Hear Ye, Here Ye

Published on July 14, 2015July 14, 2015 by Service Cats U.S.32 Comments

What a mumff it’s been alweady. And there’s still so much more to come. We gave away a pawsum Pagoda water fountain and today weez announcin’ da winner of da case of Weruva TruLuxe noms. so stay tuned cuz dat announcement will be a little furv-ver down. Cuz we gotta tell ya sumfin’ else furst. As ya’ know weez met da amazin’ Weruva team at BlogPaws where sis Lexi discovered hers favowit noms and da big fwiller was dat meez liked ‘em too. So weez kept in contact wiff ‘em when we got home and they let us have a give away. And…they sent us a pawsum goodie box just fur us. Well not just fur us, you know they sent mommy a few goodies too. Was dat not just da sweetest fing ever? We sure fawt so. As any good Suddener wuld say…Bless their hearts. So yous wuld fink dat all dat was where it ended and was wepurrsentative of a gweat mumff wight?

: Oh Meow look’it what da peeps fwum Weruva sent mommy.

Well it ain’t!!! Cuz guess what weez got fwum Chewy.com this mumff to weview? Yep yous guessed it, A case of BFF (Best Feline Friend) noms made by nun udder than…Weruva. OMC Awe we sum blest and lucky kitty girls or what?!!! Well we fawt da day we announced da winner of our TruLuxe give away wuld be da purrfect day to weview da BFF. So here goes. We weceived a case of 8) 5.5 ounce variety pack of da BFF canned noms. They also come in pouches and da 3 ounce cans. Weruva says: These furmulas all have red meat Tuna as da base ingwedient. Purrotein packed, low fat and highly palatable. All da cans but one awe topped wiff one udder meat purrotein, like boneless, skinless white bweast chicken, etc. So ifin yous have a tuna luvver in yous house this just might be da noms fur you. Well fur yous kitty me means. Altho’ Weruva uses only human gwade ingwedients and is purrduced in a human food purrocessin’ facility. So how duz da BFF line fair in our house yous ask? As you know weez not eat much fish, so weez not had much tuna ever.

We found da “extwa toppings” to be a little lackin’. A few shweds of chicken or udder purrotein was all so weez not weally call dat a topping. But it was nice to have a little sumfin’ udder than plain tuna. We ate it but only after mommy added sum of da Weruva chicken fwum da Cats in da Kitchen line or sum pumpkin’ fwum their pumpkin pouches. We gave a can to our pal Buddy and hims luvved it and licked hims bowl clean. So sis Lexi and me give it 4 paws each cuz we did eat it, and we like da companies philosoffy, and use of gweat ingwedients. We also luv dat they list wight on their website all da analysis tables dat mommy needs to check fur feedin’ sis Lexi. And da BFF line is less costly than da udder lines of Weruva noms. Buddy gave it a 4 paws and a tail up. Hims luvved da tuna.

So what ‘bout mommy, is she gunna give it a fumm up? Mommy what do you say ‘bout da BFF noms?

Well honey, the phosphorous levels in the whole line are pretty good. And surprisingly the ash levels are fairly low for a tuna fish food. I love the companies philosophy and that they use human food processing facilities and standards. Another advantage is the price point. It allows for buying a high quality food at an affordable price. I would have liked to see more of the other proteins in the can, but overall I would give it a thumb up. As you said, y’all did eat it and it meets the guidelines I’ve set for feeding Lexi.

Well there ya’ go. Paws and fumms up fur anuvver gweat purroduct fwum Weruva, and a meowsy fank you fur our goody box. And big fanks to Chewy fur da opurrtunity to twy sum gweat noms. Check out Chewy fur all yous pets needs. They have a big variety of food, supplies and toys and gweat customer service. They be available wound da clock every day of da year, even Christmas. Flat rate shipping on all orders unnew $49.00 and furee ifin yous order is more. And yous never “stuck” wiff a purroduct yous pet dusn’t like. They have a gweat weturn pawlicy.

