When your female dog has puppies, you are probably going to very proud, excited, and also maybe a bit worried. You want to be sure that you are doing everything you can to care for your dog and her puppies correctly, and if you are able to do so, you’ll be rewarded with a great [...]
One of the most commonly asked questions about dogs as pets is what you should feed them. This seems like an extremely easy to answer question, but it’s not. After all, what a dog should eat depends on the food, the age and activity level of the dog, the size of the dog and the [...]
When we think about being good dog owners, of course we think about making sure that our dogs get plenty of food, shelter and love, and the problem that often occurs is that we don’t often think that they can get too much of any of that! The truth is that according to recent studies, [...]
If you’re thinking about bringing a new pet into your life, there are a number of things you should think about. Getting a new dog isn’t as simple as just going to the neighborhood pet store and picking one up. A dog or puppy is a live animal, and its background and treatment [...]
Whether your dog is entering his twilight years or you have recently adopted an older dog from a shelter, you will find that there tends to be an increase in the amount veterinary care that your pet needs. Just as humans do, dogs become susceptible to a broad array of illness when they get older, [...]
There are many things that you need to think about when you are bringing a dog into your home. One of the most important things to think about is the type of food that is going to be best for your dog. Many dogs do well on many different types of foods, so you’ll want [...]
Food allergies make up about ten percent of all the allergies occurring in dogs and cats, coming in after inhalants and flea bites. Many people feel that diets based on lamb and rice are helping them treat or prevent allergies in their pets, but they may not be. We don’t really understand how dogs become [...]