A Cool Breeze for your dog

How does your dog handle the heat? Kelly, who is nearly 10 now, doesn't do so well. She has a few cool hiding spots like behind the recliner and under the table on the porch. So recently, when we were asked to review a product from In Style Dog, a shopping site with modern, stylish and luxury dog beds, furniture and accessories, we chose the Cool Breeze by K&H.

Cool Breeze is a dog platform/chair/bed, supported on a frame that unfolds like those handy portable chairs you take with you to parks and baseball games. In fact, it all folds up neatly into it's own carrying sleeve. The elevated bed is great. Kelly's always jumping up on the furniture, so why not give her something of her own to jump up onto?

























The fabric is super strong, featuring the "award winning Cool Bed, which utilizes a unique central core that diverts liquid, cooling the pad from the inside out." All you do is fill the reservoir with water. The result is a squishy, gel-like, cool surface for reclining. Ahhhhh.













The cover is pretty heavy once you fill it with water. I was worried that the legs would collapse under the weight, but they were plenty strong to hold it up, and 36 lb. Kelly as well. Cool Breeze comes in 3 sizes, regular, medium and large. Kelly is enjoying the medium.

I've also laid the Cool Breeze on the floor and Kelly has curled up on that without the frame. Everything about this product, and the prompt and friendly service from In Style Dogs, was excellent. Kelly gives Cool Breeze 4 paws way up! (Some day I'm going to have to tray to take a picture of her with all four paws up!) In Style Dog also offers Breezy Bunk, which is a similar doggy hammock, with a soft covering instead of the Cool Bed.













*One more thing: In Style Dog offers readers of this blog a 5% discount on all ISD items! Just type in the code bppp when you check out!

Disclosure: We were provided with this product in exchange for our honest review. All opinions are strictly my own.

This Dog Food is Off the Hook!

Would your dog like the taste of raw, wild Alaskan salmon and raw, naturally raised beef as well as organic cranberries, spinach, broccoli and beets? Kelly recently sampled this, in Stella & Chewy's new Surf 'N Turf freeze-dried dinner, a sample bag kindly provided to us by Stella & Chewy's.

The food comes in medium-sized, round patties. You can add water to reconstitute, or use as is.

When I opened the bag, it smelled clearly of fish; a flavor Kelly isn't familiar with, but she was attracted to right away.






The inspiration for Stella & Chewy's frozen and freeze-dried dinners arose when Marie Moody rescued Chewy from an animal shelter. Chewy had serious health problems. After Marie began feeding him a natural, raw diet, Chewy (along with his pal Stella) thrived.

There is no doubt that Kelly loved this meal. I tried the food both reconstituted and dehydrated, and Kelly enjoyed it both ways.


















Best of all, check this out. Stella and Chewy's:
is free of grain.
is free of fillers.
is free of artificial preservatives or colorings.
uses raw, natural meat, poultry or fish from USDA-inspected facilities.
uses organic fruits and vegetables.
uses products without added hormones or antibiotics.
is produced with SecureByNature(TM) technology--designed to eliminate threat of harmful bacteria, while retaining the food's nutrient value and flavor.
is tested by an independent laboratory before packaging.

A 6oz bag contains about 12 patties and costs approximately $11.99. For very small dogs, feeding recommendations is 2 patties/day. For a dog Kelly's size, feeding recommendations is 8. I would find this cost prohibitive on my budget. However, instructions suggest larger dogs use as a mixer or topper for dry food.

** Kelly gives this product 4 paws up, and a happy tail wag too.

Wednesday Pet Roundup

Hi and welcome to Wednesday Pet Roundup! Here's my friend Linda's cutie pup, Bailey.

* I'm excited once again to be able to review a pet product from the extensive CSN Stores. They have over 200 online stores with thousands of products--everything from holiday gifts such as toys and children's luggage, to fireplace accessories, to yup--pet supplies. I'll be looking over their website to find the most interesting and useful pet product to try out and review for you.

* You heard all the no-no's. Now, from Pet MD, 5 holiday leftovers you CAN feed the dog. What do you think, is cranberry sauce on the list? Mashed potatoes?

* Amazing story brought to you via Life With Dogs. A Utah woman lost her little dog, Barkley. Two years later, with all hope given up, she checked on the shelter website, looking for a new pet, when what did she find....read the rest of the story to discover the remarkable happy ending!

* Your laugh for today--have you seen those signs nailed to a tree for a lost cat or dog? Well, check out these--the most unusual missing pets-- from Buzzfeed.

* And now for a little movie news. Stella & Chewy's, makers of premium raw dinners for dogs, is sponsoring awards movie screenings in NY and LA for the new animated movie "My Dog Tulip," based on J.R. Ackerly's memoir. The movie reminded the pet food company's founder of how she adopted her dogs, Stella and Chewy, from a shelter.