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Healthy Dog Treats – Solid Gold Jerky Treats

What goes into selecting a healthy treat for your dog? Is it enough to select a treat based on the brand name or do you need to do a little more investigating into the ingredients of the treat……after all, isn’t a treat, a treat? That’s not the case at all. You can use some of the same […]

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Raw Pet food Manufacturer Spotlight

If you are a reader of this blog, you know I am passionate about feeding pets a healthy diet. I am also passionate about educating pet owners about the benefits of a healthy diet and helping you bring healthy foods to your pet’s bowls. In an earlier post, I talked about how feeding raw food […]

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Raw Pet Food Made Easy and Affordable

  Have you been noticing freezers at your pet’s specialty food store? These freezers are for raw pet food, which is a great addition to your pet’s diet. Raw pet food is healthy, it’s living food, fresh,  and it has a high moisture content.  Pet owners like the idea of fresh food but are often […]

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Until Death Do We Part – Pet Loss

Whether a new playful bouncing puppy, a lonely stray, or an seemingly average adult pet comes into your home; they quickly find refuge in a new home and you quickly experience a special peace and joy in their constant presence in your life. As pet owners, we do all we can to provide for our pets […]

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You Can Adopt A Pet Today

  This is Lily. She is about 3 years old and 7 pounds of joy.  She came to live with us when we adopted her from Underdog Rescue in Minnesota.  Lily had lived her life in a puppy mill, prior to being rescued by Underdog.  She is thriving in a home with a family!   […]

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Pet Rescues and Pet Businesses Work Together

All pet lovers delight in hearing the news that a  rescued pet has found their forever home. Here in the Twin Cities of Minnesota, nonprofits and for-profits are working together to make that become a reality for more and more homeless animals. Nonprofit pet rescues are mostly composed of volunteers, pet lovers who are working […]

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Use Feedback to Your Advantage

Recently our outside sales rep met with a longtime Solid Gold Northland client and store owner. This client is one who orders from us weekly, we speak with on the phone often, see face to face occasionally and our entire staff would have thought this customer was very please with our company. After the appointment, the sales […]

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Solid Gold Northland joins PetPAC

Solid Gold Northland is excited to be a new member of PetPAC, which is a membership of pet professionals and companies in the Twin Cities Metro Area. PetPac offers pet industry professionals in our area an avenue to get to know others in the field, network and provides excellent education for us all on diverse pet […]

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Vital Essentials at our Household

There is nothing better in the world than coming home and being greeted by my 70 pound, GSD Maverick. We have a routine: I walk in the door, set down my carry-all, he jumps on me in greeting, and we then proceed to have a love fest like we haven’t seen each other in days […]

Give the Gift of Food- Paws on Grand

  YOU’RE INVITED! When: Sunday August 7th, Noon to 4pm What: 6th Annual Paws on Grand – “Paws” as in your little friends at home and “pause” to shop, dine and conduct services on the Avenue. Besides great sidewalk sales and dining and services for pet parents, pets will be pampered with treats, toys, pet tags, […]