull of information on how to feed, what’s in the products, what the benefits are, and LOTS more.

K9 Cuisine also sent us the Wellness Pure Rewards Turkey Jerky. I don’t even know how to explain this… I’ll tell you that I let my sister’s Bassets try these samples out instead of Benson. I gave each Basset one and they each practically swallowed it whole. Ten minutes later (I was dog-sitting and in another room), one of them (had to be Henry – a 10-yr-old Basset trouble-maker who is shorter than the normal breed) actually jumped up and counter-surfed to pull

Turkey Jerky Wellness Treats and Free Wet Food Lid!

the treat bag down! The two of them then just went to town on the Turkey Jerky because they liked the flavor so much! So yeah – they ate a lot of them, but they had NO SYMPTOMS of stomach upset, diarrhea, etc , after eating a whole bag of treats in ten minutes… These treats get four (okay – 8) paws up for SURE!! I have since bought many bags of these for them to bring when I come over to dog-sit…

Tons of Tasty Samples from K9 Cuisine

K9 Cuisine also let us sample the Go! Grain Free Chicken, Turkey and Duck wet formulas. These were also a HUGE hit with Benson. They didn’t upset his stomach and he “chowed” them right down (highly unusual for him as he is SO PICKY in his old age). The best part about this wet food is that it has human-grade ingredients, so your dog is tasting food similar to what your food tastes like.  (Not to mention it’s packed with vitamins, minerals and supplements like sunflower and wild salmon oils for Omegas, plus garden fresh vegetables, orchard fruits and lots of minerals!)

Next up from K9 Cuisine we tried the Real Food Toppers in Pure Beef

Even the Kittehs Checked Out the Samples!

Sirloin Flavor. After topping Benson’s food with these once, we realized we would use them as treats because he wouldn’t eat dinner without them that night!! He remembered that at breakfast he had a tasty topper! So we used them as treats for going potty in the proper area, sitting, lying down, etc.

Overall, I was seriously blown away by the products I got from K9 Cuisine. First because they are ALL grain-free, but in particular, the Rotations and the Wellness Treats are items that we have since re-ordered or purchased. I’ve also now moved my cat Sasha over to the Wellness brand wet food since she’s almost 10.

Benson's FAVORITE Thing EVER!

The quality of the products, the care and study that goes into creating them,  and the all-natural REAL ingredients used in ALL of these cat and dog foods, really are top-notch, and totally worth spending a few extra bucks for shipping. I would not tell you to go and buy something if it wasn’t any good – you know me better than that. But K9 Cuisine has it all: the BEST brands, the HEALTHIEST choices, the most REASONABLE prices, plus they always offer free samples, discounts and shipping deals and other promos. Plus, the company’s founder –Anthony Holloway – designed these recipes himself after realizing that he knew what he was eating from his plate, but his dog didn’t know what he was ingesting, and neither did Anthony; thus, K9 Cuisine was born. (I just think that’s a great story and a little tidbit for you all to read and learn how dedicated Anthony and his team are to making exquisite, quality pet food.)

Dog Food Toppers and Go! Grain Free Wet Food

I genuinely hope that some of you will go ahead and order at least one of the products discussed here, and measure the difference in your animal’s coat, eyes, attitude, and energy level (or even their weight). K9 Cuisine is BAR NONE the best option for cat and dog food that I’ve come across thus far.

Visit the site and you can get free samples by clicking on the tab on the top right!

More Kitten and Puppy Picture Contest Entries

Posted on August 29th, 2010

The August Kitten and Puppy Photo Contest lasts a whole week longer, so let’s keep those cute pet pictures comin’ in.

And don’t forget to vote, vote, vote!! I’ve only gotten like 10 votes so far, and half of them are for the same animal!!

Here are some more cute kittens and funny dogs/puppies for the contest… actually, it seems this is turning into another dog and cat photo contest for pets of any age… some people just send in pictures of their pets as they are now… oh well…

Let me know in the comments or in an email who YOUR favorite is!

Andy, Banks and Oliver

Bella

Aries

Anne

"Fi Fi the Wicked Frenchie Witch"

The Famous KC

Peanut

Putty Tat

Sammy vs Dumbo

Chloe

Daisy and Deeogie

Thomas Fiddlehead and Lewis

More Funny and Cute Cat and Dog Pictures for July Pet Photo Contest

Posted on July 15th, 2010

MORE JULY PHOTO CONTEST PICTURES!

So far, I’ve only gotten about  votes in – so you guys need to really start pushing your friends, other bloggers, and family, co-workers, etc to the blog to vote for your pet. Honestly, this is one of thee MOST GENEROUS prize offerings I’ve EVER offered in the two years the blog has been around, so you don’t want to miss out on the chance to score a prize. (All packages are worth AT LEAST $60, some include pet store gift cards and boutique pet products…)

See the first of the entries here.

Anyhow, here are some more entries for the July Pet Photo Contest, again, in order they were received. You still have until June 22nd to get entries in to me, and remember, only THREE ENTRIES PER PERSON please. (Email entries to thoughtsfurpaws@gmail.com.)

