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The mascot of the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich Germany was a Dachshund named Waldi—a blue, green, yellow and orange stuffed toy modeled after a real-life member of the breed. He represented the attributes essential in Olympic athletes, including tenacity and agility. Waldi, along with every other Dachshund in the world, is celebrated at the Dachshund Museum which opened April 2, 2018 in the German city of Passau in Bavaria.
Your dog’s adorable belly does much more than process food. Under all that fur lies an entire army of microorganisms known as the gut microbiome.
Your dog’s stomach and intestines are home to trillions of tiny bacteria that help manage weight and maintain immunity. Caring for these bacteria is just as important as caring for your pup’s ears, eyes, and skin – even more so! After all, good gut health is essential for your dog’s overall health and well-being.
That’s why NomNomNow created their Gut Microbiome Testing Kit. It allows pet owners to learn about the bacteria within their dog’s gut, and improve their health and happiness through positive lifestyle changes.
The term “gut microbiome” refers to the unique colonies of bacteria, fungi, viruses, and other microbes found within the digestive system. These miniature habitats are different in every animal, but their purpose is the same.
They aid in digestion and help your dog extract vital nutrients from food. In addition to these crucial roles, your dog’s microbiome also supports immune function, protects against pathogens, and even affects mood.
Your dog’s gut microbiome is easily impacted by stress, environmental factors, and poor diet. When the delicate balance is off, your dog may experience digestive disorders like inflammatory bowel disease, or even problems with overall health such as allergies, diabetes, depression, and anxiety.
The NomNomNow Microbiome Testing Kit is a simple DIY test that shows the types of bacteria within your dog’s gut. The kit can detect more than 65 different types of bacteria and their levels.
Your dog’s individual results will explain which kinds of bacteria are too high, which are too low, and which are in the optimal range. You will also receive an explanation of how each type of bacteria impacts your dog’s health.
The NomNomNow Microbiome Testing Kit comes with 2 swabs and 2 vials. Simply follow the easy instructions for collecting your dog’s stool sample, seal it up in the self-addressed envelope, and send it off to the NomNomNow laboratory!
The technicians will analyze your dog’s sample within a few weeks and notify you by email when the results are complete. The extensive report will help identify areas of concern and possible improvement in your dog’s gut microbiome.
Chances are your dog’s gut microbiome has room for improvement – but hey, nobody’s perfect! The testing kit results help you enhance your dog’s digestive and overall health through simple lifestyle changes.
NomNomNow offers full spectrum probiotics for dogs to help regulate and maintain optimal digestive health. Made from human-grade ingredients, this blend of probiotics and prebiotics was formulated by NomNomNow’s veterinary nutrition and microbiology team. Each serving contains 20 billion cultures and 7 full spectrum probiotic strains.
NomNomNow began from a desire to help pet parents improve and prolong their companions’ lives through fresh, high-quality food. The recipes are veterinary-formulated by Dr. Justin Shmalberg, a professor at the University of Florida’s College of Veterinary Medicine.
Based on your pup’s size, weight, breed, age, activity level, and specific health needs (allergies/medical conditions), you will receive fresh, individually portioned meals delivered to directly to your door. All NomNomNow recipes:
Customers report smaller stools, more energy, shinier coat, improved allergy symptoms, healthier weight, fewer vet visits, and much more since switching their pets to NomNomNow!
The NomNomNow Microbiome Testing Kit helps identify digestive imbalances, while the company’s probiotics and homemade diets help achieve and maintain optimal health. Even if your dog’s gut microbiome is in top notch condition, switching to NomNomNow can help make sure it stays that way!
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Sometimes it’s really difficult to say no to your dog – especially when he pins his bottomless brown eyes on you as you eat dinner. How can you deny that face? Well, in some cases you absolutely must turn your dog down. There are some foods that you should never feed your dog. Keep this list in mind the next time your pup points his puppy dog eyes at you. Now, you’ll know what is most dangerous to him. Keep in mind – these are only some of the foods your dog should never eat.
If your dog consumes some of these unhealthy-for-dogs human foods, call your veterinarian or the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center right away. There are risks with eating food that doesn’t mesh well with a dog’s biology, and you can’t treat the harmful effects at home.
Treatment varies depending on what your pup consumed, but oftentimes your vet will induce vomiting. 1800PetMeds explains some forms of treatment, “For pets that shouldn’t or can’t vomit, your veterinarian may give your pet an anesthetic to flush the stomach. Gastric flushing removes a large amount of material and removes materials that are slow to exit the stomach. Veterinarians will not use this technique with convulsing pets, or with pets that swallowed caustic materials such as bleach or petroleum products.”
You can’t be around your pup at all times, so you may not catch your dog in the act of eating something she shouldn’t. Your job is to notice any changes in your dog’s behavior. If she begins to show signs of lethargy, start vomiting, have loss of coordination, or the other symptoms we mentioned, take your dog to visit her doctor.
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The Global Pet Expo, the pet industry’s largest trade show, recently took place in Orlando, Florida. A major highlight of the show is the annual competition among pet care start-ups for the coveted Pet Care Innovation Prize. Five contenders made their case to an audience of pet care leaders at Purina, retailers, and investors. GuardianVets came out on top, winning a cash prize and the opportunity to work with Purina on a project.
GuardianVets offers veterinary practices after hours client support for dog mamas and papas in need of answers. They are a triage service, helping callers determine if their fur baby needs to visit an ER or if treatment with their regular vet during normal business hours would be okay.
This might be a scene scarily familiar to those of us sharing our lives with dogs. It’s the middle of the night, and your pup gets violently ill. It’s Sunday afternoon, and your poor little pooch cuts open her paw pad. It’s bleeding, a lot.
What do you do? Should you rush to the emergency vet and drop a fortune on care that may be entirely unnecessary? Do you wait – wondering if this is something that requires immediate care? Sometimes, it’s obvious. Other times, it’s not so cut and dry. GuardianVets is a phone call away when you need expert advice anytime your primary vet practice is closed. They provide peace of mind and clear direction for your dog’s medical treatment.
Your vet clinic partners with GuardianVets. Once everything is set up, GuardianVets answers anytime you call your vet clinic outside of normal business hours. They help you determine if your dog should seek emergency care and if not, they can set up the earliest available appointment with your pup’s primary care provider.
How do you know you’re going to get qualified advice? GuardianVets work with an exceptional team of fully licensed veterinarians, vet nurses, and vet techs that are actively practicing in general and emergency clinics. They also follow a strict triage protocol to determine if you should take your pup to the ER or if the visit can wait. GuardianVets team doesn’t diagnose. They simply determine if immediate care is needed.
If this sounds like a service that you would like to have available to you, GuardianVets makes it super easy to nudge your primary care vet in that direction. You can fill out a simple form on their website. It will connect GuardianVets with your local vet clinic. Or you can just tag your home clinic on the GuardianVets Facebook page and the team will take it from there.
With its unparalleled customer support system and unique model that helps vet practices better serve their clients it’s easy to see why this amazing start-up took the grand prize in Pet Care Innovation.
The other four companies were winners as well, getting cash prizes for their ideas. These included ways to help pet families care for, feed, have fun with, or better understand their furry loved ones.
The judges sure had their work cut out for them at this year’s Pet Care Innovation Prize. With creative minds at start-ups like these, our furry friends are in for a bright future!
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