Now fur da big announcement. Yous know you wanna know who won our Wruva TruLixe give away wight? Dwum roll mommy, purrlease. Da winner is……..Katie Isabella. ConCats bootyful Katie. Purrlease email us wiff yous addwess and choice of Weruva TruLixe noms. Fank you to everypawdy dat entered and purrlease check back wiff us, cuz weez gunna be havin’ a few more give aways soon.

Till da next time……………..Be Blest!!!

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses

Dezi and Lexi

Disclaimer: We weceived a case of noms fur our unbiased review. Neever Chewy or Weruva awe wespawnsible fur da opinions expwessed here. And as always we will only bwing you purroducts we have twied ourselves or use on a wegular basis.

Hydrating The Body Pt. 2

Published on July 7, 2015July 7, 2015 by Service Cats U.S.39 Comments

Me is so excited about this series on hydration. And just so there won’t be any confusion, today’s post will be in human speak. Me told you all about water and fountains yesterday and the importance of keeping your anipals hydrated. Our bodies are made up of mostly water, 80% to be exact for us kitties. We also talked about how kitties don’t typically drink enough water. Fountains are a great way to get your kitty to drink more water, but that’s not the only way to help your kitty get the hydration he/she needs. Is it mommy?

No Dezi dear it’s not. Another good way to ensure the proper hydration is…

Wet Food right mommy? Canned food has a much higher water content than kibble and so it helps keep us kitties hydrated. Whereas dry kibble can help to dehydrate us.

You’re very right Dezi.

That’s why when sissy was diagnosed with CKD and wouldn’t eat, you bought every kind of canned food you could find. huh? And she still wasn’t eating all that well. Right before we left for BlogPaws she was only eating about a tablespoon of food every couple of days. We were so worried about her weren’t we mommy?

Yes honey we were. I know her well enough to know that if she could hold on till we could leave she would be much better because she loves to travel so much. And thankfully she was. Although she still didn’t want to eat anything I put in front of her.

Till we came across the Weruva table at Blogpaws and they gave us sum pouches of their wet food to try. Me was so happy when she ate the whole pouch and asked for more

Oh yes Dezi, I was happy too. And before I could even think, I gave Lexi another pouch, and she ate it all up too. Not eating is a common problem in CKD kitties for a variety of reasons. And there is a great debate among CKD cat owners about the diet of a CKD kitty. The prescription diets are low in phosphorous AND protein. These prescription diets are based on a study by one of the largest prescription diet manufacturers and what worked for dogs. And as any cat person will tell you, Cats Are Not Dogs. What works for dogs doesn’t always work for cats. The other side of this coin is the people who believe that cats are obligate carnivores and need protein to survive. This school of thought has several studies as well just not by anyone as prominent as the other study. But this study says that CKD kitties should eat foods that are made of high quality Proteins and low in phosphorous. So after your sister ate 2 more pouches of the Weruva food the next morning I made it a point to see what the dry matter analysis of this food was. At the end of the day it’s more important that your CKD kitty eat than serve the perfect food and have them go hungry; but I was hoping that Weruva would not only be something that Lexi would eat, but that it would also be “good” for her. So off to their website I went.

I had my fingers crossed because often companies don’t include the dry matter analysis at all on their websites and sometimes even those who do, don’t include the phosphorous levels. To my surprise and delight, Weruva lists several analysis tables and includes the phosphorous content prominently. An ideal phosphorous level to feed a CKD kitty is 0.50 or below, but a phosphorous binder can be added to foods above that to make them more appropriate for the CKD kitty. I was thrilled to find that the TruLuxe line was almost completely under 1% and the Steak Frites which is one of the foods that Lexi had tried and loved, was within the limits of what is good for her without any additions. Meaning I could open the can and give it to her and know she was getting the proper nutrition and not worsening her condition. Her other favorites included the Peking Ducken, Quick and Quirky, On the Cat WOk, Chicken Frick A’Zee, and Funk in the Trunk from their original line. And all of these had good levels of phosphorous so no/minimal phosphorous binders were needed to make them suitable for her to eat. And the other big bonus was that picky little you loved them too. So with one purchase I could feed you both and know that you both were getting a good healthy meal suitable to your needs. And I really liked that the food was recognizable as being chicken or beef or duck or whatever. And that the first ingredients on each can after water or broth was the meat (protein) contained within the can or pouch. And it was really nice to see that beef was beef and chicken was chicken and so on. So many companies have “beef, duck, chicken, etc.”, and when you get to the ingredient list there’s no beef or duck in the can at all.

