Please note orders placed after 3.30pm (1.30pm for DPD orders) Thursday won't be dispatched until Tuesday 2nd April as we are closed for the Easter Bank Holidays. We are currently unable to ship outside of the UK due to the difficulties arising post Brexit. Apologies. 

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Pet Plus are constantly reviewing the PET Plus ingredients as new nutrition research emerges. To that end they have recently improved the Pet Plus formulation. As more and more research is completed on the effectiveness of various nutrients and micronutrients, so new recommendations emerge for supplementing the diets of cats and dogs, and of course, humans. At Pet Plus, they keep abreast of this new information and are constantly improving the formulation of Pet Plus.

At What Age Can Puppies And Kittens Start On Pet Plus?
Puppies and kittens can start taking Pet Plus as soon as they are tasting solid food. This will be a few weeks before weaning as they suckle as well as eating solids for several weeks.

Why Choose Pet Plus For Kittens And Puppies?
It is really helpful for these young puppies and kittens to start on Pet Plus as early as possible as it supplies the nutrients they need to support their development. In the wild, their mothers would be bringing them freshly caught herbivores to eat, so that is what we need to replicate for our pets.

The immature immune system of young puppies and kittens is supported naturally by their mothers' milk (colostrum at first) until they are 12-16 weeks old, but we tend to wean them at 8-10 weeks old, denying them that support. It is essential that we provide a top quality nutritional supplement to support them through this extremely stressful stage.

Below are some further details:

Enzymes: Did you know that enzymes are essential to health but that they don't exist in processed food? Raw food is full of enzymes. Enzymes are essential for life, so every living cell has plenty. But enzymes are destroyed by heat and exposure to various chemicals. This is why processed food contains no enzymes. Fortunately though, the body is capable of making enzymes, and does so in order to digest the food.The body can make enzymes but it is seriously hard work which can wear it out! But making enzymes is an energy expensive process, and particularly hard work for the pancreas. As a result, pancreatitis is becoming increasingly common, as an overworked pancreas becomes inflamed, painful and unable to fulfill its function.

PET Plus Enzymes: In Pet Plus, they have used Proteases and AstraZyme for protein digestion, Amylases for carbohydrate digestion, Lipases for fat digestion and blend of highly active enzymes for the digestion of vegetation.

On a processed food diet, these enzymes are critical for the proper digestion and assimilation of the nutrients, as enzymes are rendered inactive by the heating involved in the production of processed foods. Also, many pet processed foods are bulked out by cheap cereal based fillers which are very difficult for dogs and cats to digest and totally inappropriate for a carnivore. The addition of Pet Plus to processed food facilitates digestion, easing the load on the pancreas and enabling your pets to gain more nutrition from their food.

Cats and dogs need vegetables in their diet. Who knew? Fed a raw food diet, the enzymes in Pet Plus help with the digestion of the raw food, especially the vegetation. Dogs and cats are not good at digesting vegetation, but they need it! Cats and dogs would normally access most vegetable nutrition from the intestinal contents of their prey, where it has already been well chewed, partly digested and is full of vegetation-digesting enzymes and probiotics. So the blend of highly active enzymes in PET Plus for the digestion of vegetation is especially important.

Dogs And Cats Need Probiotics: Lactobacillus Acidophilus and Lactobacillus Plantarum are a complementary pair of the best probiotics for dogs and cats. They colonise the gut easily, create an environment that discourages pathogens and do not transfer antibiotic resistance, unlike some other probiotics.

Pet Plus decided not to use several other probiotic species as Lactobacillus Acidophilus and Lactobacillus Plantarum work well together. They are found in the intestines of all carnivores and the herbivores they eat.This dramatically impacts their ability to digest food and so aids a healthy digestive system. This is of great benefit to everyone within sniffing distance!

Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Brewer's and Nutritional Vegetarian Yeast) is also an important probiotic and has been a major ingredient of Pet Plus since its original creation in 1996.

Probiotics have also been shown to be critically important in maintaining a healthy immune system. This is especially key in these times of increasing antibiotic resistance. If your immune system can protect you from pathogenic invaders, the need for medication, like antibiotics, is vastly reduced.

Cats And Dogs Need Pre-biotics And Antioxidants: Fructo-Oligo Saccharides (FOS) are known to be the very best prebiotics, providing so much support for the existing healthy gut flora that supplying probiotics is almost unnecessary!

Pet Plus decided to do both with Pet Plus, to give our dogs and cats the best of both worlds! Frutafit Inulin IQ is the patented source of the most effective of all the fructo-oligosaccharides in a whole food form. Pet Plus have chosen this prebiotic nutrient to support the probiotics as it is plant based, very palatable and completely natural. Alfafa, wheatgrass, barley grass and beetroot fibre are all included

Alfalfa, wheat grass and barley grass have been pulverized and juiced then carefully dried so that all those fabulous nutrients, which would otherwise be hidden inside the cells, are preserved without chemicals and readily available to our pets. The beet root fibre is also a great source of fibre.

Together, these five ingredients are an essential support for the probiotics and provide an enormous number of antioxidants, vitamins, minerals and phytonutrients.

