Giving Your Dog a Pill: The Easy Peasy Way

Giving pills to my dogs is a breeze and they love it! No kidding. These three are lined up anxiously waiting their turn to get their pill. It should not be necessary with any dog to fight with them or force a pill down their throat.
Only one of the dogs is really getting a pill [...]

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How to Take Better Photos of Your Dog / Pet (kids too)

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Taking pictures of your dog, cat, or other pets are often similar to taking photos of your children. [...]

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Raw (species appropriate) Food for Pets?

Finally, another well-written article about feeding pets raw, species-appropriate foods. I write about this often enough but simply had to link to an excellent article by fellow dog writer Christie Keith. I see she also began her conversion by reading the book by Dr Pitcairn that I am always recommending to every pet owner.
Today’s post is [...]

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Variety in a Dog’s Diet

My previous post, “A Best Food for Dogs?”, dealt with the importance of variety in a dog’s diet. In that post I provided links to recommended books that also include information on the importance of variety in a dog’s diet. This is simply a brief excerpt from one of those books to back up my [...]

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A “Best Food” for Dogs?

Because we’re inundated with marketing and advertising that is always trying to sell or promote the “best” food, the “best” supplement, the “best” anything, we consumers have begun to believe there is a best of everything so we seek out those “best” diets, “best” foods, “best” whatever. The trouble is, it’s all bunk! There is [...]

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Fish Oils or Cod Liver Oil for your Dog?

As pet owners many of us are wanting the best for our pets yet, with all the conflicting information on the Internet, a person can become confused with so much information. The key is to base your decisions on information from credible sources and those that openly back up the statements made, then use your [...]

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Resolve to Feed Your Dog (or cat) Real Food this Year

One good thing that came from the tragedy of the tainted commercial dog food and the resulting scandal is that many pet owners began to realize that commercial foods are not what dogs are intended to eat. Not only that, when you feed a commercial dry diet, you put your dog at risk every single [...]

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Safe & Healthy Dog Treat

Instead of risking your dog’s health and even his life on tainted dog treats, there is a simple and very inexpensive solution. The best part of all, besides being totally safe, it’s actually healthy (commercial dog treats have no health benefits). Here’s the treat.
Purchase a beef heart from your butcher or grocery store. If it [...]

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Protecting Your Dog from the Cold

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This article is a reprint of the print version written by Diane Schuller for The Hythe Headliner, November 20, 2008  issue; Volume 22, Edition 20.
 
There is a common misconception that dogs are ‘fine’ if left outside. This definitely is not true! Being cold is painful for a [...]

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Selecting and Feeding the Dreaded Dry Dog Food

Commercial dry dog food is far from ideal for our dogs but, there are some that are better than others. Here’s a few tips on selecting and feeding that dreaded dry cereal.
SELECTING A COMMERCIAL PET FOOD
As I mentioned, a dry commercial dog food is far from ideal. But if you’re going to feed a commercial [...]

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Caring for Your Dogs Teeth

“Healthy Teeth”
February has been designated National Pet Dental Month by the American Veterinary Medical Association. Chew on this information:
Poor dental care can cause a number of ailments such as plaque/tartar build-up, gingivitis, tooth loss, periodontal disease, and mouth sores. Chronic teeth ailments can also contribute towards heart, kidney, liver and lung disease! Since the [...]

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Canine Skin Problems

Dogs can really suffer when afflicted with any of the multitude of skin problems. I refer you to the previous post that addresses this and provides some excellent recommended reading on the subject.
Right now I want to provide you with just one simple example of someone who knew enough to make the first wise choice: change the dog’s [...]

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