'Dogs - A Healthy Future', narrated by Clare Balding, is the Kennel Club's latest short film, focusing on the health and welfare of dogs in the UK. One of the main subjects covered is puppy farming and what it's done to the health of many innocent dogs, with puppy farmers irresponsible and overly selective breeding being the leading cause of hereditary diseases in dogs today.
The film also takes a look at what is being done to rectify the issues and how the KC intends to keep our dogs welfare a top priority on everyone's list this year. It calls for united action against the concerns raised, to ensure real progress is made in 2012 and for years to come. Our dogs' future is in our hands.
The film was uploaded to the KC's youtube channel last week and has already totted up over 22,900 views. You can watch the full film below and do your bit to help spread the word by sharing a link to this post or directly to the video, awareness and understanding is only a click away.
Love & licks,
Rio, Jonny, Buffy, Rafferty, Monroe, Lily and Lola.
xo
P.S We've been away for a long time, due to illness (my own, the girls are all fine!) but we'll be doing some major catching up over the next week, so be sure to check back with us soon ;)
24/01/2012
01/01/2012
Our top 10 doggy products of 2011.
With 5 very spoilt Chihuahuas running around our house we're pretty much always buying doggy products, looking at doggy products, researching doggy products or as of late, blogging about them. So now 2011 is over, we decided to take a look back over all the wonderful things we've had this year and pick our top 10 'must haves' from the pile! Some of these were new out this year, some were older but all were close at hand throughout these last 12 months. Starting with #10 and counting down to the top spot, #1, these are our must have items for every dog...
10. The Furminator De-shedding Brush. The Furminator made it into our top 10 as it's quite simply the best brush we've come across and it always makes my girls look and feel fabulous, year round. It's great for saving your sofas from all that moulted dog hair too! We love ours, which we got here.
9. Coachies Puppy Treats. One of the very best treats we come across - no nasty ingredients, the girls adore them and they're nice and cost effective! We buy the 'puppy' variety here, as the girls prefer the flavour over the adult variety :)
8. SMP's Pink Gingham Dress. We didn't actually buy this, we won it in Style My Pooch's recent competition, however we love it so much it just had to have a place in our line up! Stylish and cosy, it's a perfect winter dress for your darling doggy and Buffy loves hers! You can order one directly from Style My Pooch's website.
7. Kong Wubbas/Snugga Wubbas. Available in 3 sizes, 3+ materials and a multitude of colours and styles, the Kong Wubba is hugely versatile and a ton of fun. We have 2 Snugga Wubbas (the fleece ones), 1 large blue one and 1 small pink one. We also have a small Fox Wubba Friend. All 3 provide the girls hours of tugging mayhem, or if preferred, hours of snuggly sleepy chewing! When Summer rolls around again we'll probably buy a 'Wet Wubba', for fun in the pool :) We got ours here!
6. Puppia harnesses. The girls recently got some of their 'Jacket' harnesses for Christmas and the quality, comfort and design of these harnesses is second to none! There's so many designs that there's something to suit every doggies discerning taste ;) We got them here.
5. Charley Chau's 'Snuggle Bed'. We have the large 'chocolate dotty' snuggle bed and the girls absolutely love to scrub about in it, before settling down for a long snuggly snooze. Having tested it myself I can confirm how deliciously comfy the bed is ;) It fits in great with our furniture and wouldn't look out of place in any stylish home. You can buy Charley Chau's beautiful handmade beds direct from their website!
4. The Hartz Chew n' Clean ring. Having been through several toys with similar ideas behind them, this has been the one that the girls just couldn't put down. Ours has been through the wars this year but has stood up to all the abuse brilliantly and is still a treasured toy amongst the Hilton girls! You can get it directly from the link above :)
3. The Aikiou. Our absolute favourite 'interactive dog feeder' yet, if we fill the girls regular bowl and the Aikiou, then let them at 'em, they'll empty the Aikiou first every time. Something about it draws them in and holds their attention like no other food based toy! A family favourite that we have in pink and got from this website.
2. Animology. From our past posts it may be known already how much we adore Animology's shampoo range, so we won't repeat ourselves, we'll just say they're totally fabulous and definitely worth a try, they make our girls look, feel and smell wonderful! You can get their shampoos and sprays at most good pet stores or online here.