Chlorella:  As part of a group of nutrient dense aquatic plants, the single-celled Chlorella algae is attracting a lot of well deserved attention. It contains a staggering array of nutrients and micronutrients of great benefit to us all - people, cats and dogs! Chlorella is the richest source of chlorophyll. Chlorophyll is a photosynthesizing molecule closest in structure to the oxygen carrying haemoglobin molecule in animals. Chlorella is an excellent source of essential fatty acids (EFAs), notably the anti-inflammatory Omega 3. Chlorella also contains numerous minerals, vitamins, antioxidants, phytonutrients, proteins and plenty of probiotic-supporting prebiotics.

All this is readily available for absorption by our dogs and cats as they have chosen the very best quality cracked cell wall Chlorella for Pet Plus. As this nutrient dense plant is incredibly green, the Pet Plus powders are green when dry and stay green when mixed with wet food!

Cats also love Chlorella, as Suzi discovered when she dropped one of her Chlorella tablets on the floor and her cat quickly gobbled it up. She was amazed!

Have you noticed that blueberries are everywhere?: Bilberries (Or Blueberries): You have probably noticed the sudden increase in popularity of bilberries. They are rich sources of antioxidants, resveratrols and numerous other highly active 'superfood' micronutrients. These things work together to protect our cells from free radical damage, inflammation and numerous other challenges.

Hemp Seeds And Flax Seeds: Excellent sources of essential fatty acids (EFAs), hemp and flax seeds supply the perfect balance of omega 3, 6 and 9 for dogs and cats. Omega 3 is especially important these days as it is has potent anti-inflammatory properties, protecting the integrity of cell membranes throughout the body.

Other EFAs form the building blocks for hormone production, essential for the body's internal communication mechanisms. Hemp and flax are also rich sources of antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, complete proteins and phytonutrients and support the probiotics.

As the seeds themselves would be difficult to digest, we have powdered them.

Brewers Yeast And Nutritional Yeast: Repelling parasites and supplying plenty of B vitamins are the main roles of these yeasts. Technically known as Saccharomyces cerevisiae, they are also important probiotics. Tasting delicious, they also provide many other important nutrients as well as enhancing the flavour.

Dogs and cats love the taste of nutritional yeast! They are completely harmless, being unrelated to the pathogenic yeasts, which occasionally colonise inflamed areas of pet bodies, most notably the ears.

Cats and dogs love the taste of nutritional yeast, helping them to enjoy Pet Plus in their food. Cats happily lick Pet Plus off their fur, while dogs are quick to lick it off the floor when the opportunity arises.

Coenzyme Q 10 (Ubiquinone): Efficient energy production by the cells is critical for health. Coenzyme Q10 (20mg per teaspoon of Pet Plus) is an essential co-factor for the release of energy from food in the mitochondria, the energy powerhouses of every cell.

This fuels all the body's systems, enhancing the smooth running of the whole body, especially the immune system and the cardiovascular system.

Taurine 

Taurine For Cats: Taurine is essential for feline health. Cats are unique in their inability to make it themselves from other dietary ingredients. So a plentiful supply has always been provided in Pet Plus for Cats. It's presence is associated with a healthy cardiovascular system, eyesight and neurological function. It prevents the cardiomyopathy, retinal degeneration and epilepsy which can occur when dietary taurine is deficient.

Taurine For Dogs: An increasing number of dogs seem to be suffering from taurine deficiency, so they have now added taurine to Pet Plus for Dogs. However, this now means that the formulation for dogs is now the same as for cats, so there is now only one type of Pet Plus, so it will no longer be separately labelled as Pet Plus for Cats and Pet Plus for Dogs. It will be labeled as Pet Plus for Dogs & Cats!

Pet Plus does not contain any ingredient of animal origin.

How Long will Pet Plus last?

Cat or small dog? For cats and small dogs weighing up to 7.5kg, a 100g tub of PET Plus will last approx 4 months. They need ¼ teaspoonful in food daily. 
Medium Dog? For a medium sized dog, weighing 7.5kg-15kg, a 100g tub of PET Plus will last approx. 2 months. They need ½ teaspoonful in food daily.
Large dog? For large dogs, over 15kg, a 100g tub of PET Plus lasts approx 1 month. A 400g tub lasts approx 4 months. They need 1 teaspoonful mixed in food daily

ONCE OPENED USE WITHIN 4 MONTHS

Synergy With Nature: The key to successful nutritional supplementation is to use the ingredients found in nature in their whole form. There are at least 15,000 micronutrients in raw food which all work together, synergistically. If these are isolated to make individual vitamins, we are removing the very things we need! Always go for whole food based nutritional supplements and avoid isolates! …..nature knows best!

Directions for Use:

For CATS give 1/4 teaspoon daily. This can be mixed with food, sprinkled onto your cat's fur (try putting it on their shoulder or back, between shoulder blades where they  can reach it to lick it off, but can't shake it off. Do not do this if you have applied a flea repellent to this area) or put onto a dry plate for your cat to lick up.