Oh mommy yous so wight. Me sure does like that Chicken Frick A’Zee and so many of the others too. And they even have a pumpkin pouch that me really likes. But me is happiest that sis Lexi has put on some weight eating the Weruva and she’s much happier too. And Weruva gives some of their proceeds to help healthy and treatable animals in shelters. And their foods are made in a human food facility according to the International human food standards. Me and sissy are eating foods that are prepared in the same kind of facility that makes human foods. That’s a great thing because it means the standards are really high.

And the peeps over at Weruva are so nice and told me that we could offer one lucky friend and reader a whole case of the 3 oz Tru Luxe cans of their choice. Is that not the most pawsum thing ever? Wanna know what makes it even better? It’s open to all our friends in the U.S.A. and Canada. Yep you read that right Canucks you can enter too. So, here’s how you enter:

Furst: Follow meez blog via email and share this post on Twitter or Facebook. (If you don’t have one of those accounts let me know).

Second: Leave me a comment on this post telling me which food you want to try.. (click on the words TruLuxe to see your choices).

Image provided by Weruva .com/truluxe.php

This give away is open to all residents of the U.S. and Canada. This Give away will close on Monday 7/13/15 at 11:59 p.m. Names will be entered into Random Picker and one winner will be chosen.

Disclaimer: As always we received no green papers for this review and Weruva is not responsible for the content of this post or our opinions. And it is our policy to only bring you things we have tried or use and think would benefit you.

Don’t forget before you leave to enter for your chance to win the PetSafe Dwinkwell Pagoda Fountain of your choice here.

Till the next time……………………Be Blest!!!

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses

Dezi and Lexi

Hydrating The Body-Pt. 1

Published on July 6, 2015July 6, 2015 by Service Cats U.S.48 Comments

Oh Meow, What a weekend. fire boomers all weekend long and funnew stowrms too. And fun at Cat Scouts and da Tabby Cat club too. Meez so tired. And yous know what? Me kulda been dehudwated too wiff all dat runnin’ wound out in da heat. But fankfully weez got furesh water available all da time. And not just any ole bowl of water eever, weez got a kitty fountain to dwink fwum. And yous know how much fun kitty fountains awe. Yous wunnewin’ why me be ramblin’ on ‘bout meez kitty fountain awen’t you? Well it’s cuz me wants to talk to you ‘bout sumfin’ weally purrtant today and dat’s Hydwation. Me told you earlier this mumff dat July be Pet Hydwation Awareness Mumff. And you all know how purrtant it be dat we all stay hydwated. Isn’t dat wight mommy?

Yes Dezi that’s right. 80% of your body is water. And as a kitty it’s not really in your nature to drink a lot of water. In the wild you would get a lot of water from the prey animals that you would eat.

Provided by PetSafe.net

Me knows dat’s what they say mommy, but me be weally glad me dusn’t have to hunt fur meez dinner and eat little mouseys.

Well sweety I’m glad you don’t have to hunt and eat little mice either. But that means you need to drink more water, and that’s not something a kitty readily does.

We do tho’, don’t we mommy? Lexi and me? We luv to dwink fwum our fountains.

Yes Dezi, you and your sister do like to drink from your fountains. But I remember a time beore we had a fountain, and you didn’t drink nearly enough water. You’re suppose to drink at least an ounce of water for every pound of body weight. And if you don’t, you’re in danger of becoming dehydrated. And that’s not good. Water is essential for your well being. It helps support your vital organ functions.

And it’s wespawnsible fur fings like digestion and waste wemoval too, wight?

That’s right honey. Do you know what causes dehydration Dezi?

