Blog | The Balanced Canine

Sacha Packer

Dec 28 min read

Let's take the scary out of raw feeding

Hi! I'm Sacha, a fresh food recipe formulator and advocate of feeding our dogs a healthy diet and I'd like to walk you through how to...

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Could A Cooked Diet Be A Game Changer For Your Dog?

Sacha Packer

Nov 15, 20237 min read

Could A Cooked Diet Be A Game Changer For Your Dog?

The fresh food movement is in full swing just like it is in human nutrition. We know that ultra processed diets are not health foods but...

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Heart Disease In Dogs - Things you can do to help prevent it in your dog

Sacha Packer

Mar 30, 20235 min read

Heart Disease In Dogs - Things you can do to help prevent it in your dog

Heart Disease is a devastating disease, families can lose their dogs to this disease well before their time due to genetic &...

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HOW TO DIP YOUR TOE INTO FRESH FOOD FEEDING

Sacha Packer

Mar 1, 20235 min read

HOW TO DIP YOUR TOE INTO FRESH FOOD FEEDING

Starting fresh food feeding can be scary right? Next week, we challenge you to add something new to your dog's dry food. There are no...

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🥩 SCIENTISTS SHOW BENEFITS TO EATING REAL FOOD...WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT...

Sacha Packer

Jan 4, 20232 min read

🥩 SCIENTISTS SHOW BENEFITS TO EATING REAL FOOD...WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT...

1. One study published in the Journal of Animal Science found that dogs on a fresh food diet had improved coat condition and decreased...

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Sacha Packer

Dec 10, 20225 min read

"it's a trend"

The dumbest I've heard is that feeding a dog real food aka their natural diet is a trend. If you want to geek out, this is the thread...

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The Term COMPLETE & BALANCED has you running scared

Sacha Packer

Sep 4, 20224 min read

The Term COMPLETE & BALANCED has you running scared

As per the FDA, the term complete & balanced means that a recipe must contain every nutrient listed in the profile at the recommended...

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Sacha Packer

Jul 6, 202219 min read

Importing a dog to Australia

The process, the costs, the stress.... Whilst I have always wanted to import a dog, the whole process to me was just too scary for...

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Sacha Packer

Nov 1, 20214 min read

Supplements For Puppies

When you become the pet parent of a new puppy, you want to be the best pet parent there is and you spend hours on Google looking at...

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Biking with dogs either for fun or for the endurance test

Sacha Packer

Aug 9, 202116 min read

Biking with dogs either for fun or for the endurance test

Come and learn more about how to get started, be safe, have fun and become explorers! Now, to preface something before we go further,...

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Bulking out the Fresh Food diet for financial purposes

Sacha Packer

Jul 12, 20217 min read

Bulking out the Fresh Food diet for financial purposes

There are times when fresh food feeders are on reduced budgets and rather than go back to kibble which would cause many of them...

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Sacha Packer

Apr 29, 20211 min read

Nail Clippers That Were Life Changing!

Nail trimming is something brings fear into the hearts of many pet parents, they don't know where to clip, they squeeze the dogs foot or...

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𝗗𝗢 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗛𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗔 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗡 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗗𝗢𝗚𝗦 𝗜𝗙 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗗𝗜𝗘?

Sacha Packer

Apr 14, 20213 min read

𝗗𝗢 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗛𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗔 𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗡 𝗙𝗢𝗥 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗗𝗢𝗚𝗦 𝗜𝗙 𝗬𝗢𝗨 𝗗𝗜𝗘?

I asked my other half the other night if the dog's nails would get clipped if I died and he gave me that look like that would be unlikely...

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Sacha Packer

Apr 14, 20212 min read

𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗡 𝗧𝗢 𝗥𝗘𝗧𝗜𝗥𝗘 𝗬𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗙𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗗𝗢𝗚

7 years ago, a less grey Little Man with his 1st place qualie. At 11, he’s back training agility with Ginger and loving it, he’s the...

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Sacha Packer

Apr 14, 20214 min read

𝗦𝗲𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗰 𝗗𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘀

Today is weekly wash day, can you see how impressed Gavin is post wash? Gavin has been affected by 𝗦𝗲𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗰...

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Sacha Packer

Apr 14, 20214 min read

What Is A Dog Show

Those outside of this fancy tends to have a fairly bleak outlook on dog showing, believing it to be a beauty contest that consists of...

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Sacha Packer

Apr 3, 20213 min read

5 Ways To Clean Your Dogs Teeth

Dogs with poor dental health may have stinky breath and will likely develop periodontal disease which is caused by an infection called...

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What's This Lure Coursing Thing All About?

Sacha Packer

Apr 2, 20217 min read

What's This Lure Coursing Thing All About?

Photo: GingerNinja (AR) - Photo is Copyright of Pinnicle Photography March 7th, 2021, we headed out to Dogs NSW for a try out day for...

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Honouring Their Memory Without Creating Shrines

Sacha Packer

Mar 28, 20214 min read

Honouring Their Memory Without Creating Shrines

Pet parents who keep the ashes of dearly departed dogs may end up with a bit of problem on their hands when urn after urn starts...

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Not warming up a performance dog = mis-management

Sacha Packer

Mar 11, 20214 min read

Not warming up a performance dog = mis-management

Whilst a performance dog handler understands that no human athlete would hit the field without a warm up preparing their body...

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