Taking on a dog is pretty much like having a child: their needs are similar and both deserve from us the same duty of care. Dogs, like children, need water, food, shelter, a safe environment, exercise, adequate hygiene, attention and education. The main differences between dogs and children are that children will end up costing […]
Coming from a health care background, I am sometimes guilty of assuming that everyone knows how our bodies work. I was inspired to write this item after noticing a question that had been posted online on a message board.
Digestion is the process by which food materials are broken down into their simplest forms so that nutrients can […]
You’ve spent hours reading books and articles; you’ve subscribed to dog food related forums; you’ve found some recipes that look yummy enough to eat yourself; you’ve been shopping for beautiful fresh ingredients. Now you are all ready to start feeding homemade dog food. So you cook up a treat that smells delicious, and then you […]
Recently, a friend phoned me because she was concerned about diarrhea in her dog. We discussed when it had started, what the dog had been eating, and whether the dog seemed sick, or had any other symptoms. It turned out she had decided to try homemade dog food and had made the change rather suddenly.
Homemade […]
Since the infamous pet food recall in March 2007, dog owners have had their confidence in the commercial pet food industry shaken, and justifiably so. In today’s age of information, you’d think it would be easy to find the best way to feed our canine friends. It’s true there is a lot of information available, […]
Since the mid 1990’s, the giant, multi-billion dollar pet food industry has been under scrutiny. Writers such as Ann Martin, in her book “Food Pets Die For” have exposed the price our pets are paying for us to indulge ourselves with the convenience of processed, packaged, “artificial” food for our dogs. In particular, since the […]
Have you thought about home made dog food as a better way to feed your dog? There are arguments for and against. In my view, the pros far outweigh the cons with only one possible exception – for some people, the idea is impractical (i.e. too hard). I will come back to this later.
The first […]
What is “Real Food?” Is there another kind? Well yes, in my view of canine nutrition, there is. To put it simply, if you can visually identify the food or it’s individual components, it is real. If it’s in a packet or a can and the contents bear no physical resemblance to the ingredients pictured […]
My dog Sky had surgery recently.
Sky is a regular visitor to my local Vet. clinic. She is contiually developing small, pre-cancerous skin lesions on her abdomen due to the fact that she has pink skin with very sparse, fine hair there, and she loves to sunbathe. I have several measures in place to thwart her […]
My dog, Sky, has been a frequent surgical patient over the last few years. She loves to sunbathe; she has pink skin and very little hair on her belly. Because of this, and despite my best efforts to keep her out of the sun, she is prone to develop a form of skin cancer which […]
