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You know you’ve been feeding raw for a long time when it no longer seems like a radical, ground-breaking, or – ubiquitous adjective for beginners – scary way to feed. When I started feeding raw – a dozen years and three generations of Rhodesian Ridgebacks ago – it was the Middle Ages of raw feeding. Ian Billinghurst’s Feed Your Dog a Bone was the hard-to-find illuminated manuscript (the lax editing could have stood some sprucing up by Benedictine monks), and everyone used the unfortunate acronym BARF, which stood for “bones and raw food” (or, later, the loftier-sounding “biologically appropriate raw food”). No commercial raw diets were available, and new converts dutifully ordered their Maverick sausage grinders over the Internet. The instruction booklet said the table-top grinder couldn’t be used on any bones harder than chicken necks or wings, but everyone ignored that.

The other day, I happened to go into a pet supply store that I had never been in before, and was looking at their...

A year or so ago, I was taking pictures at a “teen dog social,” which was attended by some 6-month-old dogs I had last...

Free feeding is the practice of making food available to your dog at all times. Convenience is typically cited as the reason why owners choose free-feeding. Being a responsible dog owner means doing what's best for your dog not what is convenient.

Feeding guidelines for dogs—including how much to feed a puppy—are little more than a ballpark reference. Here’s how to feed your dog properly.

If there is one thing that everyone knows, it’s that you have to start out puppies on puppy food. And then at some point...

Most dogs love the sweet taste of honey. Honey for dogs has many health properties as well! Raw honey fights allergies and heals wounds, soothes coughs, and eases canine stomachs.

Most puppies should be eating three to four meals a day.

Feeding your dog fresh

Constipation is uncomfortable for anyone and dogs are no exception. If your dog is straining to poop, a laxative may provide the relief he...

Subscription-based purchases are on the rise among pet owners, with more than half buying online—a 33% increase over the past six years. Gen Z-ers and millennials are especially likely to enroll in online subscription services.

When it comes to bed bugs, humans are the preferred food source, but bed bugs are equal opportunity insects that will bite dogs.