Sunday, January 29, 2017

The Farmers Dog - Custom Fresh Food

Many many moons ago, when Paddington was but a wee pup residing with us in NYC, we were introduced to the world of "fresh" dog food. The company, who has long since been out of business and whose name we have unfortunately forgotten, would mail to us frozen dinners made out of hearty organic ingredients and proteins that we would then heat up Lean Cuisine style for our pooch. While that business never took off at the top, circa 2007, it looks like the folks at The Farmers Dog have updated the idea to cater to the custom pet food craze. 2015 and 2016 saw the introductions of brands like JustRight by Purina, which provide customized dry blends designed to meet your dog's nutritional needs, but The Farmers Dog is one of the first we've heard looking to take this technology into the fresh food market.


Out of curiosity, we filled out The Farmers Dog questionnaire to see what our weekly cost would be, and it netted out at about $20/week for their beef recipe. It wasn't immediately clear how many times a day we'd be feeding Paddington or what a "daily" serving looks like, but according to their site instructions would come with our shipment.


We would definitely be curious to understand whether we could supplement the fresh food with some of P's regular kibble, since an "all-wet" diet has typically not been good for her (or her teeth) in the past.

Overall, The Farmers Dog has a pretty robust Q&A and we felt like a lot of our questions were answered, so we would highly recommend you check it out if this post has piqued your interest.

What are you feeding your pup these days? Custom blends? Off the shelf? Canned/wet?

Tuesday, January 17, 2017

Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show "Barkets"


We've always associated January and the start of the new year with new resolutions, new goals, new diets, and of course-- the start of a new bracket season! Don't get us wrong... we are by no means sports experts, but there is something fun about filling out a bracket - whether it be for The Bachelor or the Super Bowl, we just can't help ourselves... (Ha, I bet you did NOT know that about us).

This is why were were SO EXCITED to get an email from the folks at Purina ProPlan about their Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show bracket.

YES! Finally a bracket we're actually qualified to fill out! Dog lovers can compete in this game of "barketology" to win $1 million*! (Side note, does this technically make it a "barket"?)

Simply visit www.dogshowbracket.com and use your canine intuition to pick your group and overall "Best in Show" winner.



Hurry and don't delay -- the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show will air on February 13th and 14th at 8 PM EST.


Good luck!




*The prize will be split amongst all of the verified owners of a perfect bracket
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