Henry & Cloud Star Dog Treats

Poor Henry.

                                More like "poor Jack" in this photo...

This blog used to be all about him. He'd cameo each food shot, be a feature on Fridays - and stories often revolved around him. And then Jack came along: taking up my time and fulfilling my need for daily dancing and snuggles (sad fact: I used to pick Henry up and make him dance with me.. now I do the same to Jack).

I feel bad for Henry, and then I don't, because the day that Jack was born was the best day of Henry's life. You see, when Jack eats, Jack shares (with Henry). We try not to allow it; moving Henry to another room when we're eating dinner, but regardless of whether he's in the room or not, Henry gets the scraps (we're just not that on top of things; we don't clean up the food on the floor before Henry gets to it).

So, where am I going with this? Cloud Star sent me four bags of their Dynamo Dog treats (Hey! They're gluten-free! And grain-free, and full of good-for-your-dog stuff) and while I know Henry loves food, I was worried he might turn his nose up at the treats because he's been so used to people food for the last year. No worries though, according to Henry - these things are pretty darn awesome.

Even my parent's Dog Elsa was loving them too. 

They come in four different flavors: Bacon and Cheese, Chicken (both for hip and joint issues), Salmon (for skin and coat), and Pumpkin and Ginger (for tummy troubles). Cloud Star was really thoughtful in their formulations: each treat includes vitamins and foods that are known to help humans and dogs with the three issues above.

Here's the coolest part of this post: You could win Cloud Star dog treats! Simply:

1. Comment on this post and tell me about your dog (or the dog you'd like to win the treats for).

2. Like The Good Eatah on Facebook and leave a comment telling me you've done so.

3. Like Cloud Star on Facebook and leave a comment telling me you've done so.

This contest will run until 11:59pm on Monday, June 10th. Please leave a valid email address with your comments. I will pick a winner using random.org.

Whenever I see this photo montage of Jack and Henry, the song "Let Me Tell You 'Bout My Best Friend..." comes to mind.

Gluten-Free Handmade Dog (and cat) Treats

How cool is this? Sugar Selections Gluten Free Dog Treats.

My sister passed this Etsy seller along to me with the heading "Henry's getting a wedding present!" so I have a feeling the little guy will be taste-testing these for you all soon. Here's what the baker has to say about her liver and flax seed biscuits:

Made with the folowing human grade ingredients:chicken livers and ground flax seed meal. Completely free of wheat, other grains containing gluten, corn, and dairy. Each biscuit is approximately 1.5" wide and each batch is made to order. Biscuits are very lightly baked and then popped into the dehydrator for 12 hours. The result is a fantastic treat for your dog with the taste (and stink!) of liver and all the health benefits of flax seed.

I'm sure you have all heard about the poisoned wheat gluten in dog food a few years back; that surely got people on the anti-gluten bandwagon, but there's another reason to stay away from it in my opinion: dogs aren't meant to eat wheat -- much like many humans. Sure, a lot of people do, and a lot of dogs do -- and they're just fine. But when you think about it, no dog would take down a stalk of wheat and nibble on it. It's just not edible in that form and they, of course, do not have the means to turn it into an appetizing cake or cookie (though that would be a funny sight -- cathcing Henry in the kitchen whipping up a pie).

I'm certainly not knocking people for feeding their dogs commercial dog food. I feed Henry the commercial stuff (though his is gluten-free) and in this economny when you have to decide between feeding your children healthily and feeding your dog healthily -- choose your kids. I'm simply saying that the less fillers (including gluten) that you feed your dog, the better.

And instead of leaving you with a photo of Henry enjoying these treats, I'll post one of the Etsy seller's adorable pooch enjoying one of her treats: