News — CKD

Mobile Vets are an excellent (and underused) resource for pet parents who need a quick consult or want to avoid clinic anxiety felt by their pets. They can help us learn more about how to understand our pet's behavior and needs. Their personalized understanding of our pets and how they behave in their home is an extra set of eyes to catch and treat any unusual behavior.

We had the pleasure to speak to Connie Varnhagen about her organization, Alberta Helping Animals Society (AHAS), and their grassroots work with vulnerable pet families in the Edmonton area. Join us to learn about how to show up for your pets in many ways and build a community.  AHAS has used Kidney-Chek as a screening tool in their pet clinic for over a year now, learn how this affordable tool can help improve the lives of pets!

Seeing symptoms could mean its too late! Prevent pet illnesses like periodontal and kidney disease with simple, affordable, at home health tools - Protektin and Kidney-Chek! Read more about how poor dental health can lead to kidney damage, how to improve dental and kidney health, and helpful tips to protect oral microbiome health.

The substance CBD (short for Cannabidiol, an active ingredient found in cannabis plants) has recently gained the attention to treat symptoms like anxiety, and chronic pain. CBD, which is often sold as an oil, acts as an antioxidant and anti-inflammatory substance, targeting various pathways to increase a sense of ease in the body. It is used by patients who have nerve pain, epilepsy, and chronic kidney disease. It is also being marketed as a wellness product to help with inflammation and insomnia in humans. It is natural to wonder if its therapeutic effects can be useful to our pets who...