How about a toy that keeps on changing?  One you can make a little more interesting, a little more difficult, a little “new”?  For all this and more, check out our Linkables!  Three cool tough toys that join together to make an interesting food dispensing puzzle that will entertain your pup for hours!

Linkables come in three different and unique shapes: the Elbow, the Orb and the Twist.  Each Linkable attaches to the others so that you can constantly change things up making a “new” toy whenever the mood strikes or your dog gets bored!

Start slowly with one Linkable – fill it full of treats and let your dog have a blast.  As your dog gets better and better at removing the treats inside, add another Linkable to give your pup a bit more of a challenge.  Using as many Linkables as you want, you can make a twisty turny maze that once filled with treats will keep your dog occupied and interested.  As his skills grow you can change it up and provide new challenges.

Linkables are great for occupying your pup at ANY time of the day – in his crate, when you are trying to get stuff done and need him out of the way, during mealtimes (keep him too busy to beg!).  Buy all three and have a variety of toys at your fingertips.  Add more and expand your dog’s horizons – its the toy that reinvents itself every different way you design it – a true boredom buster!

Probably the calls we get most at A Place For Paws are in reference to Raw Green Beef Tripe and Raw Green Lamb Tripe.  Why is everyone so interested?  Likely because more than anything else, tripe is THE best food for your dog!

Lamb tripe can make a nice alternative to beef tripe and is especially great for dogs with beef allergies that include beef tripe

If you could feed absolutely nothing else, the best choice you could make would be an exclusive diet of tripe.  Its pretty near complete, great for iffy digestive systems, a low allergen (in fact, some dogs who can’t tolerate beef muscle meat CAN eat beef tripe without issue), great for sensitive pups and full of digestive enzymes and probiotics.  Its tasty enough so that even the most picky of dogs gobble it up.

How about dog who just won’t eat?  Tripe often does the trick.  Sometimes dogs are just picky – like a lot of people are!  While you don’t want to cater to them giving them all sorts of weird and strange concoctions and five different things at every meal, how about finding something perfectly healthy for them that they actually will like?   Often this lack of appetite is true of a dog who has an illness.  Just like people, the appetite is often the first thing to go – dog doesn’t eat, dog gets weak, dog can’t fight off whatever the sickness might be.  Dogs with terminal illnesses have actually lived far longer than expected because they retained the ability to eat and stay strong.  Tripe can often be the answer you’ve been looking for.  It incorporates something your ailing dog will eat along with something that is actually good for him – better than good.

While tripe in THIS form looks a bit scary, the ground easy to feed tripe from A Place For Paws should cause no fears if you decide to feed it to your lucky dog

Yes tripe smells sort of…iffy.  Sort of a barnyard smell reminiscent of drives in the country….Okay, well maybe that’s putting a little bit too much “poetry” to the smell BUT its honestly NOT THAT BAD!  Since dogs tend to gobble it up as quickly as you put it down it only last for a few seconds anyway!  Rest assured – you’ll get used to it.

Tripe is also a great thing to wean puppies to when they are starting to venture away from mom’s milk.  Watered down tripe is gentle enough for young pups (as young as 3-4 weeks even!) and no worries, any mess left behind on the ground or on the puppies will be cleaned up by mom with GUSTO!  Less work for you, good nutrition for your new babies.

The way that some people talk about tripe gives the impression that it has some sort of magical qualities.  While we can’t confirm that there is any “magic” involved, its about as close to natural perfection as you can get.  Using tripe as the basis for your dog’s diet is smart, savvy and what is BEST for your dog.  Don’t let it scare you either by virtue of what it is or because of how it smells.  If its what is best for your dog, does any of that matter?  Tripe….its what’s for DINNER!

There are so many supplement out there – you can buy them virtually anywhere including your vet’s office (where they tend to be a BIT on the expensive side).  How do you choose and do you really understand what the ingredients are, what your dog actually needs, what is actually going to help?