Me duz mommy.. It happens when we don’t dwink enuff. Or when our fluid level dwops cuz of heat or dwy kibble. We animals sweat diffewently than hoomans do. Dogs pant and we kitties sweat fwu our paw pads. Duin’ this can deplete us of dat much needed hydwation purretty fast. So we need to weplenish. And one of da ways we can get da water our bodies need is to dwink more water. But a bowl of stagnant water isn’t weally appealin’, and altho’ sum doggis dwink outta da hooman pawdee box, dat’s not weally safe. Us anipals seem to kmow dat runnin’ water be furesh water and dat’s why Lexi and me like dwinkin’ fwum a fountain. so much.

And OMC Were we ever blest to have wecieved a pawsum Drinkwell Pagoda fountain fwum PetSafe. You can check out their udder pawsum purroducts by clickin’ on their name. And you can check ‘em out on twitter and facebook also. Our new fountain has 2 water falls to dwink fwum and two bowls too, an upper and larger bottom bowl. And it looks purretty. It comes in 4 diffewent colors to match or blend in wiff any décor. And it holds 70 ounces of furesh water dat it wecirculates over and over again. And it has not 1 but 2 filters to make da water even cleaner. It’s made of ceramic so it dusn’t cause dat feline acne. And they say it makes it easier to clean. Is it easier to clean mommy?

Oh yes Dezi, it sure is. I love how easy it is to clean. And that all the parts are in one place. And that there aren’t a billion little places to get all gunky and slimy. Yes Dezi, I like your new fountain as much as you and Lexi do. And the replacement filters are easy to find and not too expensive.

Dat’s pawsum mommy. How offen do yous have to clean it?

Well sweety it should be cleaned and filled with fresh water weekly, or as needed, but the filters only need to be changed once every 4 – 6 weeks.

So then it’s easy to maintain. You know what wulda been gweat mommy?

What’s that sweety?

Ifin Pet Safe Wulda let us give one of these pawsum fountains away to one of our amazin’ furiends.

Well Dezi dear guess what? They are. You can give away 1 Drinkwell Pagoda fountain in any of the 4 colors to one U. S. reader.

: You choose da color yous want ifin yous win.

Weally mommy? OMC Dat’s so pawsum. Well yous heard it furiends. Weez got a Drinkwell Pagoda Fountain wiff one lucky Americans name on it. (name will not be on the actual fountain) And you get to choose yous own color. Just cuz we like da beige dusn’t mean yous have to get dat color. So lissen up, cuz here’s how yous enter:

Furst you must follow meez bloggy by email. There’s a follow button wight there on da sidebaw.

Next, leave a comment tellin’ me what color yous wuld like ifin yous win. Yous have fwu Fursday 7/9/15 at 11:59 p.m. to enter.

Water is a gweat way to stay hydwated. Stay tuned fur more ways to Hydwate da Body.

Till da next time…………………..Be Blest!!!

Dezi = Blue

Mommy = Black

Disclaimer: We didn’t weceive any gween papers fur this post. We weceived a Pagoda fountain fur our unbiased opinion. As always we will only bwing you purroducts we use or have twied and fink will be of interwest to you.

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses

Dezi and Lexi

Boar, Bacon, All The Same?

Published on June 23, 2015June 23, 2015 by Service Cats U.S.28 Comments

Oh meow weez got a gweat tweat to tell you ‘bout today. Chewy asked us to review sum fureeze dwied tweats fwum Orijen this mumff and we got ‘cited. Weez twied a few udder purrodcuts fwum Orijen and fur da most pawrt weez liked ‘em. And as most of you know we luv fureeze dwied tweats. They’re purawlly one of our favowits. But what flavor wuld we be twyin’ this time we wunnewed? Mommy wusn’t tellin’ so when da box awwived we was all over it.

Youz mean I’z wuz awl oweber it doen’cha’ Dezi?.

: It’s a Chewy box. I’z wunner whatz in it?

Well yes, Lexi you was da one all over it, but me was close by. Me was just as ‘cited as you to find out what was in it. So mommy opened it up and…Orijen Wild Boar Treats? OMC Dat be what bacon’s made of, wight sissy?

Well sort ov Dezi. I’z gezz itz kloze enuff.

Well there was no waitin’, we wanted a taste wight then. So mommy opened da bag and pulled out a kupple tweats each and offered ‘em to us. What do yous fink sissy? Awe they good?

