It’s so exciting! Your new dog has just come home, and you’re looking forward to starting the life you’ve imagined. But wait. Does your dog want to do what you want to do? And when they ‘act up’ – do you think they’re just naughty? Here, a leading trainer explains what it means when your dog does...

If you’ve heard the conventional advice of keeping your puppy or kitten away from the world until they’re eight or more weeks old: think again. Dog trainer Eve McKenzie recommends socialising your puppy or kitten as early as two weeks old – and avoiding anxiety later on.

Is your dog anxious? Do they cower in the face of another dog? Or if a thunderstorm happens does your dog – or cat - quake and shiver? On our interview series Pet Parent with a Brain, we talked with Eve McKenzie from Dogaholics, about anxiety: how to identify it and some ideas on how to deal with it.

If only they could speak! Many's the time I wished that our dogs, particularly as they've been getting older, could tell me in words, how they were feeling. Now a helpful app has come to the rescue.

In this Pet Parent with a Brain interview, I talk with The Pet Girl, aka Brittany, about behaviour, training and diet, for your rescued kitten. 

There's a new book out, called, you guessed it, Eat Like the Animals, written by researchers from the Charles Perkins Centre at Sydney Uni, David Raubenheimer and Stephen Simpson. It has lessons for what we should be eating - and what we should be feeding our pets.

If you’ve looked at the ingredients in our balancing supplement for cats, or our complete and balanced treats for dogs, you’ll have noticed that both include cricket protein. And, after you’re over the ‘ew’ factor, you may be wondering why that is…

Here, we explain why crickets are in the mix – how it compares to other ingredients and why it’s actually so green! 

Feeding cats raw or fresh food – what’s the recipe? Is a supplement, especially one that has veges, fruit, and other goodies, really necessary? It turns out that obligate doesn’t really mean, eat meat, and nothing else…

Tell your vet you’re NOT feeding kibble, and you could cop a mouthful. But what kind of ‘mouthful’ is kibble – even the premium kind - for your cat? Multiple research studies show that in fact, dry food may be a risk factor for fat cats.

Stress, fear and anxiety in our dogs causes disturbing behaviour, and chronic levels can have serious health implications - from skin, to weight to brain. Hair analysis helps unravel the stress response and some key triggers: did you know stress levels may be higher in multi-dog households?

If I told you that dogs are ‘smart’ enough to work out what they should eat for optimum health, you probably wouldn’t believe me. However, research shows that is exactly what they’re able to do.

Making your homemade dog food with bestie is super simple. It's literally, scoop out the bestie, add a dash of water, mix it around, add the protein, mix that through, and serve.