Dehydrating Dog Treats – Guest Blog Post
From the archives! One of Hemopet’s most popular posts detailing how to dehydrate dog treats from organs to muscle meat and from start to storage! Please remember to make sure …
Nutrition
Diarrhea in Dogs: Other Treatment Options
While having a dog with diarrhea is certainly not your choice, telling a veterinary professional your companion dog has diarrhea is a common but non-specific complaint. Think about all of …
How to Report a Pet Food Complaint to the FDA
In 2023, the Facebook group Saving Pets One Pet @ A Time had received many messages that companion pets were becoming suddenly ill or dying. Symptoms included lethargy, vomiting, diarrhea, …
Vitamin B12 Supplementation for Chronic Enteropathies or Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency in Dogs and Cats
Dogs and cats with exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI) and/or chronic enteropathies (CE) frequently suffer from secondary vitamin B12 (cobalamin) deficiencies. Let’s have a refresher of these diseases and vitamin B12, …
The Oft Forgotten Overlooked Allergens
Oftentimes companion pet parents wonder about the cause of our companion pets scratching. Is it a seasonal allergen? Is it a food sensitivity? Is it an environmental allergen? Of course, …
Novel Diagnostic Test for Canine and Feline Microbiota Dysbiosis
Common knowledge for years has been that good and bad bacteria – also known as microbiota – live in the gastrointestinal systems (microbiome) of mammals. Yet, the majority of commercially …
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Home Cooking Options for Dogs
Hemopet’s blog posts often suggest home cooking for your companion dog, particularly if he has a sensitivity or intolerance to several ingredients based on his NutriScan results. Of course, we …
Dietary Intervention for Dogs with Myxomatous Mitral Valve Disease
75% of all heart disease in dogs is attributed to degenerative valve disease; 60% of those cases are myxomatous mitral valve disease (MMVD). We came across a 2019 study by …
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Research Regarding Pulse Ingredients in Dog Food and Relationship to Cardiac Function
On December 23, 2022, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it will no longer provide updates to the public regarding dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) in dogs until new and …
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Review: Changes in diet and supplement use in dogs with cancer
The Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine recently published a small companion animal caregiver survey study from the University of California, Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital (UCD) about potential dietary changes …
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