Dog Health Blog 

If you know me in real life, you'll know that overweight and obese dogs are my pet hate. Not because I'm judging anyone, but because I feel so incredibly sorry for the dogs. It's almost never their fault. And it's usually not their owners' fault either. Most of the time it comes down to misguided information about how much to feed, and what to feed. So in this post I'm sharing what the research says, including a new study on diet and body condition, plus an easy way to check

If your dog is anxious, reactive, or just seems "wired" a lot of the time, there's a good chance you've been told it's a training issue. Sometimes it is. But one of the most overlooked pieces of the puzzle is what's actually going on in your dog's gut. There's been a genuine run of new research on the gut-behaviour link in dogs over the past year or two, so this post pulls that evidence together in one place, along with what you can actually do about it. What the Research Sho

What every Kiwi dog owner should know about sand impaction, gut health, and why tennis balls need to go We are so lucky here in New Zealand. Beautiful beaches everywhere, and so many of us walk our dogs on them regularly, some even daily. It's one of the best parts of dog ownership in this country. But there's something most of us have never thought twice about, and it's hiding in plain sight (or should I say, plain sand). That soft, golden stuff your dog is bounding through,