HEALTH & WELLNESS
Tips For Dog Nutrition
Ensuring proper nutrition for your dog is crucial for their overall health and well-being. Here are some tips to help you provide the best nutrition for your furry friend. […]
What Should Senior Cats Eat?
As they get older the dietary needs of adult, mature, and senior cats change. As such, it is critical to obtain information on the optimal daily feeding quantities required to keep them healthy. […]
Healthy Pets, Happy Life: Pet Nutrition for a Lifetime of Wellness
As a pet owner, you want to make sure your furry friend gets the best nutrition for their health and happiness. […]
Doggy Digestive Health
Because we want our companion pooches to be in the best possible condition, we make sure to give them plenty of exercise, the best nutrition available, and keep them off sweets and other unhealthy treats. […]
What To Look For On Pet Food Labels
“Crude ash content 5%, moisture content 12%, fibre content 3%, steak flavoured meal”; Such statistics and this type of wording are all found on pet food packaging but a straw poll among pet owners will quickly reveal that few know what these values and claims mean. […]
What To Do When Your Cat Is Overweight
Overweight and obese cats have shorter lives compared to cats that maintain their ideal body weight. Additional weight also comes with health risks. Possible diseases and conditions that overweight and obese cats tend to suffer from include […]
Why You Should Adjust A Senior Dog’s Diet
Dogs have different dietary and nutritional requirements at different life stages. Senior dogs often have very specific needs that have to be met to promote quality of life and even life expectancy. Sometimes it’s challenging to feed them, but often small changes can improve […]
What To Do When Your Dog Is Overweight
The most obvious place to start is reducing your dog’s calorie intake to less than he can burn daily. However, it’s easier said than done.
Can Cats Eat That?
A guide to human foods that you should avoid feeding Fluffy […]
Can Dogs Eat That?
A guide to human foods that you should avoid feeding Fido […]
Dog Food Thoughts: How Much Do You Know About Kibble?
Kibble, in a nutshell, is ground up ingredients shaped into pellets. […]
How To Help Your Dog Gain Weight
Although it is more common for dogs to lose weight, some dogs need to gain weight to achieve a healthy body condition. Weight loss can be the result of an illness or injury, surgery, being a former stray dog or simply a fussy eater. […]
Why Cats Become Obese And What You Can Do About It
The number of overweight cats is increasing and this is leading to an increase in illnesses. Life expectancy decreases as health risks such as the following rise: Sugar diabetes, Lameness and arthritis, Liver disease (life-threatening), Increased surgical and anaesthetic risk […]
Why Dogs Become Obese And What You Can Do About It
When dogs are classified as excessively overweight, or obese, it means they have much more body fat than a normal, healthy dog. Dogs that eat too much (or are overweight for other reasons) struggle to exercise, which only makes the problem […]
Importance Of Nutrition In Chronic Kidney Disease In Cats
The kidneys have many functions. Two of the major functions include removing waste products from the blood and conserving water in the body. With kidney disease the kidney function declines and toxic waste products like urea and phosphorous begin to build up in the body. […]
Nutrition For Cats With CKD
With treatment and careful management, cats with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) can have a good quality of life. […]
Dietary Management In Cats With CKD
Several studies have shown that dietary management plays a key role in cats with chronic kidney disease (CKD) which is a common and unfortunately incurable condition. CKD is actually more than just a common progressive condition, it is a leading cause of death in cats, often due to the complications it causes. […]