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Homemade dog food toppers and other homemade dog food can provide a nutritional AND cognitive boost for your dog.

Brain Booster Homemade Dog Food Topper Recipe

Feeding fresh food does not have to be all or nothing. Contrary to popular belief, you can add fresh foods into your dog’s dry dog food to provide nutritional benefits and increase palatability. Formulated to provide dogs with brain boosting whole foods, this simple and convenient fresh food topper is the perfect way to dip your toes into the world of fresh food diets
Novel protein diets for dogs can help with skin and other allergies.

What Is the Best Novel Protein Diet for Dogs?

A novel protein is often recommended when allergies or food sensitivities are believed to be causing persistent digestive upset, chronic ear infections, or ongoing skin issues like itchiness, redness, and hot spots.
The best anxiety meds for dogs treat specific anxieties with minimal side effects.

Best Anxiety Meds for Dogs

If you need an anxiety medication for your dog, you need a veterinarian to assess your dog and prescribe it. However, there are over-the-counter...
When your dog is sprayed by a skunk there are some steps you need to take to mitigate the smell and the risk of injury to your dog.

What To Do When Your Dog Is Sprayed by a Skunk

No one expects their dog to get sprayed by a skunk, and they can be got unprepared. Fortunately, there are ways that you can mitigate both the smell and the health risks to your dog that come with getting sprayed by a skunk.
Horner's syndromes in dog's causes changes in one or both eyes.

Horner’s Syndrome in Dogs

The cause of Horner’s is normally an injury or irritation to the nerves around the eye, but often the exact insult is not determined. It is a neurologic condition that affects your dog’s eye and face, usually on just one side.
How to brush a dogs teeth when they refuse? Try raw bones that will help them clean their teeth.

How to Brush the Teeth of an Uncooperative Dog

If your dog refuses to let you brush his teeth, you need to become creative. It is, after all, the gold standard of canine...
High-fiber dog foods often contain pumpkin, a fiber recommended by many veterinarians.

Why High-Fiber Dog Food Is a Game Changer

High-fiber dog foods play an important role in maintaining digestive health, managing weight, and regulating blood sugar levels in dogs.
An oatmeal batch for dogs can be used to treat a variety of dog skin problems.

Oatmeal Baths for Dogs

Oatmeal is a key ingredient in many pet shampoos and conditioners and oatmeal baths are famous for their therapeutic properties. Here’s how to find effective oatmeal products for your pup’s skin problems, plus DIY remedies that work.
Low carb dog food may be a good option for active healthy dogs to maintain lean muscle mass.

Unleashing the Truth: The Benefits and Science Behind High-Protein, Low-Carb, and Ketogenic Dog Food

As the field of canine nutrition continues to evolve, more pet owners are turning their attention to diets that mimic the natural eating habits of dogs' wild ancestors: diets that are high in protein and fat, and low in carbohydrates
Going camping with your dog can be a fun time for you both especially with the best dog camping gear.

The Best Dog Camping Gear

Dogs and the outdoors go hand-in-hand. Whether you love hiking mountain peaks or just lounging at basecamp, dogs make great outdoor adventuring companions. Beyond...
Immediately after they arrive home is when to start training a puppy.

When To Start Training a Puppy

Puppy training begins when a dog is born. Every interaction your puppy has with other dogs and people is training. Your pup’s mom supervises play, stopping pup who gets “out of hand,” encouraging cleanliness (aka potty spots), and socialization.
A raw diet for dogs is notionally more nutritious, but it can have risks.

Raw Diet for Dogs: Should You?

Vital vitamins and minerals must be compensated for in a raw diet. Getting the calcium/phosphorus balance just right, especially for puppies, can be very challenging. Properly feeding raw you make yourself is not as easy as your dog catching and consuming an occasional rabbit.
Free dog training apps offer ways for a new dog training to manage their dog's training.

Best Choices in Free Dog Training Apps

Free dog training apps are convenient, budget-friendly, and address behavioral issues and training. They can even help you teach your dog tricks. However, with so many apps available, it can be challenging to determine which ones to use.
Why is your dog licking the air? The causes could range from an unusual scent to health problems like seizures.

Why Is My Dog Licking Air?

Dogs lick the air for a multitude of reasons, some medical and some behavioral. It may not make sense to us, but it does to your dog.

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