(chewing)

Sissy? stop eatin’ fur a minute and tell everypawdy what you fink ‘bout these tweats.

I’z like ‘em a lot Dezi. 4 paws up heer.

Fanks sis.. (Chewing) They be very good. Sowry to talk wiff meez mouff full, but these awe weally, weally good. Fur those of you kitties dat awen’t lucky enuff to get dat bacon or even fur those dat do, these wuld be a purrfect substitute. Me gives ’em 4 paws up too.

Now what’s mommy gunna say ‘bout ‘em me wunners? Well to find dat out weez need to find out a bit more ‘bout ‘em. They be 100% single animal source Alberta wild boar. All dat’s in ‘em is wild boar and wild boar liver. They be low calorie and carbohydrate free. And da pieces awe a nice size fur a cats smaller mouff. Altho’ me duz like an even smaller bite, so mommy halved them fur me and sez they was very soft and easily split wiffout crumblin’ all to pieces. Me sez since they be soft in texture they be easy fur older kitties who may not have as many teefies left. And they wuld be easy enuff to cwumble over a meal fur a little entiemnet. And altho’ they do make these tweats fur doggies too, since there be nuffin’ in ‘em but da meat, yous can share wiff yous doggie bwofurs and sisfurs. Orijen gets all it’s ingwedients locally in Canada and then purrpares ‘em wight there too. They don’t outsource. Dat means they make all their purroducts themselves stead of sendin’ it to anudder manufacturer to purrpare, and they don’t make any foods fur any udder companies. Now yous wanna know what mommy sez ‘bout ‘em don’t ya’?

Kitty bite size pieces

Well honey I’m thrilled that both you and your sister like them. they are for sure good for you and sine I can read the ingredient list I really like that. And even though the bag is 1.25 ounces it’s packed full and at $6.99 it’s a great value for such a high quality food. So even I give them 2 thumbs up.

So there ya have it, 8 paws total fwum sissy and me and 2 fumms fwum mommy make this a winnin’ tweat at our house. Now get on over to Chewy and get yous bag wight now. And while yous there check out all da udder wunnewful fings chewy has to offer. They have flat rate s/h of $4.95 everyday and furee fur orders over $49.00. They ship Fedex ground so you have yous order in no time and you can even schedule yous favowits to ship out wegularly. But don’t worry yous can change, speed up or slow down yous autoship anytime. And their customer service is top notch. Fanks Chewy and Orijen fur anudder pawtastic purroduct. And don’t furget, today be da last day to enter our pawsum give away. Ifin yous not entered yet, click here and leave a comment lettin’ us know yous wanna enter. Now meez gunna go get sum luvvin’ and have sum more of dat boar. 🙂

Till da next time……………..Be Blest!!!

Dezi = Blue

Lexi = Green

Mommy = Black

Luv and Hugs and Kitty Kisses

Dezi and Lexi

Disclaimer: We received a bag of Orijen Wild Boar cat tweats fur furee in weturn fur our honest and unbiased opinion. As always our opinions awe not fur sale and we weceived no gween papers fur this review. Chewy nor Orijen awe wesponsible fur da content in this posty.

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I Audra, am the human behind Service Cats U.S. aka DezizWorld. I am disabled and use cats as service animals instead of dogs. They are just as capable and can perform duties other animals cannot. We started our online journey to bring awareness to the ability of cats and to help others understand the relationship between a service animal and their handler/person. We offer training tips and tricks that I have learned through the years along with other information on all things feline. We began this journey in 2014 with Lexi and Dezi. They have since gone on to heaven, but our journey continues. This blog is about our daily life from the kitty's point of view. I want this blog to be interactive and get to know all of you, so comment and visit often. I will also offer advice, training tips and education when possible. Copyright © 2014 - 2021 {Audra High via Deztinee High and RaenaBelle High} All Rights Reserved All personal content (story's, poetry, etc., videos and music) are the property of the human behind Deziz World, and may not be used, copied or otherwise re-published without prior written permission/consent from the author (A. High-the human behind Deziz World). We have an amazon.com wish list and a PayPal account if you would like to help/donate to us.

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