For DOGS: Mix with food (moisten dry food). Give the daily amount divided between meals according to your dog's body weight, as follows:

Dog's Weight               Amount to Give

0-7.5kg (16lbs):             ¼ teaspoonful daily 

7.5kg-15kg (16-33lbs):  1/2 teaspoonful daily 

Over 15kg (33lbs):         1 teaspoonful daily 

 PET PLUS BLOG

Saccharomces cerevisiae, Flaxseed Powder, Hemp seed powder, Chlorella Powder, Inulin, L-Taurine, barley grass juice, kamut wheatgrass juice, Alfafa leaf, beetroot fibre, enzyme blend (Hemicellulase, Phytase, Protease, Amylase, beta gluconase, cellulase, Lipase, invertase, bilberry juice extract, co-enzyme Q10, Astrazyme, orange saffloer petals, Lactobacillus Acidophilus, Lactobacillus Plantarum.

 

SUMMARY OF UK DELIVERY INFORMATION (Please note that the delivery time is from the date of dispatch and not from the date your order has been placed)

Orders under £44.99 (and under 3.5kg)

Customers have the option of :-

  • Shipping with Royal Mail Tracked 48 (typically 2 days but can take 4 days) at £3.49
  • Shipping with Royal Mail Tracked 24 (1-2 days) at £4.99.
  • Shipping with DPD Next Day Courier service at £7.99 [see below for exceptions] (please note this is a next day service, but from time to time this can take 2 days) 
  • Saturday delivery - with DPD £9.99

 Orders over £44.99 (and less than 3.5kg) are sent free of charge using Royal Mail 48 Tracked. There is however the option to upgrade to Royal Mail Tracked 24 for £1.49 or use a DPD Courier at £4.99

Orders over £130 will be sent with DPD or Royal Mail Tracked 24 if in the Highlands & Islands, Isle of Man, Scilly Isles, Channel Islands, Northern Ireland)

Click & Collect - free You are welcome to collect your order from our offices at Northwich, Cheshire (CW9 7TN). Office hours are typically 9.00 – 4.30 but often we are here later, so it is recommended to ring ahead. Tel: 01565 745463.
 
Orders over 3.5kg will need to be send with DPD as we are unable to ship heavy items with Royal Mail. DPD will attract an additional shipping charges – see below for more information.
 
Please be advised that during busier periods, such as Christmas and Black Friday, parcel deliveries may take longer to be delivered.
 
DPD Courier: All orders over 3.5kg will be shipped via DPD as follows:-.
 
- UK Mainland, next working weekday delivery is £7.99
- UK Mainland, Saturday Delivery is £9.99
- Special UK Postcodes* two-working day service is £16.99 [* Special UK Postcodes include Highlands Islands, Isle of Wight as follows: AB36-AB38, AB55-AB56, FK17-FK21, IV1-39, IV52-54, IV63, KW 1-14, PA21-PA40, PH19-PH26, PH49-50, PO31-PO41)
- UK Offshore, including the Scottish Islands (HS1-9, IV40-51, IV55-56, KA27-28, KW15-17, PA20, PA41-49, PA60-78, PH42-44, ZE1) £16.99 
- Northern Ireland - £15.49
- Isle of Man - £16.99
- Scilly Islands, Channel Islands - £22.75
 
We are currently unable to ship to the Republic of Ireland with DPD Courier.
 
General Rules for DPD
 
Under normal circumstances, all orders placed before 1.30pm will be dispatched the same working day. Orders placed after 1.30pm will be dispatched on the following working day. Orders placed after 1.30pm on a Friday will be dispatched on the following Monday for delivery on Tuesday (or Wednesday for UK special postcodes). This also applies to orders received after 1.30pm on a Thursday.
 
Saturdays, Sundays and all Bank & Public Holidays are classed as non-working days and orders will be dispatched on the next working day.
 
Your order will be fully trackable, and you will receive a text and email (if supplied) when your order has been dispatched, and on the day of delivery you will receive an estimated 1-hour delivery window, with alternative options if you are not in.
 
We reserve the right to switch this service to Royal Mail Special Delivery Next Day, in exceptional circumstances.
 
GENERAL INFORMATION - SERVICE OVERVIEW

Generally all orders placed before 3.30pm will be dispatched the same working day. Orders placed after 3.30pm will be dispatched on the following working day. 

For courier deliveries please note that orders placed after 4pm on a Thursday will be dispatched Friday for a Monday delivery and orders placed after 4pm on Friday will be dispatched on Monday for a Tuesday delivery (or Wednesday for UK special postcodes).

Saturdays, Sundays and all Bank & Public Holidays are classed as non-working days and orders will be dispatched on the next working day.

Please double check your delivery address is correct and contact us straight away if not.

Email notification will be sent once your order has been dispatched.

If in the unusual situation there is an issue with your order, such as an item is unexpectedly out of stock or there is an issue with delivery, we will make contact with you. In these instances, we will keep you update via email or telephone to confirm the progress of the order.

Further information on UK deliveries as well as full information on international deliveries, please see our Delivery & Returns section of the website.