{"id":181314,"date":"2017-08-26T09:59:20","date_gmt":"2017-08-26T09:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.petcloud.com.au\/d\/paws-for-thought-this-national-dog-day\/"},"modified":"2025-01-19T15:16:03","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T05:16:03","slug":"paws-for-thought-this-national-dog-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.petcloud.com.au\/d\/blog\/paws-for-thought-this-national-dog-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Paws For Thought This National Dog Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

This National Dog Day, Saturday 26th<\/sup> of August, we want to celebrate all dogs \u2013 big and small \u2013 and most importantly how we can keep them happy and healthy.<\/h3>\n

In particular, we want to highlight the working dogs at Guide Dogs Australia who enrich so many people\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n

Guide Dogs Australia assist people who are blind or have a vision impairment gain the freedom and independence to move safely and confidently around their communities, and to fulfil their potential.<\/p>\n

For these hard working pooches it is imperative they are on the top of their game mentally and physically.<\/p>\n

Dr Caroline Moeser, Veterinary and Breeding Services Manager at Guide Dogs Australia promotes the age old saying prevention is better than cure.<\/p>\n

\u201cHere at Guide Dogs Australia the health of our dogs is vital that\u2019s why we highlight preventative medicine,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

But what could strike down a healthy, well trained Guide Dog in just hours? A tick<\/a>, especially paralysis ticks!<\/p>\n

To coincide with National Dog Day, Guide Dogs Australia have partnered with NexGard to help all pet owners understand the important of keeping their pets safe.<\/p>\n

With tick season here, Dr Moesner says despite where their dedicated puppy raisers are in Australia vituline is key.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have puppies place all over Australia \u2013 from Metropolitan to regional areas\u2026Therefore, it\u2019s really important that we use an effective preventative product for fleas and ticks,\u201d Dr Moesner said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s why we use NexGard for our puppies and adult Guide Dogs.\u201d<\/p>\n

NexGard supplies Guide Dog handlers all over Australia with its tasty, once-a-month chews which protects these special animal from ticks and fleas so they can keep helping everyday Australians.<\/p>\n

Guide Dogs Australia and NexGard want all fur parents to become more aware of, and check for, Paralysis Ticks<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In an initiative to help pet owners, NexGard has created Australia\u2019s first Paralysis Tick Advisory Panel comprised of 14 veterinary experts who have created helpful material with tick information and techniques for checking your pets.<\/p>\n

For your copy of the \u201cDeadly Paralysis Ticks, How to protect our pet\u201d brochure developed by the Australian Paralysis Tick Advisory Panel, contact your vet.<\/p>\n

\"NexGard<\/a><\/p>\n

NexGard is a tasty once-a-month chew that can be given with or without food and is suitable for puppies from eight weeks of age, weighing 2kgs or greater.\u00a0 It is available in Australia at leading veterinary clinics and pet speciality stores.<\/p>\n

This post has been sponsored by NexGard –\u00a0<\/em>www.nexgard.com.au<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

