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Recommendations on low-fat foods for pancreatitis in dog?
My 4 year old dog was recently diagnosed with pancreatitis. My vet has made it sound as though this usually happens for a few reasons:
The dog ate something weird/abnormal and it caused temporary ...
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How to get rid of fish oil stink on a dog?
I gave my dog a cap of fish oil and now he reeks of fish. I don't even have to go anywhere near his mouth to smell it. I can smell it from the end of the leash and while I sit on the couch and him on ...
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Is there any research on the long term effect of dry foods on dogs?
Ancestors of dogs and cats mostly ate meat in the wild as well as after domestication. True that they ate hard bones. Nowadays we use dry kibbles mostly because that is cheaper and easier. Given that ...
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How much water should a nursing dog drink?
I've read that dogs need roughly an ounce of water per pound of body weight each day and that nursing dogs need more than that to produce milk. My pit bull terrier recently gave birth to a litter of 9 ...
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My dog has congestive heart failure and I am considering feeding him bone broth. Is this a bad idea?
The vet warned me about giving him too much sodium. Per cup the bone broth I am considering has 95mg of sodium.
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Avoiding too much Zinc when using Antibiotics
Our dog is currently taking antibiotics, specifically Cephalexin in tablet form, as well as Ofloxacin (Ocuflox) eye drops. In addition, she is taking Carprofen, which is an NSAID.
When reading about ...
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Dog and cat eating each other's food, what should I do?
Both my dog (2 years old, female) and my cat (6 months old, male) eat premium-class dry pet food (Hill's).
For some reason, the cat prefers the dog's food -- even though it's harder to eat (bigger ...
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Quick energy for a dog?
What can you give a dog that needs a quick energy boost when it is running? Similar to how humans drink glucose (and salt?) when running marathon and similar.
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Inulin and fat absorption in dogs
Just been looking around for some new food to feed our small dogs, the one in question is about 6kg (13 years), and have found Bestie Kitchen, which looks interesting.
The ingredient list is below (...
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Dog dumps some food from bowl and then eats the rest
So, we have a pair of sibling husky-Cocker Spaniel mix dogs, a boy and a girl. The girl has started dumping part of the food from her bowl and leaving it, eating what remained in the bowl. Any idea ...
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What are my Shiba Inu's nutritional requirements and how an I provide them with a home-made diet?
My male, red sheeb is nearly 10 months old, 16 lbs and not likely to grow too much larger, conforms to breed standard, and is fairly athletic, getting 4–6 hours of exercise daily. I am considering a ...
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How long after eating blue cheese would it take a dog show symptoms
I read that it can be harmful for a dog to eat blue cheese, and that doing so can result in various symptoms if it affects the dog.
vomiting
diarrhoea
convulsions
fever
If a dog is going to ...
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Shih Tzu with food aggression behavior problems
I have a male Shih Tzu dog that is just over a year old (not neutered), and he has food aggression behavioral problems. We got him when he was just a month old, and he tends to be a picky eater (maybe ...
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