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My mother told me recently that she was thinking of changing her rottweiler called Dita diet and that she wanted to give her fish. And she pointed out that if she gave Dita Fish For Dogs my mum worked out that she needed to give Dita forty nine cans which would make it far too expensive, and so I suggested to my mother that she should try Dita on California Natural, as I said that they have a dry dog food that is based on fish and sweet potato which she’ll probably find is a far more economical way of feeding bigger and heavier dogs fish.

Also I helped out another person that I talk to when I go to Luke’s Place, and she has a mini fox terrier with a sensitive stomach, and as I noticed when I was in the Plainslands Woolworths Supermarket that Pedigree had a dry dog food that was specifically for dogs with sensitive stomachs I then thought that I must tell this person about it and so I did and she was rather pleased.

I also told her that my mother suggested that she could look info up about feeding dogs with sensitive stomachs on the internet.

I give my dog Ilse a Bow Wow Gourmet Pigs Ear once a week and then four times a week I give her a Pedigree Denta Stix then on the weekends I give Ilse either a Purina Beef and Bacon Dog Biscuit or a Meaty Bones Dog Biscuit and Ilsa is four years old this year and her teeth are still very clean.

And as my mum knows that I give Ilse a Pigs Ear once a week she has spoken to me about putting her dogs on them instead of bones as she knows Ilsa’s teeth are so clean. And this morning when I told her about the effectiveness of denta stix my mum said she’ll try them too.

Ever since I have been giving my miniature schnauzer Ilse the Angel Eyes supplement for her once badly stained beard I have been giving her canned dog meat as it mixes in better. And I also found out from my mother that they call Pal Dog Food Pedigree now and also for every can sold they donate money to animal shelters and I think they do the same for other products they provide. There are also two other canned dog food that I give my dog and that is My Dog Chicken and Spinach and Fish For Dogs and the Fish For Dogs come in three varieties, and they are Alantic Salmon, Ocean Fish and Barramundi, and Tuna with Sardines and the fish is mixed with chicken, rice, and veggies.

I also give Ilse a can of Fish For Dogs three times a week on its own, and then other times I give her a dry dog food called California Natural Chicken and Rice with Pedigree Homestyle Chicken, Rice, and Veggies. And another canned dog food I give on its own is My Dog Chicken with Spinach.

And I also got two or three cans of Evo canned Dog Food left, and they come in Duck, Chicken, Venison, and Rabbit but since I have been getting the other canned dog food I haven’t been getting the EVO canned dog food.

Angel Eyes is a supplement for dogs that can help remove tear stains, and it also good for reducing stains on beards.

As I have a dark salt and pepper miniature schnauzer named Ilse who is three years old, and before my mother told me about Angel Eyes Ilsa had quite a bit of staining on her beard and we’ve tried different approaches to reduce the staining like feeding her dry dog food etc but nothing either my mother or I had tried seemed to be very effective.

My mum even shaved Ilsa’s beard off as a vet suggested doing it but when Ilsa’s beard started to grow back the staining on her beard was still there.

So you can imagine how skeptical we both were when I started giving Ilse the Angel Eyes supplement. And she been on it for just over a month and we are finding her newer beard hair is growing back white, and this supplement can be given over a nine month period and gives very clear instructions to how you feed it to a dog and I mix the Angel Eyes supplement with the canned dog food that I give Ilse: as I found that she was not eating it all when I put it on her dry dog food and as you can imagine I’m very pleased with the results of the Angel Eyes supplement.

Mum has been trying to discourage me from buying EVO canned dog food because she knows it is ten dollars a can. But recently I brought three EVO dog food cans and all it cost me was six dollars. And my mother feels better about that. Also I’ve been getting the dog food cans from Pet Goods Direct and I’ve noticed they seem to have mainly dry dog food.

So as I went shopping yesterday at Plainlands with my mother I looked at the canned dog food there, and as I thought about what my mother suggested I decided to buy two cans of Chum, and the variety I chose was the lamb.

I also got a six pack of My Dog canned dog food too which was also lamb and as I was looking at the My Dog food today I noticed that I’ll be able to get the lid off myself as it peels off, and that’s good as I know that I’ll have to get my mum to open the cans of Chum, as these days when I try to open a can with a can opener I end up breaking the can opener.

I also been giving Ilse dry dog food only for quite some time, and found that she seemed to be doing really well on California Natural. But recently I have also decided to give my miniature schnauzer canned dog food too, as well as dry dog food and this is because I like to give Ilse something different to eat.

A few weeks ago I was looking down the aisles in the supermarket and found a new dog biscuit out called Love Em Liver Cookies. And so I got a bag for my miniature schnauzer. Also the heart shaped dog biscuits also have soy and wholemeal flours in them and this makes the cookies high in dietary fibre.

My three year old miniature schnauzer’s teeth are in extremely good condition. As in the mornings I give her a variety of things that are known to keep a dog’s teeth clean, and this is how I do it as one morning I might give her two small dog biscuits. Then the next morning I’ll give Ilse a denta stix to chew on and the next I’ll give her a chicken wing, and this morning I gave her a pig’s ear. Also near the end of the days I feed her a dry dog food that’s called Evo or California Natural.

Before I go out somewhere I get the bag of bones out of the freezer the night before. So when they are defrosted I can give Ilse one to occupy herself while I’m gone.

But this has proven to be a messy job. And when I spoke to mum about it she suggested that I should put the bag of bones in water for a while as what it does when a person takes it out of the water and put them in the freezer is make the bones freeze separately.

So now that I know to do that all I have to do when I do it is to take one bone out.

I had my miniature schnauzer named Ilse or Ilsa on Evo or Innova Evo for a bit over a year now. So I thought that it was now time for a change. And it is also a good idea to change to other brands every now and then as different pet foods use different ingredients.

And to help me make the decision on what to feed Ilse on next I did some research on the internet, and I discovered a list of recommended brands. And when I decided to make a change I originally wanted to try Ilse on Eagle Pack but I found out that it isn’t available everywhere in Queensland. Also if I really wanted to change over to Eagle Pack mum would have to drive me to Toowoomba, and my mother thought that it’ll be better that I find out what else is available at Pet Goods Direct rather than drive all the way to Toowoomba just for dog food.

So after looking at the list of recommended dog food I noticed that California Natural was there, and I knew that it was one of the brands that is available at Pet Goods Direct in Ipswich. As the dog food was right next to the bags of Innova Evo. And so yesterday when my mum was in Ipswich with nan she went to Pet Goods Direct and got me California Natural Herring and Sweet Potato. It is also another brand of dog food that is made by Natura Pet Products like Evo and has no rice in it.

And as I looked on the back of the bag I noticed that it listed Sweet Potato, and oatmeal, and I also know that these two ingredients are low g.i.

Up here in Queensland we sometimes get cane toads swimming in our dogs water. And so it is advisable to renew the outside water dishes with fresh clean water. Also not only cane toads get in the dog’s water but just the other day, I saw Dita spooking at the water dish as though there was something in it. And then as I told mum that she might find something in the water dish she then checked and she found that there was a grasshopper in the water and got it out.