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Dog Tips

Still Feeding Kibble? This Hidden Ingredient Could Be a Problem

No matter how you feed your pet, it's critical to strike the 'Goldilocks' zone for fiber. Too little, too much, or the wrong kind can heap health hazards onto your precious dog. Some dogs need these mixed into their daily food to keep them on the straight and narrow of great health.

Dog Tips

What Does It Mean When Your Dog Gives You the ‘Side-Eye’?

If your dog has ever given you that side-eye look, known as 'whale eye,' it may be more than a funny expression. It can be a clue to how your pet is feeling and what they need from you.

Dog Tips

Be Aware — This Pet Food Contains a Stunning List of 40 'Clean' Ingredients

Clean is often presented as the new standard. However, not all claims may fully reflect product quality. Some pet owners choose to avoid these products in favor of alternatives. Does your pet's food contain any of these so-called wholesome ingredients?

Food Facts

This Tiny Fruit Packs a Surprising Punch for Your Pet's Brain

What this fruit lacks in size, it makes up for in health benefits, as it offers an array of polyphenols with impressive antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and neuroprotective properties. Offer your pet a few bites and let them enjoy this fruit's delicious flavor and nutrition.

Cat Tips

Finally Caught on Camera — The Last Member of Its Species in the Wild

These magnificently sleek creatures once freely roamed the American Southwest, but vanished over the last 150 years. Researchers suspected that one of them still existed in the US, and spent years with the help of a dog trained in scat detection to find him.

Dog Tips

Gentle Dogs Seek Escape from Abuse and Captivity — Can You Help?

They've been trapped in abuse, forced to live in confinement, and subject to injuries. But laws are changing, and that means more than 400 of these gentle, affectionate, easygoing dogs will have a new opportunity for life with a loving family. Maybe yours?

importance of protein and meat in pet foods

Dog Tips

Pet Food Company Finds Startling Findings — but What Did They Do with It?

They did a study to discover how the type of protein affected adult and senior dogs. And followed it with another study focused on declining body composition in senior dogs. What they found may surprise you. But what they did with that information is stunning indeed.

Food Facts

Cottage Cheese: This 'Weird' Fridge Food Is Actually a Win for Your Pet

If your pet isn't lactose-intolerant, try smearing a small amount of this creamy food to their lick mat. You can also add it to their pet treat recipes — here are a couple of ideas to help you get started!

Dog Tips

The No-Grain Ingredient Coming to Your Pet Food Aisle

Pet food companies have a new favorite ingredient that is biologically inappropriate, yet plentiful, inexpensive, and works beautifully in their extrusion equipment for commercial pet food. And they want you to believe it's a healthy addition. Here's why it doesn't belong in your pet's bowl.

Reviewed by Dr. Becker

Still Feeding Kibble? This Hidden Ingredient Could Be a Problem

What Does It Mean When Your Dog Gives You the ‘Side-Eye’?

Be Aware — This Pet Food Contains a Stunning List of 40 'Clean' Ingredients

This Tiny Fruit Packs a Surprising Punch for Your Pet's Brain

Finally Caught on Camera — The Last Member of Its Species in the Wild

Gentle Dogs Seek Escape from Abuse and Captivity — Can You Help?

Pet Food Company Finds Startling Findings — but What Did They Do with It?

Cottage Cheese: This 'Weird' Fridge Food Is Actually a Win for Your Pet

The No-Grain Ingredient Coming to Your Pet Food Aisle

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