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FOR PETS - BY PETS

Nanda's Walking Paws is a pet website FOR pets, BY pets. We offer our fellow four legged friends and their owners the latest in pet information, news, and events including places to meet other furry friends. We even bring you the hottest new supplies and toys we've personally field tested and owner approved. We dig through countless pet sites to bring you all this and great health advise for you and your loyal owners. So sniff through our site and don't forget to tell your favorite owner about our store and some of the services we offer.

Owner rental

Could you use some company while your owners are away on vacation or at work?

Have you put on a few extra pounds lately and need someone to just give you that extra push?

Are you nervous or always full of energy and just need someone to play with?

Do you long for occasional walks on the beach or through the park?

If you answered YES to any of these questions then drop us a line. We will personally send OUR owner out to your home to take care of your every need. You'll receive the best pampering and treatment around. You'll love it so much you'll be wishing your owners gave you some space more often.

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Kennel Cons

  • At a kennel (even though up to date on their vaccines) dogs run a chance of being exposed to diseases...
  • At a kennel dogs get little to no sleep and are not always allowed to have personal belongings...
  • When you choose to board, you must adhere to the posted check-in and check-out times...
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Pet Sitter Pros

  • With a pet sitter, there is no check-in or check-out time...
  • Pets are happier and experience less stress at home...
  • Travel trauma for both owner and pet is eliminated along with needless exposure to possible diseases...
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H1N1 Cats!!!

A cat contracts the Swine Flu!

According to an Iowa Dept. of Public Health press release published today, a 13-year old pet house cat has caught the H1N1 flu virus which has been confirmed.

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H3N8 Dog Flu

TOP 10 things EVERYONE should know about Canine Influenza!

  • What is canine influenza?
  • Where does canine influenza occur?
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Nanda's Walking Paws

Ingredients

 

Directions

  • 1 cup water
  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil (I use canola)
  • 1 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
  • 1 cup white flour, unbleached
  • 1/2 cup wheat bran or oat bran
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons dry yeast
  • 1/4 cup carob powder
 Carob powder, a favorite cocoa substitute, is made from the ground roasted beans only. A long roast produces a dark, bland carob powder, a shorter roast produces a lighter, stronger-tasting carob powder.

Carob powder can be used to replace cocoa at levels from 25-50%. While carob performs like cocoa, it differs in sugar and fat content. Cocoa may contain up to 23% fat and 5% sugar while carob has .7% fat and a natural sugar content of 42-48%.

Nutritionally, carob has none of the allergy-producing antibodies or the caffeine stimulant theobromine found in the cocoa bean. Carob contains as much vitamin B1 as asparagus or strawberries, the same amount of niacin as lima beans, lentils or peas and more vitamin A than eggplant, asparagus and beets. It is also high in vitamin B2, calcium, magnesium and iron.

In addition to being a delicious and healthful foodstuff, carob powder can be used as a flavoring for your favorite pipe mix.

Sugars make carob gummy and able to act as a thickener to absorb water and help bind together watery stools. Tannins from carob, being water insoluble, do not bind proteins as some tannins do. Carob tannins do bind to (and thereby inactivate) toxins and inhibit growth of bacteria. A double-blind clinical study has shown carob is useful for treating infants with diarrhea. Carob powder, sweetened to taste in applesauce can be used for this purpose.
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  • Combine vegetable oil and water in a small bowl.
  • In another, larger bowl, mix together all the dry ingredients.
  • Using your mixer (with a cookie beater or bread hook), combine all the ingredients and mix until they are thoroughly combined. You will end up with a nice compact ball of dough.
  • Cover the mixing bowl with a clean dish towel or plastic wrap and set it in a warm place away from drafts.
  • Let the dough rise until it is doubled—it will actually be twice as big. You can tell that it has doubled when you gently punch a little hole in the dough and it doesn't bounce back. The hole, or indentation stays.
  • Roll the dough (with a rolling pin on a cutting board that has been sprinkled with flour) to a 1/4” thickness.
  • Cut the Valentine cookies into the shapes that you would like to use, using cookie cutters.
  • Place the dog cookies on a lightly greased cookie sheet.
  • Bake the holiday dog cookies at 275 degrees F for 1 hour. You may have to adjust the time (and check the cookies frequently), depending on the size of the dog cookies that you make.
  • Turn off the oven, and let the Valentine dog cookies finish drying overnight in the oven. They will be hard and crisp when they are done.
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Smelly Dogs Corner

There’s no doubt about it, some breeds of dogs just plain smell bad.

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The Border Collie is very intelligent and aware of their surroundings.

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Addicted to Scratching

the six major reasons why dogs and cats will itch & scratch.

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Feline Depression

Cats often suffer from depression as a result of major changes in their routines.

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Ban on Pet Eating

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Cats vs Dogs

The claws are out after an international study comparing dogs and cats

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Pos. vs Neg. Training

"Positive reinforcement does much for the relationship of the pet to its master..."

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