Pets
Stick in a Box
I moved to Seattle from Breckenridge, CO, and while I for sure miss the expanse of hiking trails just outside my back door, I know my Labradors, Marley and Cooper, miss it even more. So with thoughts of my happy pups frolicking in the woods, one of the many press releases that ping into my inbox caught my eye recently:
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NONTOXIC FLEA REPELLENTS
Flea the Country
Submitted by tmeronek on Wed, 07/15/2009 - 11:00pm.
Wanna extradite fleas from your pad? Your passport to flea freedom: On the heels of a new study that found many flea collars aren't good for pets or people, choose natural treatments that do the job
Super Cooper
In honor of my sweet black Lab Cooper's 12th birthday today, I thought I'd hook you Biters up with a supereasy homemade dog treat recipe (one of Coop's faves). Bone appétit!Cooper's Cookies
Makes about 1 1/4 lbs. of treats
Ingredients:
(local and organic whenever possible)
Dog Eat Dog...Food
Meet Bisou…the new little 5 pound ball of fluff running around my apartment. My boyfriend and I adopted her two weeks ago from Waggytail Rescue in NYC. She’s an older lady and has a bit of arthritis and tiny seizures (aww) but was too cute to pass up.It's Monday...Have a Panda
So I'm supposed to write something up for your Monday morning pleasure, and all I could come up with was depressing news about our power lines needing a $100 billion makeover before the wind power industry will bother to build more windmills, or Obama upholdingIdeal Bite GCS: Fit for Pups and Peeps - The Honest Kitchen
Submitted by tmeronek on Wed, 08/06/2008 - 12:49am.Company Background:
The Honest Kitchen founders Lucy and Charlie Postins "have always believed that pets deserve the same high-quality, healthy food we'd choose for ourselves." In 2001, Lucy started cooking up recipes in her San Diego kitchen for her Rhodesian Ridgeback, Mosi, taste-testing them herself to make sure they were just right. Today, the tradition continues at THK's CA HQ, with weekly tasting sessions (cat, dog, and human participants) for the company's minimally processed, largely organic, all-GMO-free meals and treats. You might have trouble keeping your paws in your own dish.
Why Care?:
- All products are free of synthetic chems, fillers, and by-products of any kind (packaging too: no bisphenol-A, lead, melamine, mercury, or phthalates).
- Its packaging incorporates recyclable bags enclosed in a 100% recycled box made from unbleached paperboard, printed with soy-based inks.
- The line is widely available at more than 1,000 small retailers, coops, and holistic vets.
- THK donates a percentage of profits to various animal welfare, humanitarian, and environmental causes each year through Pawlanthropy (in 2007, THK donated approximately 25% of net profits to orgs including local shelters and rescue organizations, the Sierra Club, and the Morris Animal Foundation).
- Currently undergoing application process for membership in Coop America, an org that verifies which companies are using business as a tool for positive social change.
- Biter exclusive: Get 15% off your online order. Just enter the code IDBT0706 during checkout.
Keeping it real:
The company's products are a little more costly than your average pet fare due to the high cost of quality ingredients, but THK is about to launch Keen, a budgetwise brand made with human-grade turkey and certified organic oats. Also, not all of the Kitchen's ingredients are organic...yet. Today, says cofounder Lucy Postins, going 100% organic would make the products "unaffordable for almost everyone." The company continues to add organic ingreds to its line when possible, and is on the brink of a deal with a CA farmer to supply 100% free-range, humanely raised poultry for its products.