Ziavier

Bronco Says "Throw the Ball...I'm Ready!"

Cheeto

Cheeto II

Cheeto III

Gianni

Gianni II

Goliath

Goliath II

Gucci

Gucci II

Gucci III

Izzy

Izzy II

Karma

Karma II

Murphy Cuddled Up:)

Precious Murphy Bathing...

Rocky the Pug

Rocky as a Puppy!

Rocky Sportin' Shades!

Little Roy & Gertrude the Chicken

Sweet-faced Rudi the Rescue Baby

Sweet Simba Strechin' Out

Simba's Sweet Face Close-Up

Tutti Frutti the Rescue Cutie:)

Tutti Frutti II

Unknown Kitty from Susan Lawson

Unknown Pup from Samantha Stark

So that’s it for today! ** Don’t forget to send all your contacts here to comment and leave their votes for their favorites! REMEMBER: this contest is being judged SOLELY on reader comment votes and emails with votes sent to us!

Good Luck!

Tomorrow I’ll be showing you an array of “Fun Friday Fotos!”

July Cat & Dog Photo Contest Entries… ADORABLE! Get YOUR Votes in Now!

Posted on July 13th, 2010
JULY PET PHOTO CONTEST PICTURES AND UPDATES/INFO
 
So I have had NO TIME between work, doctor visits (some health issues going on for me AGAIN), and the other important stuff I had scheduled to post or promised others (ie, reviews and welfare news)  to get up some of the July Photo Contest entries.  The FUN FUN STUFF!

I’ve gotten OVER 60 entries SO FAR!!  SO hurry and get in YOUR cute dog pictures and cute cat pictures to enter the running. Remember, each person can send THREE PICTURES ONLY.

I think I’m going to extend the prizes to 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th this time. First place winner gets the Bissell Vaccuum. Second place gets some more surprises like an ergonomic Furminator (retail value $59.95), and everyone else gets at least a $40-$60 prize package.  SO if you want to get some KICK-BUTT prizes for your pet, then Tweet this, post it on Facebook or your blog to send people HERE to vote FOR YOUR PET!!!

***The winners this time around are STRICTLY BASED ON FEEDBACK FROM READERS/VOTERS. The ADMINISTRATOR/AUTHOR has no bias and IS NOT taking ANY part in choosing winners***

**SOOOO…. don’t forget to send your friends and family to the site to vote for your pet! (Or they can email their votes to thoughtsfurpaws@gmail.com) Plus — post MY POST of YOUR photo entry (when it appears on this site) to those other sites to get even more votes!!

So, sorry for the long post today (15-20 pictures)  but I have some catching-up to do. *Pictures are being posted in the order they were received, starting at the end of June so don’t worry if you don’t see your fur baby up here right away. I’ll post more photos this Thursday, this weekend and early next week, too.

Get ALL ENTRIES IN (thoughtsfurpaws@gmail.com) BY JULY 22nd, 9 pm EST. Put “July Photo Contest” in Subject Line please!

Here we go! :)

Mazda aka "Mazzie"

 

Shasta

 

Shasta II

 

Shasta III

 

Nero

 

"Princess Bailey Maddison Sadler"

 

Jackson Sadler

 

Names Unknown- Entered by "Vicky"

 

Zac the Puppy with LJ's Tail!

20-pound Patches Has "Big Dog Syndrome!"

Sweethearts Pinta and Tiger

Tiger

Pinta

Echo

Lynx-who left us at 9 months old in April 2010...:(

Unknown Names: Dog Friends Entered by Debbie

Kobe, the 5-month-old baby!

Husky: NAme Unknown, Entered by Sharon

Circe

Shyanne

*So everyone go and get your votes in now! Leave your comments below or email me, and if your pet is on here today, send this link to all your friends and family so they can VOTE VOTE VOTE for him/her! GOOD LUCK EVERDOG and EVERKITTEH!
Jaime

July Photo Contest…Cats and Dogs- AGAIN!

Posted on June 29th, 2010

Boy word gets around fast. I haven’t even announced it officially and I’m already getting entries!!

ThoughtsFurPaws just LOVES funny pet photos and cute pet pictures, which is why we are having a JULY right on the heels of the Summer photo contest. This time the pet can be any age though – not just a baby:)

Orange and Buff: One of Last Month's Winners

PET PHOTO CONTEST

This time, we’re giving away:

- a VERY EXPENSIVE Bissell handheld pet vac

- a few ergonomic Furminators (retail value $50)

- some other cool stuff that I haven’t thought of yet – maybe some PetSmart gift cards or something…we’ll see; whatever you guys want

So there will be THREE WINNERS. Contest starts NOW (obviously) and you can send pics (three per person/email limit please, and please respect that limit this time folks!) and goes through Thursday, July 22nd: winners announced Friday, July 23rd.

Please send entries to thoughtsfurpaws@gmail.com!

Good luck :)

jaime

Wordless Wednesday…

Posted on June 16th, 2010

Remembering the times when there were two… :(

Benson and our Precious Late Gibson Turnbull...

