Ashario Pets

Best Pet Store in North York and Toronto! 🇨🇦

100% Natural and Organic Pet Products

Open from 7am-11pm 365 Days a Year, 7 Days a Week

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Single-ingredient liver treats, Canadian-made: https://t.co/SA58TKNrqG

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The shortest ingredient lists in our treat aisle belong to Crumps' Naturals. Some are literally one word long.

Sweet potato. Beef liver. That's the whole label.

Nothing hidden to react to, easy calorie math, Canadian-made. If short-and-honest is your thing, the single-ingredient liver treats we can't keep on the shelf are linked below.

Sometimes the best recipe is no recipe at all. #AsharioPets #PetNutrition

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Calm support worth a chat with your vet: https://t.co/4Z987JvW3n

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There are exactly four kinds of dog car passengers:

1. The Co-Pilot: sits up straight, watches the road, silently judges your merging
2. The Head-Out-Window Philosopher: pure joy, ears flapping, eyes narrowed against the wind and the meaning of life
3. The Anxious Backseat Driver: pacing, panting, narrating the entire trip in small whimpers
4. The Instant Sleeper: engine starts, dog is unconscious, arrives refreshed

For the number threes: motion sickness is real, often improves with age, and looks nearly identical to anxiety from the front seat. A cracked window and a proper car harness genuinely help, and your vet can untangle stomach from nerves.

One more tell worth knowing: a dog who used to launch into the back seat and now hesitates at the bumper is often talking about his joints, not his mood. Worth a vet conversation too.

So who rides in your back seat, and does the destination change their personality? #AsharioPets #DogHealth

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Unscented clumping litter most cats prefer: https://t.co/YB6Ho7bNcL

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Vaughan and Richmond Hill are full of new pet owners — but premium pet food options haven't kept pace. What should you look for in a store worth the drive (or the delivery)?

THE SHORTLIST TEST
- Raw and freeze-dried: more than one brand, more than one protein
- Rotation-friendly staff who build feeding plans, not just point at shelves
- High turnover, so best-before dates never need squinting at
- Honest pricing: a permanent match guarantee beats a one-week sale

We're just down the 400 corridor in North York, open late every single day, and same-day delivery may reach you too: check your address in the delivery apps.

A great scoop-and-serve intro to freeze-dried raw is linked below.

York Region folks: what's missing from your local pet stores? #AsharioPets #RawFeeding

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A lick mat that turns 30 seconds into 15 minutes: https://t.co/9WL0YLBPq2

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An A+ from the Better Business Bureau doesn't come from good vibes.

It tracks how a business actually behaves over time — how it handles complaints, whether its advertising is honest, whether it does what it says it will do. Boring, unglamorous, hard-to-fake stuff.

Ashario Pets holds a BBB A+ rating, and we bring it up not to show off but because trust is genuinely the product in this industry. You're feeding what we sell to a family member who can't read the label and can't complain to a manager. The bar for 'take our word for it' should be very high.

So alongside the friendly staff and the deep shelves, there's a third-party report card anyone can go check. We like that it exists. Accountability should be table stakes for anyone selling pet food.

What makes YOU trust a store enough to become a regular? #AsharioPets #PetNutrition

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Omega support for coats and creaky joints: https://t.co/4qAcs34JY7

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How old is your dog's bed? If you can't remember buying it, this one's for you.

Senior and large-breed dogs put real weight on their joints every time they lie down and get up, and the right bed genuinely changes their comfort. Here's how we walk owners through it in store:

1. Memory foam - the gold standard for arthritis and hip issues. Look for a solid slab, not shredded fill.
2. Bolster beds - best for dogs who curl up and lean. The raised edge supports the neck.
3. Elevated beds - airflow underneath keeps hot sleepers cool and takes pressure off joints.

The honest answer is that body type beats breed: a lanky 80 lb dog and a dense 80 lb dog need different beds.

The washable everyday bed we point most owners to first is linked below - easy to clean, easy to love.

