There are exciting updates on some products evaluated here in the recent past.
NuBowWow and Earth Heart Inc have announced a great new deal for families with new puppies. NuBowWow's company head Ellen Stieve plans to include a sample of Canine Calm as a bonus for the next 50 customers to purchase the Puppy Starter Kit. This partnership should really help puppies adjust to their new families. Vicki Rae Thorne, a master herbalist and certified aromatherapist who is the founder of Earth Heart, adds that those lucky 50 customers will also receive a special coupon entitling them a second product of their choice from her stock if they choose to order a full size bottle of Canine Calm.
The NuBowWow kit contains supplies and a survival guide for a successful start in your family for the new canine addition. Equally valuable is membership in the NuBowWow Village - a community of like minded families and experts to help with Questions and problems that may crop up along the way. Canine Calm is invaluable for easing the way in stressful situations and helps with problems like thunderstorm fears. This kit, especially with the addition of the aromatherapies, really isn't just for puppies- it is a valuable resource for a family adding a canine of any age - including rescues and shelter adult or adolescent dogs.
Meanwhile PeakWaggers, home of the amazing dehydrated meals for your dog, has a fun Facebook page and new blog with plenty of opportunities for you to contribute with photos and contests. I admit it, *I* share these meals with my dogs. They are wonderful, healthy, gourmet meals. I am seriously considering purchasing some to send off with both my kids when they head back to college this fall. If your dog likes outdoor adventures and/or good food, you should check these out!
Last but not least, I have an update on the Chologel Oral. I was giving the sample to my daughter's 13 1/2 year old Corgi, Flash. Flash has some arthritis in her front legs and sadly has degenerative myelopathy (DM). DM is a progressive degeneration of the nerves in the spinal cord - working from rear to front. The good thing is that the pain nerves go as well as the muscle and movement coordination. The choline in the Chologel Oral should act as a nerve stimulant - helping with older dog cognitive problems. I thought it might help the DM - not cure it but perhaps slow its progress.
I started Flash on the recommended dose but noted warnings that it may need to be cutback. I noticed she would be lying, fully awake, and moving her legs like dogs do in a dream - presumably chasing squirrels! She would whine or cry so I cut back to once a day and just one drop instead of two drops twice daily. That stopped those episodes.
This is totally anecdotal - no science, no controls, so be skeptical. I do feel she is more active, moving around more and more alert. My daughter came home for a couple of days and she noticed it too. We have two steps off the back deck into the fenced yard. Lately Flash has needed a bit of help making it up. Now, she gets herself up eight or nine out of ten times. Again, no cure but I do feel it is helping. This supplement has to be ordered via your veterinarian but there are a number of distributors.
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