What’s New in the SlimDoggy App – Social Sharing
We have made several enhancements to the SlimDoggy app recently. Today we want to share some details on how the Social Media Sharing feature works. Why We Added This Based on feedback we have received...
View ArticleWhat’s New in the SlimDoggy App – Weight Change ETA
We wrote recently about some of the new features in the SlimDoggy app. Today we will focus on what we call the Weight Change ETA feature, which provides a time estimate for how long it will take your...
View ArticleTop 5 Healthy Snacks for your Dog
Slimdoggy’s mom is not much of a cook, but that doesn’t mean we don’t have Tasty Treats As long as they are good for us. Here’s SlimDoggy Jack’s TOP FIVE HEALTHY snacks (in no particular order)...
View ArticleWhat’s New in the App – Food Ingredients and Ranking
Today we will focus on our new features relating to your dog’s food: 1) an expanded dog food database, 2) addition of ingredients and an ingredient search capability, and 3) our new SlimDoggy Dog Food...
View ArticleFitDog Friday #4 – Keys to a Fit & Healthy Dog
Happy FitDog Friday and thanks for stopping by! Today we want to discuss the two primary keys to having a fit and healthy dog: exercise and diet. (You can also link up to the Saturday Pet Blogger Blog...
View ArticleDog Food Ingredients Overview
Dog Food Ingredients – an Introduction Today, we are embarking on a long series of posts on dog food and dog food labels. We kick-off with an overview of our dog food criteria (and why). We thought...
View ArticleDog Food Protein, Why Should I Care? Pt 1
Tasty Tuesday is about celebrating ‘good food’. Good food can mean many different things. To SlimDoggy, our goal is to help our friends understand the essentials of quality food, food you want to feed...
View ArticleWhat KIND of protein is best for my dog? (Part 2)
Here we are again, joining the Tasty Tuesday Blog Hop. Tasty Tuesday is about celebrating ‘good food’ and to us good food also means healthy food. We continue our discussion about Dog Food Proteins....
View ArticleGet the SlimDoggy Widget!
We are pleased to announce that the SlimDoggy web widget is now available. This widget provides some of the features available in the SlimDoggy iPhone App. Check it out on the side bar to the right....
View ArticleWhy Fat is Important for Your Dog
After our last two Tasty Tuesday posts, we all know that protein is an important ingredient in a dog’s diet and what kinds of protein sources we should look for in our dog’s food. Today we will focus...
View ArticleSources of Fat in Dog Food
Just as protein is a crucial component to a dog’s diet, so too is fat, which provides many health benefits as we discussed last week. Talking about fat may not be too “Tasty”, but it is important. So,...
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Are Carbs Good or Bad for Dogs?
We have already established that dog’s need a diet high in protein and with adequate fat. But what about carbohydrates- is this macro-nutrient essential to a dog’s diet? To answer this question,...
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Is My Dog Food Low in Carbs?
Last week we talked about the role of carbohydrates in a dog’s diet, their benefits and sources. Today we will show you how to determine the carbohydrate amount in your dog’s food so that you can...
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Celery ?!?
We have several farms in our neighborhood that grow different crops at different times of the year. The one right at the end of our street usually grows hot red peppers (I think they are ‘Fresno’...
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Dear Labby, My Rescue Cocker Spaniel is Chubby!
Dear Labby Dear Labby, My Cocker Spaniel, who we rescued from a shelter 6 months ago, is 5 yrs old and has gained four lbs. She is looking too chubby and we don’t know what to do! She weighs 27.4 lbs,...
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Ingredient Label Tricks – Ingredient Splitting
Looking at the ingredient list on a dog food label is tricky. In many cases, the lists are long and contain names of ingredients that we are not familiar with. Today we begin a multi-part series that...
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Ingredient Labels, Grains, and Some Data
Last week we wrote about ingredient splitting and used our data to show that about 17% of all foods and treats have multiple forms of the “fillers” rice, corn, or wheat. We then asked a related...
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Protein & Fats & Carbs, Oh My!
This week we continue our analysis of dog food data so that we can provide you with some benchmarks with which to judge the merits of your dog food choices. We closed last week’s post by posing a...
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How Many Ingredients are in Dog Food?
Today we begin a multi-part series on dog food ingredients that are typically secondary to the protein, fat, and carbohydrates. We are going to parse out some of these and explain why they are...
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Super Food at SuperZoo
This week, we were in Las Vegas at SuperZoo, one of the Pet industry’s biggest trade shows. There were close to 6,000 exhibitor booths, taking up the entire North Mandalay Bay Convention Center. We...
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