Lessons From and For 4 Legs

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If you’ve been reading Lessons From and For 4 legs for long you know nutrition for my 4legged friends is a vitally important subject to me.

While I’m pretty happy with what I feed now, I’m always on the lookout for new and healthy alternatives to feed the dogs. So when I tried this free sample of Rachael Ray Nutrish just 6 dry dog food I was happy to see the dogs loved it!

I had the Lamb Meal and Brown Rice Recipe to try. With no corn, wheat, or soy it has a leg up on many of the dog foods out there. With only 20% protein it makes a pretty good food for a reactive pup, like Maizey,  who may need a lower protein food.

Also available are chicken, beef and turkey recipes. With protein contents varying between 20% and 26% there is a good variety to choose from.

I always make sure a dog food has real meat as the first ingredient and that there are no meat by-products, fillers (such as corn). It’s also vital that it’s not packed with artificial flavors and preservatives. Nutrish meats all of these standards.

Rachael Ray Nutrish just 6 dry dog food meets the nutritional levels established by the AAFCO (Association of American Feed Control Officials)  to be fed as an all life stages food so it’s a great choice if you have a puppy, adolescent (like Magnus) or an older dog.

For our trial we let Magnus the adolescent of the family try it and he loved it. We also fed it to Chloe our one year old, part time Poodle and Maizey, my two year old, but the most remarkable taste test came with our part time boy,  Charley.

Charley is a Poodle Shitzu mix and by far our pickiest eater. Would he turn up his nose at Nutrish as he does to so many other foods? The pictures show the story:  He loved it! 

In short the dogs give Nutrish two paws up and I give it a thumbs up for wholesome ingredients and offering a great free sample program. So why don’t you click over and let your pups try Nutrish, maybe they’ll love it as much as mine did!

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Being born at a puppy mill in Missouri is perhaps not the most auspicious start to life. But it doesn’t seem to have bothered Magnus any.

Then at eight weeks he was rescued by a wonderful lady who runs Flawdogs Adoption, a rescue who is committed to saving as many 4legged friends as possible and is seeing success. At least we count Magnus as one of their success stories!

They even brought him to me at the St. Louis airport, which was great since it let me fly in, pick him up and fly home all in one day. However it also meant I went all the way to Missouri without seeing more than the inside of the airport. Turns out I missed more than you may think!

Branson Missouri may not be some peoples first thought for a vacation destination, but if you do go there for a weekend getaway check out Hilton Promenade at Branson Landing. Not only is it a beautiful place to stay they have a great Fall in The City Package that includes dinner on the Showboat Branson Belle.

That’s not all you can enjoy at the Hilton Branson Convention Center Hotel. Is shopping your thing? Then check out their deluxe shopping package, not only will you get a buffet breakfast for two maybe you can buy your 4legged friend a treat with the $25 gift certificate to the Tanger Outlet Mall.

I guess next time I fly to Missouri I will have to actually leave the airport and check out some of these great deals for myself!

This post brought to you by Marvelous Products. All opinions are 100% mine.

As anyone who has read for a while knows, I am very concerned with joint health in my 4legged friends.

Since Maizey has had both patella’s operated on, arthritis is a huge concern for her future. Of course the surgeon says that she should be fine until she is much older, but who would I be if I didn’t worry about it years in advance?

And you know “they” say, “an ounce of prevention is . . .” Well what ever they say, I’m going with the prevention thing.

So that’s why I am happy to try Glucosamine Chondroitin MSM for dogs. The Osteo-Pet Total Joint Care Formula has not only the Glucosamine and Chondroitin in it but is packed with all kinds of helpful things like Hyaluronic Acid, Green-Lipped Mussels, Boswellia and Essential Fatty Acids

I used to always give Meeka fish oil to supplement her fatty acids, but with the little dogs perhaps Osteo-Pet Total Joint Care could meet that need too. Of course the effective dosage for fatty acids is different for each dog, so that must be calculated carefully!

As always thinking of this, and everything else, makes me miss my Big Girl, if I still had her and these two little squirts I may need to buy the Value Size Glucosamine Chondroitin MSM for dogs.

No matter what size bottle I end up with I will be sure to use coupon code “OsteoPet33″ for a one time use 10% off coupon for anything in the Marvelous Products store. As it is I will start with one bottle and perhaps it will help keep Magnus from ever having a knee that looks like Maizey’s did after her surgery!