...are four main types or forms of commercial pet food: dry foods, wet foods (cans, pouches, tubs), fresh food (cooked and purchased fresh or frozen), and raw (frozen or freeze-dried)....
...dogs like onion, garlic, avocado, grapes, and raisins. Fruit will discolor as it dries, but adding lemon juice can help with this. For more details, you can go to: https://extension.psu.edu/lets-preserve-drying-fruits-and-vegetables....
...been well studied. One approach to helping animals’ appetite is to adjust the temperature of the food. An interesting study was published recently in the Journal of Veterinary Behavior.1 Researchers...
...when they’re sick or injured (where it’s called cachexia). Cachexia and sarcopenia are not just cosmetic: muscle loss makes an animal weaker, depresses immune function, and reduces the ability to...
...switching to a non-BEG diet. Three updates to my previous post are: Taurine supplements: Consumer Lab is expected to release a report on independent quality control testing of taurine supplements...
Photo above: AdobeStock/Оксана Олейник When I think of the upcoming holidays, one of the things I most look forward to is the food! Pets tend to get more treats at...
...lack of food. The National Resource Council of the National Academy of Sciences has prepared some nice booklets that discuss essential nutrients for dogs and cats in more depth: http://dels.nas.edu/global/banr/petdoor...
...these proteins instead of meats, organ meats, or fish. Medications can help increase the amount of protein that pets with shunts will tolerate, so it is important to combine nutrition...
Veterinary therapeutic diets are designed to help treat or prevent specific health condition in cats and dogs. Because of this special purpose, not all veterinary therapeutic diets will be nutritionally...
...efficient. Cats cannot make the conversion at all. Therefore, to provide the most helpful omega-3 fatty acids to dogs and cats, you should use fish oil (which contains EPA and...