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Raw Bones for Dogs

Raw Bones for Dogs

We all know feeding cooked bones is a BIG no no for dogs!

However, the idea of feeding Raw bones seems to be troublesome for a lot of people

Here are some of the benefits as to why we should feed raw bones to our dogs:
Bones are a great natural teeth cleaner, they exercises the jaw, gums and neck muscles. They are fantastic for mental stimulation and are full of nutrition value for your dogs. Most of all, dogs LOVE to gnaw on bones!

Raw Bones for Dogs
Raw Bones for Dogs

If you haven’t ever tried to feed a raw bone before, give it a go – The Dogs Choice are giving our customers a chance to try before you buy, just add ‘like to try a bone’ to the notes on your order and we will give you a free bone for your dog. What could be better?

 

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Nutriment – Award Winning Natural Pet Food

Nutriment from The Dogs Choice

Hi everyone

Thank you all for your continued support, and we are pleased to let you all know that we are now stocking the award winning Nutriment range to add to our other great products. Nutriment actively champions the importance of including metabolism-friendly super-foods (coconut & salmon oil, kelp, kale, flax seeds, spirulina, bilberry powder & chicory roots) to create a range of better balanced feasts.

Nutriment is an award-winning, family-owned business whose raw pet food contains human-grade meat and vegetables, a dash of metabolism-friendly super foods and a stubborn refusal to ever consider any cheap fillers, third-rate meat offcuts or ‘artificial nasties’

Nutriment Raw Food

They do a fantastic range of ‘complete‘ meals and they come in 500g tubs and 1.4kg chubb rolls so great for all sizes of dog.

Also, we have in stock their specialist ranges for Senior Dogs, Puppies and Low Purine & Phosphate (for dogs with kidney or liver problems). All or these are available now.

To top it all off we will also be stocking the Nutriment raw CAT Food range for our feline friends who are just as deserving the best diet there is.

All of our other brands of meat and minces, juicy bones and natural treats are still available so have a good browse and see what takes your fancy

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The Dogs Choice Website Upgrade

Hi Everyone

We would like to apologise if anyone has experienced trouble accessing The Dogs Choice website in the last week; we are aware it has been slow and had a problem loading occasionally. This has been due to an increased amount of traffic from new customers and this has been mainly the result of our existing customers recommending us, which we would very much like to thank each one of you for. We very much appreciate your continued support and any future recommendations. Because of this, we have needed to upgrade our hosting package, so you should now find it much quicker to use.

The Dogs Choice Website

We have also changed the layout a little, which hopefully will make it more user friendly and much faster, as always we value your feedback.

With even more new products now added it is well worth having a good browse around the shop and don’t forget to check out our blog regularly for the monthly give-away – this month it is ‘April Foolery‘ so don’t miss out on your freebie.

Plus we will also soon be stocking a raw Cat food range for our feline friends so keep an eye open for that and feel free to pass the word!

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April Foolery

Best April Foolery

This is the best sort of April Foolery – it’s time for another monthly offer from The Dogs Choice. For the month of April, get a FREE 500g bag of Turkey Bones (mix of Carcass & Neck) for every order over £15

Add a bag of Turkey Bones to your order, then just add the coupon code “April Foolery” on the checkout page to get them for FREE.

Turkey Bones

These turkey bones are a meaty mix of turkey necks & turkey carcass. They are full of goodness and a great meaty treat even for sensitive dogs.
Bones contain Calcium and Phosphorus which are crucial for healthy teeth and bones and Turkey bones are very easy for dogs to digest. Turkey meat is one of the leanest and easy to digest proteins and is great favourite for adult dogs as well as pups.

This offer applies to orders for the whole April but only while stocks last, so grab it whilst you can as once its gone – its gone

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Price Increase

Sadly due to the increase in prices from our manufacturers we have had to put our prices up a little on our Albion range to coincide with this rise. We have however only passed on the exact increase so as you will see it is only by a few pence.

We will always try our best to stay as much under the RRP as possible so you get the best deal possible. We have been told that this is the only increase for the year but we will still endeavor to keep finding new quality suppliers to give you the best value for money raw dog food.

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The Truth about Kibble and Dried Dog Food

The Truth about Kibble

Watch this video below and see the truth about kibble and dried dog food and exactly why you should NOT feed your lovely pets this rubbish! If you ever wondered what they did to make it ‘appetising’ then take a good look.

Kibble

All the moisture that is taken out of the dried food will be extracted from your dogs stomach when eaten making it swell again, they will drink huge amounts more because of this and excrete the majority of it out as it contains little to no goodness…and you pay good money for this?

