Have you ever thought about how your best friend may feel walking on all that salt, crusty snow and icy puddles? Depending on where you may live, winter can throw a whole bunch of nasty weather your way. Just like nutrition - most people now-a-days are looking at their foods ingredients and now are looking at their pets. So if you think about it, you wouldn't walk bare foot in snow, why should your dog?
Just like us, our friends are prone to frostbite, and susceptible to painful burns on their paws when they walk over the harsh chemicals found in snow melting products.
Dog boots can provide protection against all kinds of winter mayhem !
You will want boots that:
1. keep water out
2. provide traction
3. protect against chemicals
4. fit properly
Some good names are :
-muttluks
-neopaws
-pawz for boots
-ruffwear
Do you know how the pet food you purchase is regulated in Canada? Well according to the Pet Food Association of Canada (PFAC), pet food sold in Canada are subject to the following regulations:
- Pet food labels must contain the amount of product in the package (net weight), contact information of the manufacturer or importer, and common name (e.g. "Dog Food" or "Cat Food").
- Guidelines recommends that pet food labels also include: feeding instructions, list of ingredients in descending order by percentage of weight, information regarding the minimum and maximum nutritional quantities.
- Ingredients must be listed and identified by their common name.
- It is illegal to feed specified risk materials (SRMs) to any animals, including dogs and cats.
- Pet food labellings and advertising is regulated by the Consumer Packaging and Labelling Act and the Competition act. Both are administered and enforced by Industry Canada.
These pet food regulations helps ensure that makers and importers of pet food are giving us honest pet food nutrition information that is within their products. We as consumer rely on this information in order to help feed our pets the best nutritious diet possible!
Pet Food Association of Canada
