Category: Health
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Misleading Claims in Mainstream Pet Food Products
These days all the pet food controversies, conspiracies and misleading marketing schemes can make it difficult to know which food products to trust. In the pet food industry even companies with the most adorable commercials, and convincing customer reviews might be inaccurately representing the quality of their products. Learn what claims to look out for…
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Dog Body Odor
There is a reason why phrase “it smells like a wet dog in here” can turn up our noses. Pups are always up for an adventure, and will happily charge right into a swamp, river, pile of garbage, manure, muddy field, or wherever else their fancy takes them. This often creates a repugnant conglomeration of…
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Types of Flea Control Products
As any experienced pet parents can attest, a flea infestation may be expected at least once in a pet’s life (particularly if that pet is a dog). Running around outside, meeting and playing with other animals at the park or on a walk means your dog or cat will be exposed to a variety of…
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Mistakes Pet Owners Make When Feeding Cats
Cats can be persnickety eaters. But making sure a feline receives the proper nutrients is up to the pet not the cat. From overfeeding with certain products to underfeeding with others, here are some of the many mistakes pet owners make in food department. Read these reminders of what not to do when you are…
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Types of Allergies In Pets
We often hear of individuals being allergic to cats and dogs, but how often do we think of allergies in pets? If scents, pollens, plants and foods can affect humans, then it seems only reasonable to suppose that they would similarly have an impact on pets. By domesticating animals, we have brought them into our…
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Hot Spots: What Are They and Why Do They Occur?
Dogs and cats are known to scratch, lick, itch and nibble at everything they can get their paws on, from the carpet, couch cushions, curtains, to their own coats. While much of these behaviors are normal, when a pet’s attention is particularly directed to one area of their fur, bad infections can ensue. Fortunately, these…
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Cat Sneezing: Allergies or Illness?
Some of the most popular videos on the internet are clips of kitties doing funny things. Mixed in with the videos of cats chasing bugs and lasers, or falling and tumbling, are clips of cats sneezing. This is adorable to witness, and seeing a pet sniffle or sneeze periodically generally occurs without raising any concern,…
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Reasons for Food Allergies In Pets
Usually, whenever someone says they have allergies, we think of hay fever, pollination, tissue boxes, sneezing, wheezing and runny noses. However, pets suffer from many kinds of allergies, and aside from atopy (inhaled allergens) and flea bite allergies, food allergies are the most common cause of reactions in pets. If your dog or cat is…
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Naturally Improving Arthritis
In the world of pet ownership, there are countless health pitfalls, ailments, illnesses, viruses, and diseases that our beloved pets suffer from. When such conditions strike, the responsibility rests on the veterinarian and the pet owner to find solutions that will help the animal heal. Though there is no complete cure to eradicate arthritis entirely,…
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Causes For Arthritis In Dogs
If you begin to notice your dog slowing down or having joint stiffness, he may be exhibiting signs of arthritis. Arthritis is the continual breaking down or weakening of the joint cartilage, and can be caused a variety of ways. The disease unfortunately affects 25% of domestic dogs and 20% of cats, and though most…