When your baby isn’t such a baby anymore – when to switch to adult foods
...is headed towards his first birthday. Should you change her to adult food now, or wait? A good rule of thumb for smaller breed dogs and cats is that you...
...is headed towards his first birthday. Should you change her to adult food now, or wait? A good rule of thumb for smaller breed dogs and cats is that you...
...use these fatty acids (both omega-3 and omega-6) to make compounds that are involved with our response to injury and infection. Omega-6s generally are used to make compounds that “stir...
...nutrition into their pet’s wellness and treatment plans. The Clinical Nutrition Service has extensive experience in nutritional management of dogs and cats, from healthy animals to those with very complex...
...the chicken by-product meal one company uses may be much better quality than that of the de-boned chicken another company uses). It also doesn’t tell us whether the ingredients are...
...completed looking at some biomarkers of carbohydrate metabolism in dogs with lymphoma, a common type of cancer. Dr. Deborah Linder Dr. Linder was recently an invited international speaker for the...
...be contributing and finally convinced my client to stop the majority of them. She called me a month later to tell me sheepishly that the dog’s liver enzymes had normalized,...
...grocery store (or pet boutique!) is a good choice. Wherever you buy your pet’s food, it’s critical that the food you select is one made by a manufacturer with strong...
...coming from treats, which are not intended to be nutritionally balanced. Check the label of your commercial treat for kcal amounts, but if it doesn’t have kcal on the label,...
...do not allow cats to go longer than 24 hours without consuming any meals. Strategies modified from the 2014 AAHA Weight Management Guidelines, which can be found at: https://www.aaha.org/public_documents/professional/guidelines/weight_management_guidelines.pdf....
...but also many other areas including activity, curiosity, attitude, and communication (Link to full article including the survey: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29153104). If you are worried about your cat’s changing behavior, these questions...