Diarrhea in a cat can be a one-day unpleasant episode or the first sign of a problem that should not be watched at home for a week “to see what happens.” What matters is not only what the stool looks like. Look at the whole cat: is your cat eating,...
Hydrolyzed dog food is often discussed as if it were a quality category of its own: if the protein is hydrolyzed and the food comes from a veterinary range, it must therefore be the safest and best option for a sensitive or allergic dog. I do not see it that...
Raw dog food needs more than meat. Explore nutrient balance, 80/10/10 ratios, bone and bacterial risks, and why individual responses matter.
People often ask me what I think of one dry dog food or another, and I have always shared my opinion openly. The point of this series is not to declare one brand good and another bad. It is to show the questions I ask when reading ingredient lists. Surprisingly...
From time to time, customers ask me at FendaF what I think about one dry dog food or another. I usually answer the way I would while looking at my own dog's food bowl: I read the ingredient list, compare the numbers and ask whether the manufacturer can explain its...
When someone asks me for an opinion about a dog food, I cannot honestly answer from the brand name or front of the bag alone. I want to know what the recipe contains, how precisely the composition is disclosed and whether the claims hold up against the numbers. So I...
What does a dog food ingredient list reveal? A closer look at five dry foods, meat meal, eggs, salt, BHA, BHT and potassium chloride.
Some time ago I watched a video by Dr Karen Becker and Rodney Habib about storing pet food at home. A few of their suggestions made me take a hard look at my own kitchen cupboard and food container. We've talked about storage at FendaF before, but the more I...
'Holistic nutrition' sounds grand, but what does it actually mean? I only began exploring the idea properly when I started studying canine nutrition and working with dog food. At first, the easiest explanation seemed to be that holistic food is a complete diet with extras such as herbs and berries....
When we first started introducing cold-pressed dry food at FendaF, these granules seemed quite unusual. Instead of a regular kibble, it's more like a small pellet. And when a product is different, I naturally wonder: why? Is the difference only in appearance, or does something different happen when the food...
