Over the years at FendaF I have spoken to many people whose dogs scratch, lick their paws or struggle with recurring ear problems. One owner has already changed food three times; another has tried ten different shampoos. Eventually the whole story gets reduced to one sentence: “He must be allergic...
For years Faddy gave me a distinctly unimpressed look whenever I offered him fruit or vegetables. Then one day I offered him some frozen, chopped spinach, and to my surprise he took it enthusiastically. He even crunched it up. At the time I joked that perhaps he had decided...
I am quite critical of what goes into my dogs' food bowls, particularly Oscar's. His problems as a puppy prompted me to explore what different ingredients do, why they are added to a product and whether they are actually necessary. Sorbitol and glycerine were among the first substances to catch...
Your dog ate chocolate. The first thought is usually: how bad is this? The answer depends more than anything on three things: what type of chocolate, how much, and how large the dog is. A small piece of milk chocolate in a large dog is not the same situation as...
A bag of dog food costs €100. Is that expensive or inexpensive? The more useful question is what that hundred euros actually pays for. Better ingredients, manufacturing, transport, the work of several intermediaries, packaging, or simply a familiar brand name? This article grew out of a price comparison Irene and I...
Duck is not the most common animal protein in dog food, which is exactly why it attracts interest when a dog does not tolerate a familiar food. Some owners dismiss it immediately: if chicken does not suit a dog, how could another bird? Reality is more complicated. A dog can...
My dogs have eaten from stainless-steel bowls for years. I actually love glass bowls too, but I'm not convinced they would be a great idea with Faddu and Ossu. When two big dogs decide to move through the kitchen at once, a bowl can easily go flying. Faddu can even...
If our dogs could live even a little longer, and stay healthier throughout that extra time, it would already be a huge win. That is why a webinar by Karen Shaw Becker and Rodney Habib about food, the microbiome and intermittent fasting stayed with me. Several suggestions made me want...
A single small Baltic herring can be far more than a piece of fish flesh. When a dog eats the entire fish, including skin, head, eyes, soft tissues, bones and organs, it receives several kinds of animal tissue at once. That is what makes whole fish such an interesting addition...
Read dog body language through posture, gaze, tails and subtle stress signals. Faddu and Ossu’s stories and practical ways to make walks safer.