Dried Dog Food

The machinery in this factory is obviously not cleaned properly, we would not accept this for ourselves so why accept it for our pets? Time to stop supporting this rip off and feed our dogs properly.

I am passionate about this because it’s so wrong, I would not feed this to my dog for any reason

If you have thought of feeding dried dog food to your pets or feed kibble because you thought it was the best thing, or even if you think it may be the best value, we would urge you to think again.

A raw food diet is more natural for your dog or cat and gives them enormous health benefits. Also, you will find that it can be much cheaper to feed raw than you think. A small to medium sized dog can be fed from as little as 40p per day – check out our raw dog food shop for a complete range of products and prices, we are sure you will be pleasantly surprised!

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Recipe for Liver Cake

Liver cake is a great treat for your dog

Liver cake is so easy to make and you can vary it with Lamb Hearts or Kidney if you wish

Liver Cake

80z (226g) Liver or Heart

4 oz (113g) Flour or sweet potato (uncooked) if you don’t want any wheat

2 Eggs

2 Cloves Garlic (optional)

Put all ingredients in a blender, pour into lined cake tin (square one is easier to cut into chunks when cooked)

Pre-heat oven to 190C and cook for 30/40 mins – cake should feel firm to touch – allow to cool and cut into cubes – Freeze when cold – I freeze in small portion bags so I can just grab one to take on a walk.

Or you can take a few cubes out at a time for treats or training and they take approx 1hr to defrost.

Liver Cake Cubes

The dogs love it and my boy will perform every trick he knows without a single command when he smells it!!

Have a go and if you have any variations on the recipe – feel free to post them on our Facebook page

Happy baking

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Adult Dog Feeding Guide

Adult Dog Feeding Guidelines

Weight of Dog in KilogramsAmount to feed at 2% of Adult weight in gramsAmount to feed at 2.5% of Adult weight in gramsAmount to feed at 3% of Adult weight in grams
10kg200g250g300g
20kg400g500g600g
30kg600g750g900g
40kg800g1000g1200g
50kg1000g1250g1500g
60kg1200g1400g1800g
70kg1400g1750g2100g

Balance the diet with a good variety of meats, meaty bones, offal, organ meat and veg/fruit.

General guideline they should receive

70% Muscle meat and bone

30% offal, organ meat and veg/fruit

Eggs (whole and shell) as well as natural yoghurt are a great added supplement to their diet.

Introducing Raw Food to Your Dog

If you are changing from a dried food diet to raw I suggest start gently by choosing 1 protein – either tripe or chicken mince is a good starter – check their stools and if they look fine, introduce another protein – repeat this process every 1 or 2 weeks or so still checking stools, until he/she is receiving a balanced variety.
It is quite common for a dog to have loose stools on the changeover, this usually only lasts a short while and things begin to firm up in no time. You will notice that on raw your dog does not defecate as much as they did on dried/wet food, this is because most of the food is utilised and the waste product is less. Every bit of goodness is being processed and used by your dog – fantastic!

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Pet Friendly Holiday

Pet Friendly Holiday Cottage

If you are looking for a pet friendly holiday cottage in a fantastic part of England, why not try the Royal Forest of Dean. Managed by Caroline from The Dogs Choice, this stunning 1840’s cottage is in a superb location with 100’s of walks through the forest. 3 double bedrooms (or 2 doubles + twin) sleeps 6.

The Royal Forest of Dean is one of the few surviving ancient forests left in the UK, a large area was reserved for royal hunting before 1066, and remained as the second largest crown forest in England, it is breath taking at any time of year. The cottage is just a few miles from the centre of the forest with walks less than 200m from the door.Wonderful old fashioned pubs and great food close by.

Nestled between the Cotswold and Monmouthshire, the cottage is in an area of outstanding natural beauty; just 6 miles from the famous picturesque Symonds Yat, a favourite with tourists; In the forest you will find stunning walks, beautiful lakes plus family trail cycling,  superb specifically designed off road mountain bike tracks, go ape, in fact too many things to mention so check out the website

Cotswold_cottage_view_from_front

We are offering The Dogs Choice customers £50 off any week booking or £25 off a long weekend, so grab yourself a relaxing break, your dogs will love this place. Secure garden, large dog crate available for your dogs (dog bedding not supplied) should you need one So much to see and do around the area for all ages.

If you are ‘Star Wars’ fans Puzzlewood just a few miles from the cottage is where a lot of the filming was done for the latest film. Check out the website for more details visit Cotswold Country Cottage

To apply for your discount, mention “The Dogs Choice” in the booking enquiry page on the ‘additional requirements’ section