Is Liver Good for Dogs?
Liver is often touted as a nutritional powerhouse for dogs that is packed with essential vitamins and minerals that can provide numerous health benefits. However, too much of a good thing can be harmful.
Low-Fat Dog Food for Weight Management
The best dog food to help dogs lose weight is one that is formulated to provide fewer calories per serving, while still meeting the minimum requirements of essential nutrients.
Human-Grade Dog Food Choices
In recent years, there has been a significant shift in the pet-food industry, with owners prioritizing the health of their pets by focusing on...
Dog Food With Probiotics
Probiotics work best with consistent, long-term use, at the proper dosing amount. Having them already incorporated into the diet ensures your dog receives them with every meal and takes the guesswork out of proper dosing.
Best Air-Dried, Freeze-Dried, and Dehydrated Dog Food for 2024
More and more pet food companies are entering this diet niche—and innovating all-new manufacturing methods and food forms.
Whole Dog Journal’s 2024 Approved Freeze-Dried/Dehydrated Dog Foods
Check out Whole Dog Journal's latest list of approved freeze-dried or dehydrated dog food products. Did your dog's food make the list?
Can Dogs Eat Shrimp?
From head to tail, boiled or fried, crustaceans are delicious, but can dogs eat cooked shrimp? The answer is yes—with reasonable precautions. For most of us, shrimp are a treat, not an everyday meal, and it should be the same for dogs.
Kangaroo Dog Food, a Potential Solution for Food Allergies
Kangaroo meat, sourced from wild kangaroos native to Australia, is a red meat that has been used as staple in the diets of indigenous Australians for centuries. With its lean protein content and rich nutrient profile, kangaroo meat has gained popularity as a premium protein source for dogs.
Hydrolyzed Protein Dog Food
The process of hydrolyzation uses enzymes to break proteins in dog food down into smaller, more easily digestible pieces. While hydrolyzed proteins are generally easier to digest, some dogs may experience gastrointestinal upset during the transition period to the new diet.
Do Dogs Have Taste Buds?
Dogs have approximately 1,700 taste buds, less than 20% of what humans have. This difference in number of taste buds might help to explain why dogs can be much less discriminating in what they eat.
Can Dogs Eat Oatmeal?
Your dog can safely eat most forms of oatmeal, but avoid those packets of flavored oatmeal, as they may contain other ingredients that are harmful to your dog, including the deadly sweetener xylitol.
Can Dogs Eat Rice?
The long and the short of it is – yes, dogs can eat rice.
Cooked white rice is traditionally fed to dogs with an upset...
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Exploring Breed and Behavior
In my experience, it’s possible to make some guesses about future behavior based on the breed of the dog, the temperament of the parents, the skills that run in the genetic line, and so on. If there is one thing that growing up around a breeding kennel has taught me though, it’s that every dog is an individual.