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What’s Really in Pet Food ?

Plump whole chickens, choice cuts of beef, fresh grains, and all the wholesome nutrition your dog or cat will ever need.
These are the images pet food manufacturers promulgate through the media and advertising. This is what the $11 billion per year U.S. pet food industry wants consumers to believe they are buying when they purchase [...]

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Vitamins May Lengthen Your Dog’s Life Span!

There is evidence to suggest that a good vitamin supplement for your dog not only helps prevent, improve or cure many degenerative type illnesses and disease, but may actually lengthen your dog’s life span. Really!
This is particularly the indication if you supplement with vitamins while your dog is young and healthy, rather than waiting [...]

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How to Choose Dog Treats

Dogs are just like people when it comes to liking something. They have different tastes and feelings towards different things. Certain dogs may like one taste of dog food while another may not even give it a chance. The only way to know what your dog will like for dog treats is to try different [...]

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Pet Food Recall: Peanut Butter Scare Reaches Dog Food

The nation’s peanut butter salmonella scare is now leading to a pet food recall. A dog food manufacturer is recalling seven products over fears of possible contamination from the same tainted peanut butter affecting dozens of human products.
Pet Food Recall: Dog Biscuits
The pet food recall is over PetSmart Grreat Choice Dog Biscuit [...]

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Popular sweetener is toxic for dogs

A sugar substitute found in a variety of sugar-free and dietetic cookies, mints and chewing gum is proving highly toxic, even fatal, to snack-snatching dogs.
Xylitol, popular in Europe for decades but a relative newcomer to the U.S. alternative-sweeteners market, can be “very, very serious” to dogs when ingested, says Dana Farbman, spokeswoman for the [...]

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More Pet food woes from China

A Chinese distributor has pulled a popular dog food brand from its pipeline following reports that about 10 dogs got sick after eating the product, two had died, and a third was gravely ill.
Shanghai Yidi Pet Co. said it stopped selling Optima brand dog food last week and notified its customers not to feed it [...]

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Do Supplements Help in Relieving Dog Pain?

Regular use of supplements can also relieve chronic pains, but they are best used as preventative measures against chronic pains caused by arthritis.
Glucosamine/chondroiton and MSM supplements are effective in dogs for the relief of arthritis symptoms. Visit Glucosamine for Dogs and MSM for Dogs to read more on these supplements. [...]

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