Our Naked Gibson in the Summertime

My Golden Retriever Cousin Howard

Posted on June 14th, 2010

Boy has he grown up since we first introduced you to him, Howard the Golden Retriver, my Uncle’s new pup. I shared many adorable puppy pictures of him as well… 

Here’s a little photo montage of Howie, now a whopping 85 pounds and sweet as could be. He LOVES to swim (which is awesome considering my Uncle lives on St. Marco Island in FLA and has two boats)  and make new friends, plays catch like you wouldn’t believe, and is a real lady-killer. :)

How cute are these Golden Retriever pictures?

Howie and His Stick Running Wildly!

 

Howie & BFF Oliver Enjoying Front Row View

 

Swimming After Sticks is AWESOME!

 

Swim, Swim, Swim is What We Goldens Love

 

Playing Bitey-Face in the Water...

 

Finally Relaxing on the Cool Tile Floor of my FLA Mansion

 

Should I or Shouldn't I....Hmmmmm?

 

Taking an Afternoon Snooze After a Boat Ride/Swim

Cute Kitten & Puppy Pictures for Contest

Posted on June 12th, 2010
The Summer Contest is in full swing right now (through June 17 only!) and here are some of the first entries I’ve received. They are SO ADORABLE–all of them.

Leave your vote on who’s the cutest in the Comments section or email it to me. There will be a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd prize for the cutest puppy or kitten picture.

Bella I

 

Bella II

 

Bella III

 

Cherri

 

Gixxer I

 

Gixxer II

 

Harley-couple months old

 

Unknown Kitten I

 

Unknown Kitten Again...

***So everyone go ahead and tell me who out of this bunch is THEE cutest!! I’m taking reader votes and comments into consideration for the contest winnings.

Jaime

Fenris

USPS Launches Adopt-a-Shelter-Pet Stamps: Pet Product of the Week

Posted on June 3rd, 2010

Like you guys haven’t heard this already — I’m a little late in telling you, but the United States Postal Service, last month, announced its launch of 5 irresistible postage stamps featuring pets!

The United States Postal Service is out with the new Animal Rescue: Adopt a Shelter Pet stamps! These adorable 44 cent stamps feature cats and dogs who were adopted from shelters and are now living in happy, healthy homes.  Not only will these stamps help raise awareness for adopting shelter pets, but the campaign has inspired a pet food company to donate a million meals to shelter pets around the country. The USPS calls the campaign Adopt-A-Pet: Stamps to the Rescue! The postal store at this link (previous link) has tons of other sets of stamps and stuff you can purchase as well. They make great pet-lover’s gifts!

The 5 irresistible postage pets that the author, Peggy Frezon, selected include:

1. Teddy:  A wire haired Jack Russell Terrier who was given up when she had puppies.

Teddy

2. Willow:  A gray Maltese cat who was left in a box at the door of a shelter.

Willow

3. Buddy:  A golden retriever who was purchased from a pet shop, then given up due to health problems.

Buddy

4. Peaches:  A gray, white and tan shorthaired cat who was born under a porch and had to be trapped to be rescued.

Peaches

5. Trevor:  A yellow Labrador retriever found abandoned at a new home construction site.

Trevor

This story is thanks to Guideposts.com, with additional reporting by ThoughtsFurPaws Administrator.

Local Investigation into Multi-Million Dog Auctions & Puppy Mills

Posted on June 1st, 2010

WHAS11 in Louisville, KY has finally caught on to the spreading problem of dog auctions and puppy mills in the midwest (mostly, OH, KY, PA, MO, etc.)

Check this out — it’s Part I of the two-part investigative report by WHAS11 News (ABC affiliate from Louisville, KY):

http://www.whas11.com/news/I-Team-Investigation-Inside-the-multi-million-dollar-business-of-dog-auctions-94864294.html

Rescued from an Auction

We encourage everyone to crosspost to family, friends and co-workers via Facebook, Twitter and e-mail.  We also recommend and encourage you post comments online!

Thanks for serving as a strong voice for the dogs!

P.S.  Click here to read the scathing May 14, 2010 report on the failure of the USDA to protect breeding dogs in puppy mills. 

Part II of the investigative report by WHAS 11 News (ABC affiliate from Louisville, KY) bears even more information. We encourage everyone to watch this, and then crosspost to family, friends and co-workers via Facebook, Twitter and e-mail. We also recommend and encourage you post comments online.

Here is the link – > http://www.whas11.com/home/I-Team-Investigation-Inside-the-multi-million-dollar-business-of-dog-auctions—Part-2-94964969.html

A special thanks to the staff and volunteers of Luv4K9s, Appalachian Ohio SPCA, Coalition to Ban Ohio Dog Auctions and Oak Pointe Veterinary Care Clinic for their contribution to the I-Team Investigation!

Please help spread the word about these awful conditions and auctions of dogs

Rescued from an auction

and puppies, and puppy mills, too. Without our voices, the animals have no say whatsoever.

Jaime

**Pictures courtesy WHAS11.com — thank you!