The Braw Dog Blog

Is your dog constantly itchy, scratching or paw biting?  Problems that more than 70% of dogs live with….  Is it environmental, food or something else?                                                                                                                                             If the answer was simple...

We all love summer, but for those of us in Texas, the searing heat is harsher on our dogs than it is on humans.  Keep your pup cool and hydrated with these tips and gadgets!   Always have fresh water available! At home, on walks, at social gatherings, in the car.  Everywhere!  For yourself and your dog.  We recommend having a small stainless steel bowl handy in your car, or even a paper cup, or even your own insulated cup!  Likely you'll have a bottle of water for yourself so you can just pour some into the bowl if your...

Commercial pet foods not only contain at least 50% carbohydrates, poor protein sources and have been heavily processed with heat and extrusion to produce a long life shelf stable product.  However, we are now recognizing that feeding carnivores an abundance of grains causes cancer and creates fat, diabetic animals, so the industry is turning to grain-free dry foods. The problem is that biologically inappropriate levels of high-glycemic starches like potatoes, pea flour and legumes have taken the place of grains in dry pet food.  These contain lectins which create GI inflammation irritation, and the FDA has recently released a study...