Tag: Pets

Green Your Pet Care – Is Organic Pet Food worth the extra cost?

Green Your Pet Care – Is Organic Pet Food worth the extra cost?

Over the last four to five years, you may have seen such headlines as “Kroger Recalls Pet Foods Due to Possible Health Risk” and “Pet Food Recall: Melamine Found in Tainted Food”.  Many people’s pets died or became ill before the contaminated foods were recalled. Pet food manufacturing is often an offshoot of human food [...]

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Green Your Pet Care – Getting Rid of Fleas naturally and inexpensively

Green Your Pet Care – Getting Rid of Fleas naturally and inexpensively

As you calmly stroke your pet’s fur, you glance down just in time to see a small black bug jump onto your hand. Yuck! Fleas! Did you know that for every one flea on your animal, there are probably 30 of them in your pet’s favorite places…on the carpet or the furniture or even in [...]

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Green Your Pet Care: Non Toxic Toys

Green Your Pet Care: Non Toxic Toys

You may have heard over the past couple of years about the massive recalls of China-manufactured children’s toys, due to toxic levels of lead and toxins found in those toys. The media forgot to mention however, that the same problem was true in pet toys coming from China. We rarely think to read the labels [...]

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Green Your Pet Care: What to do about waste?

Green Your Pet Care: What to do about waste?

For those who are working toward *getting green*, solutions often boil down to “moderation”. One pet per person in your household is ideal. That way the person doesn’t become overwhelmed by having to care for too many animals, and the pet is living in a healthier, more caring environment. As pet-owners, we love everything about [...]

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