Holistic Pet Food - What is it?

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Published Aug. 12, 2010 at 8:16 p.m.

Holistic Pet Food, What Is Holistic Pet Food? ... Did you know the life span of your best friend dog or best friend cat is 25 to 30 years. So why are our dogs and cats only living to 13 to 14 years? The answer is simple, the same problem many American people struggle with today, "unhealthy eating habits". "But what can I do about it ? Provide the best holistic, premium, all natural dog food or cat food on the market today ... Premium Holistic natural cat and dog food is formulated with safe and

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Nature’s Recipe Adult Lamb

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Published Aug. 15, 2010 at 2:26 p.m.
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Nature’s Recipe Adult Lamb dog food is very grain heavy and could use another meat ingredient. We do not like seeing sodium bisulfite complex in dog food & Vitamin K can cause liver issues in dogs. Lamb digest is an extremely low grade meat and contains non-decomposed animal tissue and can contain hair, horns, teeth, [ ... ] ...

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You Make The Diagnosis: Dog With Damaged Teeth

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Published July 28, 2010 at 3:57 p.m.
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Last Saturday, I met a wonderful terrier mix.  He greeted me with warmth and affection until he realized who I was ... THE VET.  He promptly crawled under the chair occupied by his owner.  What a smart boy!  ... When I opened his mouth I noticed damage to his teeth.  Review the photo and note the worn incisors (front smaller teeth), upper and lower canines (often called the fangs) and the premolars (teeth with two or more roots behind the canines).  What caused this damage?    ...

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Dogs that eat to fast

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Published June 17, 2010 at 2:09 p.m.

Digestion starts in the mouth with the saliva ... Fast eating decreases the effect of saliva. There are new food dishes that ... have columns build into them. You pour in the food and your dog has to eat ... around the columns. It slows down the dog. You can also use big rocks, no ... jagged edges, cleaned and disinfected. Get a large dish or baking pan and ... add 3 rocks. Same principal, your dog will have to eat around it ... Kibble doesn’t really clean the teeth. The dental cookies will.

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Dog Fighting DNA Gets One Step Closer To Cracking Down On Animal Cruelty

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Published June 16, 2010 at 1:08 p.m.

Dog-Fighting DNA Database Breaks New Ground in Crackdown on Animal Cruelty ... The nation’s first criminal dog-fighting DNA database has been established by the American Society for the “Canine CODIS” Technology Unveiled by ASPCA, Humane Society of Missouri, Louisiana SPCA & University of California, Davis ... The nation’s first criminal dog-fighting DNA database has been established by the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), The Humane Society of Missouri

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How Much Sugar In That Dog Treat

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Published June 17, 2010 at 11:14 a.m.

Kibble Crack – Vet Exposes Sugary Secret of Pet Treats ... Sugar is being added to many pet treats contributing to the growing pet obesity epidemic ... Today’s pet treats aren’t the dog bones of your childhood. Over the past decade, a surprising ingredient has begun to appear on pet treat ingredient lists: sugar ... Following the trend of sugar-laden children’s snacks, pet treat manufacturers are tapping into a dog’s sweet tooth to boost sales. “One of the key reasons I became

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Our trip to the vet!

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Published April 30, 2010 at 7:17 p.m.
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You may remember Mum talking about Wiggy and how he had the Big D and was throwing up. Well, just a few days later Gracie came down with the Big D too! ... We talked with our new vet, and our local house call vet, and they think Gracie came down with Giardia (it's a nasty little bug that is transmitted via feces and in streams that contain feces from other infected pups). Mum remembered that Gracie had had a nice drink of water the day before from the stream that separates the two big pastures

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Memphis-the-German-Shepherd-Mix

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Published April 24, 2010 at 2:00 a.m.
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As cool as the city he's named for, Memphis is a handsome German Shepherd mix. He was adopted from a shelter in Nashville and has spent the last few weeks making himself known throughout the Vanderbilt University campus. His hobbies include chasing squirrels, chewing on anything he can get his teeth on, and romping around with his older brother and sister, a border collie and a black Lab. This little ball of fluff loves sunny days and belly rubs and will definitely talk to you if you let him.

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Throwing your dog a bone could be deadly

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Published April 26, 2010 at 7:05 p.m.
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By Jennifer C. Kerr ... Associated Press Writer ... The Food and Drug Administration issued a reminder to consumers Wednesday to toss out bones from their meals rather than feed them to their pets ... “Some people think it’s safe to give dogs large bones, like those from a ham or a roast,” said Carmela Stamper, a veterinarian in the Center for Veterinary Medicine at the FDA. “Bones are unsafe no matter what their size.” ... The FDA spelled out 10 reasons it’s a bad idea to give

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denallij: Tug ‘o War (by Denalli Joy) She isn’t a rough player....

Published April 19, 2010 at 1:09 p.m.
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denallij: ... Tug ‘o War (by Denalli Joy) ... She isn’t a rough player. She likes to sink her teeth in, then lean back and pull. She stares at me the entire time… her eyes willing me to let go and allow her to be the victor ... She always wins… and when she does, her happiness shows ...

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