Today is Blog Action Day and the topic is: Climate Change. Now I thought about ways to write about climate change as related to dogs and what I came up with is thinking of ways to make our lives with our dogs greener and therefore having less impact on our environment. I know it’s sort of a stretch but the way I see it is we make greener choices in our dog’s lives which therefore means reducing global warming which is one of the causes of….climate change!

One of the ways we can do this is in our homes with cleaning products. Clean and Green is a company dedicated to producing eco-friendly cleaning solutions for pets. Not only are these products not harmful to the environment, but that means they are super safe to use without worry about adverse effects to your pets and best of all, they are 100% biodegradable!

The company sent me two samples to try a few months ago. To be honest, the Carpet & Upholstery Odor Eliminator, Cleaner & Stain Remover for Dogs didn’t last very long in my cupboard because I kept using it! Any accident the dogs had, it eliminated it completely – it even worked on some stains that had set in from before!

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If your dog gets skunked, douse the affected area with tomato juice. Make sure to sponge some of it on the face, avoiding the eyes. Let sink in for a couple of minutes so the acid and neutralize the odour then bathe your dog as usual. Repeat as necessary over several days until the smell is gone.

Tips and Tricks from the book Extraordinary Uses for Ordinary Things

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Ever since Paddington was about six months old, I have given her a little spoonful of yogurt every morning. I started this because I read on a forum that it could be a way to cut down on her tear staining. Obviously I can’t seem to find this information anymore, but I found that it did help. It doesn’t eliminate the problem completely, but it definitely helps.

After Paddington’s Luxating Patella surgery (I will expand more on this in a future post), I was asked by the specialist to give her a bit of liquid glucosamine every day and I have found that mixing it into the yogurt is an excellent way to get her to take it.

I found an article today that also suggests that giving your dog a bit of yogurt every day helps cut down on flatulence (which if you are a dog owner, you know smells pretty bad) as well as may help to ward off illness. It does this by the active cultures in the yogurt boosting the dog’s natural immune system.

I thought I would pass along this tip because it seems to be quite good!

References:

• http://www.xomba.com/how_to_deal_with_a_dog_with_excessive_gas
• http://clubs.akc.org/astc/stinfo/astcgroom/eyestain/
• http://www.bhejei.com/tearsta.htm