Should You Be Choosing Preservative-Free Dog Food?
You’re trying to decide between two different brands of canned dog food. The clincher is that one is advertised online as preservative-free, so you...
Research Suggests Once-a-Day Feeding Is Better For Dogs
Intriguing research on more than 10,000 dogs suggests that pets fed one meal a day instead of two or more meals experience cognitive...
Why Is There Ash In My Dog’s Diet?
Sometimes in the “Guaranteed Analysis” box on a dog food label, you’ll see ash as an ingredient. What’s going on? Are burnt embers some...
When Choosing Dog Food, Don’t Fall Prey to Premiumization
It is possible to feed a healthful diet to an average-size dog for just a few hundred dollars a year. Why, then, do...
Dear Doctor: August 2022
But which raw diet?
Q: I have several dogs and usually feed them dry kibble in the morning and a brand of dehydrated food cooked...
How to Improve Your Picky Eater’s Diet
We tend to think of felines as the pets who turn up their noses at food, but certain dogs also present feeding challenges....
Dear Doctor: The therapeutic diet doesn’t seem to be working
Q. We had a little dog who needed surgery to remove bladder stones made of calcium oxalate. After that, she was prescribed a diet...
Which Is Better For Your Dog, Dry Food Or Wet?
Most people feed their dogs all dry food, or almost all. This is especially the case for those with larger dogs. A single bag...
Dear Doctor: Is tuna a safe treat?
Q. We recently inherited a wonderful 10-year-old dog from a friend who passed away. The dog has been given a bit of tuna with...
Measure Food By Weight, Not Volume
Do you weigh your dog’s food before feeding it or measure it out in a cup or serving scoop? If you’re like most people,...
So You Want to Make Your Dog’s Meals Yourself
“Feeding kibble is akin to feeding your child junk processed food his entire life,” one Your Dog reader wrote in. She’s not alone in...
Certain Dog Foods May Make It Harder for You to Fight Illness
When researchers at Portugal’s University of Porto tested 14 store-bought raw dog foods for the bacteria Enterococcus, they all contained it. What’s more, the...
