Tag: treats

Canine Cancer Cuisine

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Canine Cancer Cuisine There are no ten commandments or easy-to-follow plans for feeding an animal with cancer, but healthy and tempting cuisine is a good place to start for canines with cancer. Written by Suzi Beber | Photography by Julie Austin One diet does not fit all, and what works well today may not be tolerated tomorrow. Tastes change and regular feeding schedules can be turned upside down. The guidance of a veterinarian or nutritionist can give a better idea of what to expect, but here are a few important…

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Raw Food: Truth or Fiction

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By Robert Mueller Give your dog a fighting chance with a healthy diet. Concerned pet parents who are actively searching for the very best in nutrition for their dogs need to be able to discern fact from fiction when making a decision whether to switch their dogā€™s diet. With the recent recalls of pet food, pet owners that have been buying kibble and canned food all their life are now beginning to question the safety, value and benefits of feeding a heat processed pet food.   Each side of the…

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Great exercises for you and your pup

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Medically reviewed by Jennifer Garcia, DVM Sure, dog is manā€™s best friend ā€” but our furry companions are more like us than you may realize. Case in point: To maximize dog health, itā€™s critical for Fido to get regular exercise. Keeping your pet healthy has a lot to do with good nutrition, but just like people, dogs are becoming more and more sedentary these days. Consider this: You can help promote good dog health by getting your pet up and moving. Doggy Exercises For Your Pet ā€” and You Follow…

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A Dog With A Lesson To Teach

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By Robert Mueller It is so touching when I receive testimonials from my clients. Not only is it refreshing to hear a client’s story on their experience with raw diets, but I am able to hear how I have changed the life of their pet’s. This customer takes me through her experience with raw diet from the very beginning.  “I’ll believe it when I see it,” as the saying goes. Well, I see it, but I can hardly believe it. Bella, a Labrador retriever mix who was 13 years old on February 13, has been part…

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Pet obesity: Tips on how to avoid killing your dog

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Much like their human owners, animals have to deal with unwanted weight, too. Animal obesity is an epidemic across the country with more than 50 percent of pets now overweight. My little girl Nadya, an adorable 7 year old bichon/poodle mix often overindulges in food. Every time she thinks she does something good, she expects a treat. You spoil them and then you don’t realize what you’re doing. To lose weight, cutting calories is the key. If you look at the calorie content of those treats, it would comprise probably…

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Debunked: Omega 3, 6 and 9 for dogs

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First, let’s talk about how the fatty acids are named. “Essential” meansĀ needed, thus our bodies don’t make the fatty acid. The biochemical structureĀ is what makes them fatty acids and helps with the different names. “Fatty”Ā means the EFAs are used in the body in lipid (fatty) layers of cells andĀ tissues. Where the first double bond is in the fatty acid molecule helps in the naming – an omega-3 fatty acid has the first double bond 3 carbon atomsĀ from the naming end; an omega-6 has 6 carbon atoms until the first doubleĀ bond;…

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