At A Place For Paws, after investigative research, decided on supporting and selling products from Liquid Health’s line of animal supplements – most notably,  their three joint formulas.  Overkill?  We think not.  Each formulation has a specific audience  – something for YOUR dog’s individual needs.  Liquid Health follows the guidelines set forth by the United States Pharmacopeial Convention (USP), a  nonprofit organization that sets standards for the quality, purity, identity, and strength of medicines, food ingredients, and dietary supplements manufactured, distributed and consumed worldwide.

K9 Glucosamine, the original formula, is perfect for most dogs with basic issues or the hint of basic issues.  It has recently been reformulated to include hyaluronic acid, and unlike MOST joint supplements it contains the clinically studied and recommended amounts 1500 mg glucosamine and 1200 mg chondroitin.

K9 Vegetarian Glucosamine is recommended for any dog with common allergies including those to animal based products and shellfish.  It replaces chondroitin sulfate with glucosamine along with minerals, omega fatty acids and antioxidants to provide a full spectrum of beneficial joint ingredients.

K9 Level 5000 is Liquid Healths most potent formula yet.  5200 mg of glucosamine Hcl per fluid ounce, 100 mg of hayaluronic acid, 1000 mg of Opti-MSM and 1000 mg of chondroitin make for exceptionally high doses of the most widely used joint products in one convenient bottle.  Level 5000 further contains a laundry list of support ingredients to enhance effectiveness like bromelain, grape seed extract and boswellia.

But what do all of these ingredients mean?  Its great to know that your dog NEEDS them but its even better to know what the main ones are and what they actually do.

Glucosamine Hcl and glucosamine sulfate provide the actual building blocks for healthy connective tissues in the bod – especially in the joints and both are derived from shellfish.

Green Grown vegetarian glucosamine is produced from a unique fermentation process and contains NO animal products whatsoever.  It performs the same function as regular animal based glucosamine but is purely vegetarian for those allergy dogs.

Chondroitin sulfate is used for it properties in maintaining joint flexibility when used in conjunction with glucosamine.

Keep your dog happy, healthy and flying with Liquid Health joint supplements - don't let anything slow him down again!

Hyaluronic acid is a substance naturally found in both the extra and intracellular matrix of soft connective tissue.  It is the primary constituent of synovial fluid (joint lubricant) found naturally in all joints.

OptiMSM is actually the ONLY MSM that is manufactured in the USA.  Non-toxic, hypoallergenic and always 99.9% pure.  MSM has been show, when used with glucosamine, to reduce inflammation in the joints helping the glucosamine work more efficiently and to bring about faster relief.

Manganese chelate is a mineral necessary for the synthesis of bone and the formation of synovial fluid and cartilage in joints.  Liquid Health specifically uses a form of organic chelated manganese.  Chelated organic forms of inorganic mineral elements increase the probability that the digesting organism (your dog) will absorb the mineral for its use and benefit.

Aquamin is harvested from a sustainable source off the coast of Iceland.  It is a seaweek derived mineral source rich in calcium, magnesium and 74 other trace minerals including zinc, iron and selenium.  Studies have shown its positive effects on both bone and joint health.

Liquid Health is a company that prefers to take the extra step and to adhere to testing  that they aren’t even required to.  Most companies simply take the easy way out and pass.  With their in-house lab and strict standards you can rely on the fact that these products are better than most you find out there.  Liquid Health products, because they are liquid, are made for maximum absorption as well as easy administration – just drizzle over your dog’s food and voila – done!  Much better than powders and pills – no muss, no fuss and you never have to wonder if your dog actually ate that pill or just pulled a fast one.  All natural sources are used wherever possible ensuring that your pet is getting a top quality product.

When a joint supplement is needed you can BET that Liquid Health is what we, at A Place For Paws, give our own precious dogs.  Finally, a joint product that you can have utter confidence in!