One thing I love about Darwin's Pets is that they respond to their customers. This morning, I received this email from Darwin's Pet. Dear Darwin's Customer, At Darwin’s Natural Pet Products, we continuously review our product formulation to comply with changing...
It's important to know my dogs' weight. Their weight drives how much I feed them. My mistake is that I haven't been weighing my dogs regularly, which is now going to change. The most obvious thing to do when you want to get your dog's current weight is to...
A couple week ago someone told me that all of my dogs were grossly obese and she was pretty disgusted that I was building a name for myself as an authority in the raw feeding community while raising fat dogs. This isn't the first person to throw shade at me or my...
Fall has arrived and along with it are the sounds of sniffling, sneezing, and coughing on the train. Yesterday, I stayed home because of my wretched back, hip, and knee pain. I was in an accident 6 months ago – I was rear-ended at a high rate of speed –...
DepositPhoto/Altinosmanaj Pet Nutrition Blogger, Rodney Habib, and Dr. Karen Becker published a great video today sharing an easy raw dog food recipe for us to follow. What struck me was that they added oysters to the meal – I didn't know dogs could eat...
I add a raw egg to my dogs' raw meals at least three days a week. I prefer to feed eggs that I get from friends who have chickens. Or, when they're on sale, my local grocery store has organic, truly free-range eggs that I purchase. The cashiers...
Earlier this year I decided that this would be the year I published a paperback book. This has been a dream for a long time, but I gave every excuse in the book not to get it done and the last week of March, I started writing. Today, five months later, I am a...
When I was a kid my mom made apple sauce; it was awful. The worst thing I've ever tasted. Although the apple sauce was making me sick my mom made me eat it every day until it was gone. I only started recently eating apple sauce again. Because of this...
What the f&$# did I read this week? An article written by a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychology at the University of British Columbia has lit the raw community on fire, and we've all been participating in a collective eye roll all week. What does...
Raw Feeders Top Five is a new feature of Keep the Tail Wagging® that will give me a platform to share cool things I discover for my dogs. There is a ton of stuff that I want to share, but I run out of time because there are only so many days in a week, month,...
When I was new to raw feeding, I was introduced to The Honest Kitchen and Sojos at an annual sale at a local independent pet store. I was excited because these brands would make feeding fresh food easier. Both brands offered a base mix that only required the addition...
There was a time when feeding a vegan diet to dogs was a popular topic. It began when I learned about vegan activists in southern California who wanted local shelters to feed the dogs plant-based kibble. Initially, I laughed, thinking it was a joke. When I realized...
Not long ago, I wrote about red meat and white meat. I realized that my dogs eat very little white meat and I wanted to find alternatives to chicken and turkey. In walks Guinea Hen from Columbia River Naturals. I ordered a case through our local raw food co-op...
Red meat and white meat are terms commonly used to categorize different types of meat based on their color, taste, and nutritional composition. The classification of red or white meat primarily depends on the myoglobin content in the muscle fibers. I often confused...
Warning! This post contains images of raw meat (not whole animals). It is a blog about raw feeding, I know; this warning is for folks who are grossed out by these types of images. I recently got my hot little hands on some beef pancreas! Score!!! When it...
I'm a passionate writer in the Pacific Northwest who loves all things dogs. I share what I'm learning as I attempt to crack the code to longevity. Keep the Tail Wagging is a blog dedicated to the dog who inspired this journey: Rodrigo Gauthier - March 2010 - September 2023.
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