We’ve said it before – pets make up a huge portion of our customer base. We’ve answered many a question about anxious cats, or seen dogs visit us looking for an answer to painful skin or joints, only to see them a few weeks later looking 5 years younger.

Hemp Seed Oil – A Nutritional Powerhouse

We can’t talk enough about the richness of essential fatty acids, the perfect balance of omega 3 & 6, and all the vitamins and minerals available in hemp seed oil. It’s one of the easiest ways to boost the nutrition in any diet, and when it comes to your pets you get benefits like:

• Healthy skin and a shiny coat
• Improved brain function
• Improved mobility and comfort
• Reduction in allergies
• Lower cholesterol and improved cardiovascular health
• Immune system support
• Healthy source of protein

Additionally, hemp is very gentle on dogs with sensitive guts and a great option for food sensitivities and allergies.

How To Eat Hemp

• Hemp Oil Supplement 

This is one of the most popular ways we see people using hemp for there pets. There are a lot of hemp oil supplements on offer, often infused with other beneficial ingredients like seaweed or turmeric to further support your pet’s health. These fly off the shelves they’re so popular, but you can also get the benefits of hemp by drizzling hemp seed oil over their meal, and yours as well!

• Meal Toppers

Something new we’re seeing, and we’re into it. Meal toppers are often blended with other superfoods, like organic organ meats that add a whole other profile of benefits to your pets nutrition, plus makes everything tastier for them.

• Hemp Treats 

Hemp Treats are a classic, and kind of where hemp for pets started. Most of our suppliers are really grass roots sort of businesses, that start with someone in their kitchen, baking up some recipes trying to help their dogs arthritis and they found a solution in hemp. Treats are a tasty and convenient way to add hemp to your pets diet.

Hemp Oil or CBD?

If it’s an option, take both. We always recommend that, for humans and animals, because when taken together they create a beautiful synergy. Like humans, animals have an endocannabinoid system – a network in the body that plays a crucial role in regulating various physiological processes and maintaining homeostasis in the body, including

• Mood and emotional regulation
• Modulation of pain perception and improved pain management
• Reduction of inflammation
• Improved immune function
• Regulate appetite and metabolism
• Regulate sleep and circadian rhythms

CBD oil alone helps immensely to address all these issues, but its so much better absorbed with hemp seed oil due to the omega content. Hemp seed oil increases the bioavailability of the cannabinoids and maximises the benefits. Additionally, consuming hemp seed oil supports the endocannabinoid system to produce endocannabinoids alongside the CBD supplement, and improves the overall function of that system.

For Your Pet

Like we said, we’ve so many pets improve with a little bit of hemp. It’s such an easy, effective and inexpensive way to get a good flow of nutrition and therapeutic benefits, either as a preventative health measure or to support the care of ongoing or chronic conditions. There’s a good reason our pet supplements always fly off the shelves!

Hemp is a powerful supplement, so always use pet products as directed. When using products marketed to humans like hemp seed oil or CBD hemp extract oil, we suggest cutting the human dose into quarters and going from there.

With so many benefits in store, your pet will thank you!

References

• Bartner, L. R., McGrath, S. E., Rao, S., Hyatt, L. K., & Wittenburg, L. A. (2018). Pharmacokinetics of cannabidiol administered by 3 delivery methods at 2 different dosages to healthy dogs. Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research, 82(3), 178-183
• Kogan, Hellyer & Robinson (2016). Consumers perception of hemp products for animals. Journal if the American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association vol.42 40-48
• Mantzioris, E., James, M. J., Gibson, R. A., & Cleland, L. G. (1994). Dietary substitution with an alpha-linolenic acid-rich vegetable oil increases eicosapentaenoic acid concentrations in tissues. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 59(6), 1304-1309