\"This<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Download the PetCloud App and get Pet Friendly Cafes around you, on the go.
Download IOS: https:\/\/apple.co\/2PifzXs<\/a> Android: https:\/\/bit.ly\/3aFeK2m<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This National Dog Day, Saturday 26th of August, we want to celebrate all dogs \u2013 big and small \u2013 and most importantly how we can keep them happy and healthy. In particular, we want to highlight the working dogs at Guide Dogs Australia who enrich so many people\u2019s lives. Guide Dogs Australia assist people who […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":181315,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3788,4278],"tags":[1816,1815,1818,1817],"class_list":["post-181314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-dog","tag-guide-dogs-australia","tag-national-dog-day","tag-nexgard","tag-paws-for-thought"],"yoast_head":"\nPaws For Thought This National Dog Day<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Let's celebrate all dogs big and small this National Dog Day, Saturday 26th of August! This year we explore the working dogs at Guide Dogs Australia.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.petcloud.com.au\/d\/blog\/paws-for-thought-this-national-dog-day\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Paws For Thought This National Dog Day\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Let's celebrate all dogs big and small this National Dog Day, Saturday 26th of August! This year we explore the working dogs at Guide Dogs Australia.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.petcloud.com.au\/d\/blog\/paws-for-thought-this-national-dog-day\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"PetCloud\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/petcloud\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-08-26T09:59:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-01-19T05:16:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.petcloud.com.au\/d\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/18150413\/blog_image-1503705245.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"940\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"788\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"petcloud\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"petcloud\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BlogPosting\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.petcloud.com.au\\\/d\\\/blog\\\/paws-for-thought-this-national-dog-day\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.petcloud.com.au\\\/d\\\/blog\\\/paws-for-thought-this-national-dog-day\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"petcloud\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.petcloud.com.au\\\/d\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3ba42241ed3998c89e268d51fb5d74cd\"},\"headline\":\"Paws For Thought This National Dog Day\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-08-26T09:59:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-01-19T05:16:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.petcloud.com.au\\\/d\\\/blog\\\/paws-for-thought-this-national-dog-day\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":443,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.petcloud.com.au\\\/d\\\/blog\\\/paws-for-thought-this-national-dog-day\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cdn.petcloud.com.au\\\/d\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/blog_image-1503705245.png\",\"keywords\":[\"Guide Dogs Australia\",\"National Dog Day\",\"NexGard\",\"Paws for Thought\"],\"articleSection\":\"Dog\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.petcloud.com.au\\\/d\\\/blog\\\/paws-for-thought-this-national-dog-day\\\/#respond\"]}],\"description\":\"This National Dog Day, Saturday 26th of August, we want to celebrate all dogs \u2013 big and small \u2013 and most importantly how we can keep them happy and healthy. In particular, we want to highlight the working dogs at Guide Dogs Australia who enrich so many people\u2019s lives. Guide Dogs Australia assist people who […]\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.petcloud.com.au\\\/d\\\/blog\\\/paws-for-thought-this-national-dog-day\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.petcloud.com.au\\\/d\\\/blog\\\/paws-for-thought-this-national-dog-day\\\/\",\"name\":\"Paws For Thought This National Dog Day\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.petcloud.com.au\\\/d\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.petcloud.com.au\\\/d\\\/blog\\\/paws-for-thought-this-national-dog-day\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.petcloud.com.au\\\/d\\\/blog\\\/paws-for-thought-this-national-dog-day\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cdn.petcloud.com.au\\\/d\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/blog_image-1503705245.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-08-26T09:59:20+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-01-19T05:16:03+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.petcloud.com.au\\\/d\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3ba42241ed3998c89e268d51fb5d74cd\"},\"description\":\"Let's celebrate all dogs big and small this National Dog Day, Saturday 26th of August! This year we explore the working dogs at Guide Dogs Australia.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.petcloud.com.au\\\/d\\\/blog\\\/paws-for-thought-this-national-dog-day\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.petcloud.com.au\\\/d\\\/blog\\\/paws-for-thought-this-national-dog-day\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.petcloud.com.au\\\/d\\\/blog\\\/paws-for-thought-this-national-dog-day\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cdn.petcloud.com.au\\\/d\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/blog_image-1503705245.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cdn.petcloud.com.au\\\/d\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2021\\\/05\\\/blog_image-1503705245.png\",\"width\":940,\"height\":788,\"caption\":\"A woman gently holds a small, fluffy brown and white puppy in her arms, looking at it lovingly. The text on the image reads \\\"Happy National Dog Day! #nationaldogday2017\\\" with the logo \\\"petcloud\\\" in the bottom right corner.\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.petcloud.com.au\\\/d\\\/blog\\\/paws-for-thought-this-national-dog-day\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.petcloud.com.au\\\/d\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Paws For Thought This National Dog Day\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.petcloud.com.au\\\/d\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.petcloud.com.au\\\/d\\\/\",\"name\":\"PetCloud\",\"description\":\"Pet Care, Pet Health, Pet Nutrition and more\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.petcloud.com.au\\\/d\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-AU\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.petcloud.com.au\\\/d\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3ba42241ed3998c89e268d51fb5d74cd\",\"name\":\"petcloud\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.petcloud.com.au\\\/d\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.petcloud.com.au\\\/d\\\/author\\\/petcloud\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Paws For Thought This National Dog Day","description":"Let's celebrate all dogs big and small this National Dog Day, Saturday 26th of August! This year we explore the working dogs at Guide Dogs Australia.