And finally we're here, our top spot, numero uno...
1. Orijen. We have Orijen to credit for our girls great health, so of course it had to be number 1. By far the very best food we found after a lot of research, we can't imagine feeding anything else because we just love it so much! We feed the original flavour adult food but with a variety of flavours and several age appropriate formulations, there's a bag of Orijen for every dog! Once a month we order a bag from this website and that'll be our routine for years to come ;)
That's it then! We hope you enjoyed our run down of the best products we bought in 2011 and if you try any of them be sure to let us know what you think :)
Love & licks,
Rio, Jonny, Buffy, Rafferty, Monroe, Lily and Lola.
xo
10. The Furminator De-shedding Brush. The Furminator made it into our top 10 as it's quite simply the best brush we've come across and it always makes my girls look and feel fabulous, year round. It's great for saving your sofas from all that moulted dog hair too! We love ours, which we got here.
9. Coachies Puppy Treats. One of the very best treats we come across - no nasty ingredients, the girls adore them and they're nice and cost effective! We buy the 'puppy' variety here, as the girls prefer the flavour over the adult variety :)
8. SMP's Pink Gingham Dress. We didn't actually buy this, we won it in Style My Pooch's recent competition, however we love it so much it just had to have a place in our line up! Stylish and cosy, it's a perfect winter dress for your darling doggy and Buffy loves hers! You can order one directly from Style My Pooch's website.
7. Kong Wubbas/Snugga Wubbas. Available in 3 sizes, 3+ materials and a multitude of colours and styles, the Kong Wubba is hugely versatile and a ton of fun. We have 2 Snugga Wubbas (the fleece ones), 1 large blue one and 1 small pink one. We also have a small Fox Wubba Friend. All 3 provide the girls hours of tugging mayhem, or if preferred, hours of snuggly sleepy chewing! When Summer rolls around again we'll probably buy a 'Wet Wubba', for fun in the pool :) We got ours here!
6. Puppia harnesses. The girls recently got some of their 'Jacket' harnesses for Christmas and the quality, comfort and design of these harnesses is second to none! There's so many designs that there's something to suit every doggies discerning taste ;) We got them here.
5. Charley Chau's 'Snuggle Bed'. We have the large 'chocolate dotty' snuggle bed and the girls absolutely love to scrub about in it, before settling down for a long snuggly snooze. Having tested it myself I can confirm how deliciously comfy the bed is ;) It fits in great with our furniture and wouldn't look out of place in any stylish home. You can buy Charley Chau's beautiful handmade beds direct from their website!
4. The Hartz Chew n' Clean ring. Having been through several toys with similar ideas behind them, this has been the one that the girls just couldn't put down. Ours has been through the wars this year but has stood up to all the abuse brilliantly and is still a treasured toy amongst the Hilton girls! You can get it directly from the link above :)
3. The Aikiou. Our absolute favourite 'interactive dog feeder' yet, if we fill the girls regular bowl and the Aikiou, then let them at 'em, they'll empty the Aikiou first every time. Something about it draws them in and holds their attention like no other food based toy! A family favourite that we have in pink and got from this website.
2. Animology. From our past posts it may be known already how much we adore Animology's shampoo range, so we won't repeat ourselves, we'll just say they're totally fabulous and definitely worth a try, they make our girls look, feel and smell wonderful! You can get their shampoos and sprays at most good pet stores or online here.
And finally we're here, our top spot, numero uno...
1. Orijen. We have Orijen to credit for our girls great health, so of course it had to be number 1. By far the very best food we found after a lot of research, we can't imagine feeding anything else because we just love it so much! We feed the original flavour adult food but with a variety of flavours and several age appropriate formulations, there's a bag of Orijen for every dog! Once a month we order a bag from this website and that'll be our routine for years to come ;)
That's it then! We hope you enjoyed our run down of the best products we bought in 2011 and if you try any of them be sure to let us know what you think :)
Love & licks,
Rio, Jonny, Buffy, Rafferty, Monroe, Lily and Lola.
xo
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
Posts
