My dogs are busy herding goats, horse riding,playing fetch with the kids, and more, so their physical energy is spent at the end of most days. Still, the mental stimulation and anti-anxiety work of licking, snuffling, and foraging has been a great addition to their dog days of summer. ...
sits a group of elderly men playing dominoes between glasses of wine with soda water and ice. In the middle of the road, a pack of scrappy dogs snaps out of their sunbathing session and bite at my passenger door, and two men on horseback with wide-brimmed ...
I’ve been feeding my dogs a raw diet for more than 20 years now. Over those 20 years, I’ve learned a lot … and the raw diet I feed my dogs today has changed from the raw diet I fed them 20 and even five years ago. One of the most significant changes to my dogs’ raw mea...
Feed is produced for a number of animal types – livestock (including poultry, swine and ruminants), domestic animals (such as dogs, cats and horses) and fish (aquaculture). Feed mills can manufacture mash (e.g., mixed feed) or pellets (e.g., densified feed) (Fig. 13.2), and these...
including dogs who had serious health problems beforehand. I also know dogs who didn’t do well on them, and lots and lots more who thrive on other diets.) I do give my dogs raw beef bones, usually the large joint bones or the long bones with lots of marrow inside. I am pretty con...
the base is chicken (a very classic tasty protein that most dogs love), along with oatmeal, brown rice, ground barley, peas, flaxseed, carrots, tomato pomace, spinach, sweet potatoes, apples, and blueberries. All other ingredients shown on the label are either vitamins and minerals or natural...
Look at the cat from the side. Is there plenty of ground clearance? You don’t expect to see the big upward curve towards the groin that you do in dogs, but the cat’s stomach should not dip towards the ground in the center and in a healthy cat, the length of leg that is below...
We generally feed our dogs twice a day. A morning meal of vegetable/fruit mix with one of the following likely added: egg, mackeral, kefir, honey, etc. The evening meal is predominately meat or meaty bones. Each meal has supplements. ...
Fast food makes for a poor diet and this applies to dogs as well. Pretty much every meal at McDonald’s has excessive carbohydrates and fat. But even worse are the various seasonings, sauces and dressings that are loaded up with all sorts of preservatives and high sodium. And, of course...
I feed add ons with my dogs food daily and I started when they were pups (anything from raw meat, veggies, tinned sardines, boiled eggs). The only advice I have is to make sure no more than 25% of her daily calories come from added food, that is the guideline my vet set for me...