Where does your dog actually sleep - the fancy bed or your spot on the couch? #AsharioPets #DogHealth

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Waterless shampoo for the bath-averse: https://t.co/LahsqgMJfs

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You are never alone in the bathroom again. That was in the invisible contract you signed at adoption.

The standard escort: the cat walks you in like a security detail, checks behind the shower curtain for threats, then sits on the bath mat facing the door. Guarding. Supervising. Billing by the minute, probably.

Leading theory: the bathroom is the one place a cat's human is stationary, distraction-free and available for appointments. Second theory: a closed bathroom door violates feline municipal law, and this is simply a preventive occupation.

Both check out.

Does your cat run bathroom security, or do you have one of the rare private-life models? #AsharioPets #AdoptDontShop

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Unscented clumping litter most cats prefer: https://t.co/YB6Ho7bNcL

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Myth: if your cat is thirsty, they'll drink from the bowl eventually.

Reality: cats descend from desert hunters with a famously weak thirst drive. Many chronically under-drink, and that quietly stresses kidneys and urinary tracts over the years.

This is why the fountain vs bowl debate matters more than it sounds. Moving water triggers interest — many cats drink noticeably more from a fountain. Bowls still work, but placement is everything: wide, shallow, away from food and litter, refreshed daily.

There's a maintenance truth nobody mentions, too: fountains only help if you actually clean them.

Both options live at our Finch Ave store. And speaking of the litter side of the equation, the low-dust unscented litter most cats accept is linked below.

Does your cat drink from the tap, the fountain, or your water glass? #AsharioPets #CatsOfX

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Single-ingredient liver treats, Canadian-made: https://t.co/DyvHTNv3pb

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Feeding two species in one kitchen is a military operation. Here's the standard sequence:

1. Put the dog's bowl down. Dog inhales contents in eleven seconds.
2. Put the cat's bowl up on the counter, because of step 4.
3. Cat eats four bites, walks away, declares the meal finished.
4. Dog begins patrol under the cat's counter like a furry Roomba, praying for gravity.
5. Cat returns twenty minutes later, outraged that the bowl was cleared.
6. Both stare at you at 4:58 PM the next day as if none of this ever happened.

If your dog treats cat food like contraband treasure, you're not alone. It's one of the most common questions we get at the North York counter, and there's a real nutrition answer about whether it's actually safe.

Is feeding time at your place a smooth routine or a daily heist movie? #AsharioPets #PetNutrition

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Ontario-made raw, ready for the freezer: https://t.co/oRpfi5AMqT

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Let's bust a myth that keeps a lot of dogs on bargain kibble: 'raw feeding is only for people with money to burn.'

Done smart, raw in the GTA is far more attainable than it looks. The cost levers:
- Bulk boxes over single patties - the per-pound difference is real
- Simpler proteins - beef and chicken blends cost far less than exotic meats
- Complete blends over DIY-with-supplements when starting out - fewer wasted experiments
- Watch for freezer sales and stock up when they land

And one lever people forget: price-matching. Find a lower advertised price on the same product? Ashario Pets matches it.

The Ontario-made chicken dinner we point value-hunters to first is linked below - a friendly place to start raw.

What's stopped you from trying raw - price, mess, or just not knowing where to start? #AsharioPets #RawFeeding

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A scratcher to save the couch corner: https://t.co/zzQuFjpetk

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The red dot files, updated.

A cat can be mid-nap, mid-meal or mid-sulk: the moment the dot appears, millions of years of apex-predator engineering come online. The crouch. The butt wiggle. The pounce, executed flawlessly onto a hardwood floor that offers no traction whatsoever.

Then the problem: the dot cannot be caught. Behaviourists actually recommend ending every laser session by landing the dot on a real toy the cat can grab, so the hunt closes with a win instead of an existential question.

Give the hunter a trophy. The hunter has earned it.

Does your cat chase the dot with dignity, or has dignity left the building? #AsharioPets #TorontoCats