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Helping your dog lose weight is important for them to be able to live happily and healthily.

Simple, Effective Ways to Help Your Dog Lose Weight

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Our dogs’ food intake and access to exercise—and thus, their body weight and condition—are completely up to us. We control what they eat and...
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What To Expect From Your Dog’s Check Up at the Vet

How often your dog should be seen by your veterinarian, and what sort of routine screening diagnostics should be conducted, are highly dependent on...
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Dog Food, Protein, and Sustainability

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What if we could give millions of pets a healthier, happier life and, in the process, make our planet healthier, too?” That’s the question...
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Protein and Senior Dogs: Does My Dog Need a High, Moderate, or Low Protein...

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I just used WDJ’s new searchable dry dog food database to look for potential new foods to feed my 14-year-old dog, Otto. One goal...
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New Puppy Tips and Questions Answered

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For the past few weeks, as I have been working on this issue, I have also been promoting my latest batch of foster puppies...
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Cooperative Care for Dogs: Giving Your Dog Choice and Control

My wonderful Scottie/Corgi/Poodle-mix, Bonnie, had long, fine, curly fur that tangled easily. She was relatively tolerant of my frequent insistence on combing out the...

Dog Food Myth-Busting

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When you consider the bitter disagreements among human nutrition experts about the value of or harm from various types of diets – vegan, vegetarian,...

Dog House Rules

Once upon a time, societal norms dictated that if pet dogs failed to comply with strict rules for their behavior indoors, they were banished...

A Counter-Conditioning Protocol for Nail Trimming

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1. Determine the location of touch your dog can tolerate without reacting fearfully or aggressively. Perhaps it’s her shoulder, perhaps her elbow, or maybe just...
Seperation anxiety in dogs is a common problem when dogs haven't been left alone frequently before.

How To Help Your Dog Deal With Separation Anxiety

Have you been spending a lot more time with your dog, courtesy of coronavirus? As life slowly goes back to a “new normal” and...

Teach Your Puppy to “Leave it Alone”

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First, you have to understand: It is perfectly normal for puppies to explore the world with their mouths. Usually, it’s not a big deal...

“No-Look” Reinforcement Training

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Remember when you were a kid and your mom would catch you doing something you weren’t supposed to be doing, even though she wasn’t...