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.petcloud.com.au\/d\/blog\/paws-for-thought-this-national-dog-day\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Paws For Thought This National Dog Day","og_description":"Let's celebrate all dogs big and small this National Dog Day, Saturday 26th of August! This year we explore the working dogs at Guide Dogs Australia.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.petcloud.com.au\/d\/blog\/paws-for-thought-this-national-dog-day\/","og_site_name":"PetCloud","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/petcloud","article_published_time":"2017-08-26T09:59:20+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-01-19T05:16:03+00:00","og_image":[{"width":940,"height":788,"url":"https:\/\/cdn.petcloud.com.au\/d\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/18150413\/blog_image-1503705245.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"petcloud","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"petcloud","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/www.petcloud.com.au\/d\/blog\/paws-for-thought-this-national-dog-day\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.petcloud.com.au\/d\/blog\/paws-for-thought-this-national-dog-day\/"},"author":{"name":"petcloud","@id":"https:\/\/www.petcloud.com.au\/d\/#\/schema\/person\/3ba42241ed3998c89e268d51fb5d74cd"},"headline":"Paws For Thought This National Dog Day","datePublished":"2017-08-26T09:59:20+00:00","dateModified":"2025-01-19T05:16:03+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.petcloud.com.au\/d\/blog\/paws-for-thought-this-national-dog-day\/"},"wordCount":443,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.petcloud.com.au\/d\/blog\/paws-for-thought-this-national-dog-day\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.petcloud.com.au\/d\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/blog_image-1503705245.png","keywords":["Guide Dogs Australia","National Dog Day","NexGard","Paws for Thought"],"articleSection":"Dog","inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.petcloud.com.au\/d\/blog\/paws-for-thought-this-national-dog-day\/#respond"]}],"description":"This National Dog Day, Saturday 26th of August, we want to celebrate all dogs \u2013 big and small \u2013 and most importantly how we can keep them happy and healthy. In particular, we want to highlight the working dogs at Guide Dogs Australia who enrich so many people\u2019s lives. Guide Dogs Australia assist people who […]"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.petcloud.com.au\/d\/blog\/paws-for-thought-this-national-dog-day\/","url":"https:\/\/www.petcloud.com.au\/d\/blog\/paws-for-thought-this-national-dog-day\/","name":"Paws For Thought This National Dog Day","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.petcloud.com.au\/d\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.petcloud.com.au\/d\/blog\/paws-for-thought-this-national-dog-day\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.petcloud.com.au\/d\/blog\/paws-for-thought-this-national-dog-day\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.petcloud.com.au\/d\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/blog_image-1503705245.png","datePublished":"2017-08-26T09:59:20+00:00","dateModified":"2025-01-19T05:16:03+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.petcloud.com.au\/d\/#\/schema\/person\/3ba42241ed3998c89e268d51fb5d74cd"},"description":"Let's celebrate all dogs big and small this National Dog Day, Saturday 26th of August! This year we explore the working dogs at Guide Dogs Australia.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.petcloud.com.au\/d\/blog\/paws-for-thought-this-national-dog-day\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-AU","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.petcloud.com.au\/d\/blog\/paws-for-thought-this-national-dog-day\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-AU","@id":"https:\/\/www.petcloud.com.au\/d\/blog\/paws-for-thought-this-national-dog-day\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/cdn.petcloud.com.au\/d\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/blog_image-1503705245.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/cdn.petcloud.com.au\/d\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/blog_image-1503705245.png","width":940,"height":788,"caption":"A woman gently holds a small, fluffy brown and white puppy in her arms, looking at it lovingly. The text on the image reads \"Happy National Dog Day! #nationaldogday2017\" with the logo \"petcloud\" in the bottom right corner."},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.petcloud.com.au\/d\/blog\/paws-for-thought-this-national-dog-day\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.petcloud.com.au\/d\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Paws For Thought This National Dog Day"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.petcloud.com.au\/d\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.petcloud.com.au\/d\/","name":"PetCloud","description":"Pet Care, Pet Health, Pet Nutrition and more","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.petcloud.com.au\/d\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-AU"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.petcloud.com.au\/d\/#\/schema\/person\/3ba42241ed3998c89e268d51fb5d74cd","name":"petcloud","sameAs":["https:\/\/www.petcloud.com.au\/d"],"url":"https:\/\/www.petcloud.com.au\/d\/author\/petcloud\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petcloud.com.au\/d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181314","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petcloud.com.au\/d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petcloud.com.au\/d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petcloud.com.au\/d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petcloud.com.au\/d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181314"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.petcloud.com.au\/d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181314\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":184696,"href":"https:\/\/www.petcloud.com.au\/d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181314\/revisions\/184696"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petcloud.com.au\/d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.petcloud.com.au\/d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181314"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petcloud.com.au\/d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181314"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.petcloud.com.au\/d\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181314"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}