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Pet Health and Nutrition Information
Keeping your dog alive without a Nutritional Degree
by Sylvie Savage I was inspired to write this article because I heard a seminar the...
Dogs don’t come with owners manuals!
Your dog may need supplementation more than you do? Dogs don’t come with owners manuals the way your car does but wouldn’t it be an amazing support system if they did. You don’t have to look far to get good information on tuning up your dog both mentally and...
How Pet Food Nutritional Info Can Be Misleading
It’s a jungle out there. There are so many pet food companies clamouring for our attention. They want us to believe that their products contain 100% of the nutrients your dog or cat needs to support a healthy, active and long life. At the same time, their products...
Whey Protein For Your Pets
Quite regularly, our customers ask us about the reasons we use whey protein in our products, specifically BioVITES. Let’s look at the important health benefits whey protein has for your dogs and cats. What Is Whey Protein? Originally, whey was simply a by-product of...
Enzymes And Your Pets
Enzymes are proteins used by your pet’s body in many different physiological functions such as healthy cellular activity, detoxification and the breaking down of nutrients in their food. Let’s look at these vital proteins and gain some understanding of their...
Do Our Pets Get Much Nutrition From Their Food?
Just imagine if you were to put a handful of steel ball bearings into a bag of kibble. Could we then say that your pet would receive its daily recommended amount of iron from the cereal? Of course, not. We know that they cannot digest or absorb any of the iron that is...
Nutrition And Dental Health For Your Pets
Let’s face it, veterinary dental care is very expensive. The exams are pricey and quotes for dental procedures cause sticker shock to pet owners across the country. While not every dental condition can be prevented, it’s curious to think about why prevention through...
The Best Vegetables for Cats
Healthy Veggie Snacks for Little Carnivores As we have discussed here, cats are carnivores. They need meat. Veterinarians may recommend commercially produced cat food which is supposedly complete nutrition for your cat. As we have discussed in this article, commercial...
The Hormonal Impact Of Getting Your Pet Fixed
It makes sense that removing the sexual organs of an animal, although done with a noble purpose, will have physiological and psychological impacts. Rather than jump into a lively debate on “if and when” we should spay or neuter our pets, let’s notice how these common...
What Should I Feed My Cat?
Seeing bag after bag of “cat food” in shops and at vet clinics can be a confusing thing. All or most say that they provide complete nutrition for your cat. Let’s take a moment, get past what food companies are telling us, and look at what our cats need to be eating....
The Importance of Lignans for Your Pet
We have all been encouraged to spay or neuter our pets. But the unintended consequence of these procedures is a hormonal imbalance which may cause symptoms including but not limited to: skin and coat issues mammary or prostate gland issues urinary issues weight gain...
The Best Fruits and Vegetables for Dogs
To Veg or Not to Veg Many veterinarians will say that it is unnecessary to feed fruits and vegetables to your dog. They may recommend commercially produced dog food which is supposedly complete nutrition for your dog. As we have discussed in this article, commercial...
Prebiotics vs. Probiotics For Pets
Definitions Probiotic Probiotics are live microorganisms that are important for maintenance of good health. Promoting a healthy digestive tract and a healthy immune system are their most widely studied benefits at this time. These are also commonly known as friendly,...
3 Vital Nutrition And Wellness Issues For Senior Dogs And Cats
It makes sense, right? Senior pet food formulations are healthy for senior pets. Sounds good. But read this, from Dr. Karen Becker from Mercola.com “Neither AAFCO (Association of American Feed Control Officials) nor the National Research Council (NRC) provides...
Knee Problems are Negotiable, even in Big Dogs
(...even in big dogs!) Today’s veterinary clinics see a lot of mobility problems especially in larger breeds. Is there anything we can do? In large and/or overweight dogs such as Newfoundlands, Mastiffs, St. Bernards, etc., joints are simply overworked and give out,...
Pet Health and Safety in the Fall
Life changes gear in the fall. Our kids are back in school and depending on where we live, the weather dramatically shifts, we adjust what we eat and what we do around our homes. Autumn presents some hazards for our pets which do not need to be feared but simply...
Why Do Dogs Eat Grass?
A New Answer to an Old Question A simple Google search of the question, “Why do dogs eat grass?” yields well over a half million results. This is one of those questions that many have an opinion about, yet has stumped dog owners and veterinarians, with surprisingly...
7 Reasons Dogs Have Itchy Skin
Often when we see our dogs scratching more than usual we jump to a quick conclusion that they have fleas or other parasites. There are a number of reasons why our dogs may have itchy skin. The causes range from environmental to physiological and even psychological....