The Organic Dog Shop Blog

Label Literacy How to Read a Certificate of Analysis for a Pet Supplement What's on one, what should be, and the single distinction that decides whether it means anything. "Third-party...

Label Literacy Fruiting Body vs. Mycelium on Grain: How to Read a Mushroom Supplement Label Why two bottles saying "organic reishi" can contain very different amounts of mushroom, and why...

Label Literacy Glucosamine Sulfate vs. HCl: Which Form Should Your Dog Get? The milligram math, what the research actually compared, and why the honest answer is messier than either side...

Skin + Gut Yeast vs. Allergies in Dogs: How to Tell the Difference Why this is usually the wrong question, and what to ask instead. This comes up in my...

Label Literacy How to Tell if Your Dog's Fish Oil Has Gone Rancid Why the nose test works, where it fails completely, and what to buy instead. Omega-3s are one...

Label Literacy How I Vet a Dog Supplement Before It Goes on My Shelf Seven things I look at before I ever feel comfortable putting a supplement in the shop....