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What Foods you should Avoid Feeding your Dog?

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Similar to humans, dogs that eat sugary foods can develop obesity, tooth decay, and diabetes. Meat and Bones. Raw meat, fish, and eggs pose the same danger to dogs as they do to humans. Still, your dog should avoid certain kinds of meat, cooked or not. Sugary Foods and Beverages. Salty Foods. People Medicine.

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5 Cat Health Problems that Can be Avoided

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There are numerous things that your vet tells you to vaccinate for, but the worst problems often come from a poor-quality diet. Cats are just as likely to get cancer, diabetes and organ failure as humans are. Cats are obligate carnivores, which means that they require a diet high in meat and protein. This leads to diabetes.

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Guest Post: Understanding Pet Food Labels

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De-mystify the labeling on a lot of pet food – “natural,&# “raw,&# “human grade,&# “FDA approved&#. Human Grade” is far superior to the “feed grade” found in most pet food. Human grade” ingredients may include leftovers after the “restaurant grade” portions have been removed.

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What To Do If Your Dog Gets A Cold

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Sneezing, runny nose, headache, even fever: these are the things that we human beings experience when we have a cold. But having a cold is not just exclusive to us humans as our beloved pet dogs can get a cold too. If you buy canned dog food get the stuff that has the fewest ingredients and has the most meat protein.

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Smattering Sunday

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Dr. Newest Vet sent this to me from yesterday's day at "camp" for Charles. Next, to today's New York Times and Gary Steiner 's fantastic Op-ed called " Animal, Vegetable, Miserable ,"which begins with: "LATELY more people have begun to express an interest in where the meat they eat comes from and how it was raised." (Try

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Which Food Is Better for Your Dog?

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Having a healthy dog can mean that your dog is more active and in all probability, require less visits to the vet. Burns dog food comes in both forms and like all brands, has the ingredients and nutritional values printed on the packs just like human foods. Each has its advantages and disadvantages and you should note them carefully.

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12 Tips for new dog owners.

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A daily brushing is a must, and have your vet show you how to clean your pup’s teeth. A rub down or massage is good for the puppy and the human massager as well, and you can stimulate many health-providing acupuncture points with a simple head to tail, whole-body massage. Natural Mischief Makers : Puppies are natural mischief-makers.

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