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Recently, an acquaintance posted some pictures of her dog on Facebook. The dog is super cute, but I couldn't help but notice that something was wrong: the little dog's hair was completely absent from his chest, neck, top of his head, and paws. Hey

Dog food manufacturers are supposed to list specific names for each ingredient in their formulations. Each food, vitamin, mineral, or other chemical (preservative, color, flavor, binder, etc.) that has been approved for use in a dog food is supposed to be listed in a certain way on the product’s ingredient list. There are formal descriptions of each ingredient – and all of these are listed in the annual “Official Publication of the Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO)”.

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Products appear alphabetically by best-known name. In some cases this is the name of the company that makes the food; in others, it’s the...

Products appear alphabetically by best-known name. In some cases, this is the name of the company that makes the food; in others, it’s the...

A whole, named animal protein in one of the first two positions on the ingredients list. Whole" means no byproducts. "Named" means a specific animal species – chicken

If you suspect your dog has a food allergy, follow these steps:

Allergies can literally cause a dog to tear his hair out, setting acute moist dermatitis (hot spots") into motion and triggering fits of paw-licking and head-shaking (caused by allergy-induced ear inflammation and infection). When this happens

Guess what I did for my birthday? I toured a brand-new pet food cannery, one that makes super high-end food. Yippee! It may not be most people’s idea of a good time, but it was actually the most exciting way to spend the day that I can think of. I’ve been working on a review of wet dog foods (including canned and pouched products) and the offer to see this new plant, located in Southern California, was a matter of great timing.

Recently, we published promotional materials for WDJ (a pamphlet titled "Top Dog Foods for Total Wellness") that contained information from an article published in...

If your dog won’t eat, you have a small window of time to evaluate the situation, The better you know your dog, the easier it is to decide if it is something serious or just a phase.