Boost Your Pet's Immune System With Spirulina

If your dog seems frequently tired and fatigued, his immune system health may not be in good shape. Keep in mind that when your pet's immune system is stressed, it can have a severe impact on his body's metabolic energy. What you need to do is to find a reliable supplement that can bring back his body's vigor and help promote energy. One of the best options you can try is spirulina.

Spirulina is a microscopic blue-green alga that grows in freshwater sources. Its name is derived from the Latin word for "spiral," mainly due to its perfect helix form. Spirulina is close cousins with chlorella, another well-known supplement.

Spirulina is rich in various nutrients, especially protein. In fact, it has one of the highest protein concentration among plant foods, with an overall 60 percent digestible vegetable protein. It also has a high concentration of beta-carotene, vitamin B12, iron, and trace minerals, as well as gamma-linoleic acid (GLA), a rare essential fatty acid.

Organic spirulina also contains unique phytonutrients like phycocyanin, sulfolipids, and polysaccharides - important nutrients that can enhance your pet's immune system. Taking small amounts of spirulina can help stabilize and balance your pet's immune system, providing more metabolic energy for healing, vitality, and assimilation of nutrients. Spirulina can also improve your pet's cellular communication process and its ability to read and repair his DNA.

Do You Have a Contingency Plan in Place for Your Pet?

In the United States approximately 62% of households have a pet. In a recent independently administered ASPCA survey of 1000 pet owners, only 17% had taken the necessary legal steps to protect their pet's future. Among the 1000 pet owners surveyed, 42% already had a valid will in place but only 18% included their pet in it. The ASPCA estimates approximately 100,000 pets are entered into shelters every year due to their guardian becoming unable to care for them or because the guardian died. And, of the four million pets euthanized in shelters in the United States each year, around 500,000 are euthanized because their owners did not have a contingency plan in place encase of their absence. The pet's fate is left to luck and circumstances if their human caretaker did not develop a plan. Often, it is a family member of the pet owner who brings the pet to a shelter claiming they do not have the resources to care for the pet and all efforts to find it a new home have failed. Many times the pet is quite elderly and will spend their final days among strangers in a strange land. These orphaned animals are so despondent-not wanting to eat or interact with others, that they are labeled as unadoptable and don't "sell" well.

In the eyes of the law, animals are considered tangible personal property, however, estate and trust lawyers don't think of pets as property thereby rarely raising the issue of pet guardianship and animal trusts when discussing other estate planning issues with their clients. All responsible pet owners need to have a contingency plan in place for their pets; something concrete to ensure their pets will be taken care of should something unexpected happen to them. Start by naming, at least, two responsible friends or relatives committed to caring for your pets, permanently if you die, temporarily if you are hospitalized or incapacitated. If a committed friend or family member cannot be established then explore other avenues such as a pet sitter, rescue groups, or veterinarian technicians or students. Bequeathing your pet to somebody in your will is a good option and it is better than nothing at all but keep in mind that a will can be contested over a number of matters not necessarily having to do with the pet, in which case, the will can be held up in probate, putting the estate property, and this includes the pet, on hold for months at a time.

Beautiful Ways for Remembering Your Pet

Do you, or have you ever had a pet that you have loved as much as family? I remember when I was younger we always had pets. One of the hardest things that I ever had to endure was when one of them had passed away. For our family, we did not have any type of big ceremony when they passed away; we typically buried the animal in our backyard with a homemade cross. This was our way of honoring our pet and it was a means for us to remember them. I remember once, my grandmother had a dog that she loved a great deal. When he passed away, she had him cremated and then buried in a special cemetery for pets.

Special Pet Jewelry and Urns

In recent years, I have discovered that there are other, special ways for people to honor their pets. In today's society, there are a long line of pet urns and jewelry that are on the market. These have been specially created for the storage of the remains of beloved pets that have passed away. The great thing about many of these different urns is that they come available in a broad range of sizes, shapes, and designs. These urns come with accented paw prints or in simple and elegant designs.