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Coconut Oil for K-9’s

Hello coconut oil lovers, my parent’s German Shepherd has been dealing with a chronic skin condition and traditional treatments have not been helping him, so I wanted to see if coconut oil would help improve his symptoms. Here is my mom’s firsthand experience treating her pet with coconut oil.     -Sebastian Our German Shepherd, Jaeger, has irritated skin on his stomach which is keeping our vet guessing as to the cause. Initially, we were told it was related to a staph infection and treated it with traditional antibiotics. After a couple weeks on the medication, the condition cleared up and we […]

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Frozen Dog Treats

Like most pet owners, I absolutely love my dogs. To me my dogs are like my furry little children. I have a one-year-old shepherd beagle mix, and a six-month-old boxer mix, both from the SPCA. I would do anything for those little guys. With the Florida heat I have been giving the dogs ice cubes to snack on after walks or if they have been playing outside for a while. I recently saw Lani’s DIY bug bite blog where she essentially made Kelapo Coconut Oil ice cubes to help alleviate bug bite symptoms and thought, “my dogs would love these.” […]

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Homemade Peanut Butter Dog Treats

I love my dogs and I would be the first to admit that they part of the family. Since they are part of the family, I want them to be taken care of too. In the past, we have posted the Top 5 Coconut Oil Uses for Pets and We’re Coconuts for our Pups which is another homemade treat recipe! This weekend we shared our love of animals with one of our newer stores Groovy Cats & Dogs at their 3rd annual Natural Paws-a-Palooza! For the event we baked Homemade Peanut Butter Dog Treats! Ingredients: 2 cups whole-wheat flour 1 tbsp. baking powder 1 cup peanut […]

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