Balancing Calcium and Phosphorus for Dogs
Dr. Dodds and Hemopet advocate for the advantages of properly-balanced and prepared homemade meals for companion pets. Indeed, these include the fact that companion pet parents can control and choose …
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Let’s Talk about Anal Sacs in Dogs
Boot scooting. We’ve all seen our companion dogs do it. Your kids laugh and you are grossed out thinking about all of the bacteria spreading all over your carpet or …
Minimizing Glyphosate Exposure: Why Organic Matters
Glyphosate – the active chemical found in herbicidal products such as RoundUp® – has been implicated in causing several health problems in humans and animals such as cancer, kidney toxicity, …
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Vitamin D and COVID-19 and Pet Nutrition
“During a WSAVA webinar on September 15 2020, speakers urged veterinarians to encourage owners to treat companion animals testing positive for SARS-Cov-2 with kindness and not to relinquish them. During …
More Than Walking, Not Quite Agility: Exercising Your Companion Dog
When many of us think about exercising our companion dogs beyond walking or playing a good game of fetch, we may imagine elaborate agility courses with tunnels, seesaws and hurdles. …
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FDA Investigation into Heart Disease in Dogs: Where Are We in September, 2020?
In July 2018, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced its investigation focusing on grain-free dog foods that may possibly cause heart disease in dogs – specifically dilated …
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The Problem with Rawhide Chews for Dogs
In 2017, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that United Pet Group (UPG) issued a voluntary recall of rawhide chews for dogs. While many rawhide chews have been recalled …
Toxic Foods for Dogs Series: Consumption and Choking Hazards
In this blog series on toxic foods for dogs, we have chronicled actual toxic foods for dogs, and foods that are not so much toxic based upon the definition of …
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Toxic Foods for Dogs Series: Nontoxic Foods for Dogs to Avoid
In the second part of Hemopet’s Blog series on toxic foods for dogs, we discuss foods that often end up on toxic food lists. These foods do not necessarily contain …
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Toxic Foods for Dogs: Are they truly toxic?
When you ‘Google’ “Toxic Foods for Dogs” and quickly read through the various articles, you might inadvertently believe that a food is toxic, when it truly is not. While the …