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Healthy pets see their vets! #GetHealthyHappy

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What makes a healthy pet? According to a recent petMD poll, nearly 2 in 10 pet owners hadn’t visited their vet for a routine checkup in the past year. missing your pet’s yearly check up is like missing 5 years of checkups! missing your pet’s yearly check up is like missing 5 years of checkups!

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Balanced Nutrition is the Key to a Healthy Diet

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We hear a lot about healthy diets, both for people and for pets. Because we choose the food for our pets, it’s important for us to understand which nutrients are essential to health. Protein helps support lean muscle tissue for adult pets, and for puppies and kittens, protein nourishes growing muscle tissue.

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How to Identify Food Intolerances in Pets

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For new puppies that are under the age of 1-year, many vets will recommend probiotics, which can be purchased online via a Canadian drug store and dispensed in your pet’s food in order to establish gut balance and good digestion early on. Food allergies and food intolerances affect our pets much the same way they strike humans.

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Back to School with PetMD University

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The course will take you through a series of articles, slide shows, and quizzes geared to teach you more about the topic. PetMD University offers a wide range of courses too, for example in the dog section you can learn about puppy basics, being social with your dog, heart worms, skin care, emergency preparedness and more!

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Bringing Your Baby Home

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Guest article from Jon of ilovelabradorretrievers.com. For expectant parents who have a pet at home, one of the most common concerns they have is how will their pet cope with the new addition to the family? Your pet thrives on routine, which will be shattered when baby comes home. Think about it for a second.

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12 Tips for new dog owners.

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This is a great article, and while it is geared towards the new dog at the White House, the tips are important for anyone who is getting ready to welcome a new furry friend into the family. Anyone can follow these quick and easy tips, which are also easily adapted for puppies. 12 Tips for the Obama Family and Their New Adopted Dog, Bo.

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Five Surprising Benefits of Spaying or Neutering Your Pets

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Keep Your Pet Healthy. There are major benefits of spaying or neutering your pets. Most of us know that spaying or neutering a pet can help reduce pet overpopulation and prevent an unintended pregnancy. Spaying or neutering your pet completely eliminate the risk of these dangerous cancers. Reduced Cancer Risk.

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