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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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What About Daisy?

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While shopping for pet food in 2008, Maryam Faresh and her partner Bruce Meade saw a sign hanging on the wall with a picture of a white puppy with spots and strange looking eyes. The sign read, “Blind and deaf puppy needs home.” Immediately, they went to meet the puppy – within minutes, they knew they had to have her.

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Common Skin Diseases Witnessed in Dogs

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1) Allergies: Dogs can be allergic to a number of things, such as: food, insect bites (flea/ticks), things lying around such as plant fertilizers, pollen grains, domestic cleaning chemicals, chemicals used to process rawhide, hoofs, bones and horns. Common Skin Diseases in Dogs. Many are contagious. Seek veterinary help immediately.

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Improving Your Dog’s Health with Regular Grooming

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Relax Your Dog: It’s important to give your dog lots of affection throughout the grooming process to help them relax. If you’re tense through the grooming process your dog will pick this up and feel nervous as well. Take a Bath: If your dog is particularly dirty, make sure it’s bathed before you begin the clipping process.

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Welcome Home Mama & Boris: How a Sister’s Love Saved a Fallen Soldiers Beloved Dogs

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Pets In Iraq – Excerpt from Mama & Boris. So when Peter calls and excitedly tells us stories about a small pack of five dogs that has started coming around the base—a mother and her four pups—I laugh and think, of course he has pets in Iraq. Soon, Peter tells us that he can’t find two of the puppies.

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Teach Your Dog To Go Potty On Command!

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Note: Young puppies may go through a phase of trying to eat the pea gravel, however, this does not mean that the gravel will not work for you in the long run. Synthetic grass may be the best choice for puppies 8 to 18 weeks old. Pea gravel, synthetic grass or wood chips. Material to border the area off with (lumber, logs, etc).

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Guest post: Dog Adoption

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Dog Fence DIY has a variety of different pet containment systems to choose from. Be sure to check out the Innotek 2100 pet containment system for the best available price. Dog Fence DIY will help with all the steps of the process. Do you have time to toilet train a puppy, and feed it several times a day?