With the Thanksgiving hustle and bustle just a few days away, I wish you a healthy and happy time with friends and family. The last thing you need is to …
Thanksgiving with Pets: What food to scramble for Read More »
We have known that the American Cocker Spaniel is susceptible to the heritable accumulation of abnormal amounts of copper in the liver with resultant chronic liver failure. This disease has …
Dietary Modification to Reduce Copper Accumulation Read More »
Let’s step back a second and remind ourselves about the difference between Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). The symptoms can be similar and include – but …
High legume content in grain-free commercial dog foods – particularly peas and lentils – was implicated as possibly causing dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) in dogs by the Food and Drug Administration …
A recent search of the term “pumpkin diarrhea pets” on Google (aka “Dr. Google”) returned more than 485,000 results. Of course I did not check all of them, but the …
Pumpkin: Why is it such a popular treatment for diarrhea? Read More »
A 2018 study by Reid et. al reviewed popular dog food ingredients and their nutritional value among four different international databases. The premise of this study was to assess foods …
Nutrient Comparison of Popular Dog Food Ingredients Read More »
Hippocrates, the father of medicine, is quoted as saying, “bad digestion is at the root of all evil” and “death sits in the bowels.” What Hippocrates likely meant was that …
It’s true that the health and vigor of dogs and cats fed raw diets “shine” in all respects. Commercial raw diets generally have less ingredients, less additives compared to kibbles, …
Bloat is a life-threatening emergency that affects dogs in the prime of their life. The mortality rate for gastric dilatation-volvulus (GDV) approaches 50 percent. The keys to survival are early …
There’s a famous old song with the lyrics, “You say potato, I say potahto; let’s call the whole thing off.” The songwriters obviously weren’t intending to compare the nutritional characteristics …
Sweet Potatoes vs. White Potatoes: What is the difference for your pet? Read More »
