Browse any grocery store or pet food store to buy Dog Food and you will agree that trying to decide on what is best for your dog is an exhausting task. Scanning the shelves of products available, you are bombarded by foods extolling different health benefits as well as a huge range of prices. The pet food industry is a multi-billion dollar industry and pet food manufacturers are eagerly marketing for every dollar. Not only are t (more…)
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Choosing the Best Dog Food
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010Dog Food Label Regulations
Monday, January 26th, 2009The label on a dog food product gives a great deal of information about the product inside the bag, box, can or carton. To interpret this data properly, it is necessary to know and understand the various parts of the label copy and the regulations involved. The purpose of this article is to explain current pet food regulations, and what the dog owner can determine from information provided on the label.
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Choosing The Right Dog Food For Your Dog
Thursday, January 8th, 2009Dog food is essential to your dog’s medicare. You have many choices on the shelves in pet stores as well as feeding them with natural foods. The choice of what to feed them is going to be decided in some measure by the health concerns they can exhibit in life. You may also need to identify the dog food you feed your dog on the nutritive value of the ingredients. There are four sorts of dog food you can give your pet. These inclu (more…)
Does Your Veterinary Sell One of The Top 10 Best Dog Food?
Friday, October 17th, 2008Do you consider big name dog food brands to be made with the best dog food ingredients? My research shows that the names we know best have little to do with how healthy they are and more to do with the size of their advertising budget.
Sadly the best dog food for your dog is probably not even being sold in your Vets office. Just because a dog food is sold by your veterinarian does not mean it is the healthiest food av (more…)
Treating Your Dog’s Constipation
Friday, May 23rd, 2008Constipation usually occurs when the dog does not get enough bulk in his diet or when he does not get enough proper exercise. When a dog does not get the chance to eliminate when he needs to, he may develop the habit of holding it in. A dog that is not let out enough will also likely to develop this habit. In these simple cases of constipation, you may use the following treatment to ease your dog’s discomfort:
1. Feed (more…)
Humming Birds – Raising Pets in Their Natural State
Tuesday, February 12th, 2008Pets are not always that are kept in a cage or locked in your place and adore it. They are some times left free or natural in state and still referred as pets, just like humming birds.
Humming birds come in all colors of the rainbow. A special feature of humming bird which attracted many people is that the color of the humming bird feathers change in sun light. Fortunately, people today have recognized that the (more…)
Common Birth Defects In Dogs
Tuesday, December 11th, 2007A vital part of good prevention is to know the common types of illnesses and disorders associated with particular dog breeds. For dogs, the parts of their body that are most frequently affected by congenital problems are the central nervous system, the eyes, the muscles, and the bones. For instance, the Beagle, Collie, miniature Poodle, German Shepherd, and Keeshond are more likely to inherit epilepsy.
Also, different (more…)
Which Way Should You Go With All Of The Pet Food Options
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007If you are like most persons or families that have pets, what do you feed them? I have a dog and like some people, we feed him the same food that we eat every night. When we first got him he was about 6 to 8 weeks old. I wanted to feed him nothing but dog food, but that didn’t happen because my mother-in-law, who we were staying with, had three small dogs of her own, and she would feed them table scraps. Of course my puppy was t (more…)
Pet Food – Choosing What Is Best For Your Pet
Saturday, June 16th, 2007Every animal owner wants to give their pet the best life possible. Feeding them the best food will give your pet a better quality of life.
Have you ever considered making your own food? It may sound time consuming but it need not be, home made animal feed is becoming more and more popular and there are many websites that can provide you with free pet food recipes. Making your own will give you peace of mind knowin (more…)
Pet Health And What You Feed Them
Monday, February 26th, 2007Since most Americans are more concerned about our health than we’ve ever been, we should have equal concern for our pets … especially regarding the ingredients in their food. In theory, we would want the ingredients in our pets’ food to be acceptable for human consumption. If byproducts are no longer tolerated in our food, why should they be tolerated in our pets’ food? We’re also starting to realize that our pets need daily s (more…)