The correct day for the fashion show is Thursday August 19th, from 6 to 8.  Please join us for what will be most fun you have had all summer!

bark-ball-flyer.pdf We are pleased to announce the Blue Moon Bark Ball the most exciting thing to hit the Jersey Shore since Bruce Springsteen!  Be sure to save the dates for all of the exciting events leading up to this Black Tie Gala. 

Make sure you save Saturday December 12th for our annual Santa Paws Event.  Santa will be at Paws and Pose from 1 till 4pm, no appointment needed!  All proceeds benefit the Monmouth County SPCA!  Your 4 x 6 photo of your pet with Santa is a $12 donation, remember it is better to give than retrieve! 

Life is Ruff at Paws and Pose.  Brody enjoying two of his favorite little shoppers before he starts his day at work!

One of our very favorite customers Luca looks quite happy with his purchases today! Thanks for shopping with us Luca! See you soon

No one breaks down the facts better on this topic than our friend Lauren from The Loyal Biscuit Co. in Rockland, Maine! Having said that I am going to post her incredibly informative and funny post regarding Science Diet.

Ingredients: Brewers Rice, Ground Whole Grain Corn, Chicken By-Product Meal, Powdered Cellulose, Pork Fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid), Soybean Mill Run, Soybean Oil, Chicken Liver Flavor, Calcium Sulfate, Potassium Chloride, L-Lysine, Iodized Salt, Choline Chloride, Vitamin E Supplement, vitamins (L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of vitamin C), Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin A Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin, Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement), Taurine, minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Copper Sulfate, Manganous Oxide, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite), preserved with Mixed Tocopherols & Citric Acid, Beta-Carotene, Rosemary Extract.

As usual, we’ll break this down by focusing on the top 5 ingredients.

1. Brewer’s Rice is the small milled fragments of rice kernels that have been separated from the larger kernels of milled rice.  Brewers rice is a processed rice product that is missing many of the nutrients contained in whole ground rice and brown rice thus reducing the quality.  While this really is not the worst ingredient in the list, it is the FIRST ingredient in the list, which makes it pretty pathetic.  You would be paying a fortune for leftover RICE PARTS!  WHY??????

2. Ground Whole Grain Corn is a known allergen for dogs and is impossible for them to digest.  They get nothing from corn…it is FILLER! And your VET is suggesting this to you?  Pitiful.

3. Chicken By-Product Meal is one of only three meat sources in the food and it isn’t even meat.  It is chicken beaks and feet and feathers.  

4. Powdered Cellulose is purified, mechanically disintegrated cellulose prepared by processing alpha cellulose obtained as a pulp from fibrous plant materials. In other words, Sawdust*

5. Pork Fat is a really cheap, crappy way to get a dog to eat the expensive, crappy T/D.  Dogs don’t eat sawdust without some kind of motivation.

So, if the bulk of a dog food lies in the first five ingredients, how does this food help your dogs teeth?  

Let’s be naive and say that it does clean their teeth and make them sparkly.  That’s what your vet would love to prove to you.  The only way they know is because Hill’s has large scale animal testing facilities.  And, yes, they do test on dogs and cats just like you have sitting beside you now. 

I don’t CARE if it cleans your dog’s teeth.  This is NOT a long term solution for healthy gums.  This is a recipe for allergic response and cancer fuel.  Plain and simple.  

Vets LOVE Hill’s because they get amazing margins on the food and MAJOR kickbacks from Hill’s.  Here is an excerpt from a part of the Hill’s website we aren’t supposed to see…

“Did you know that Hill’s actively supports veterinary students and professionals in countries and regions all over the world? Hill’s is committed to supporting future veterinarians through programs that may provide financial aid and education in the field of clinical nutrition.

With this kind of dedication, it’s no wonder Hill’s is a global leader in pet nutrition.”

Aww, how sweet of them!  They’ll even pay your student loans for ya!  Hugs all around! 

Finally, C.E.T chews are essentially prescription rawhide (which is actually hilarious), another veterinary exclusive (ironic) and we all know rawhide is TERRIBLE FOR YOUR DOG.  Old news.