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...
It Probably Isn’t a Food Allergy
Suspected food allergy is a common reason people bring their dogs to the Clinical Nutrition Service at Tufts. By the time they get there,...
Back to the Raw Food Diet Debate
If scientific study showed that raw food diets are better for dogs than cooked food and also that they are safe to feed for...
Chicken and Rice for an Upset Tummy?
There’s no shortage of advice on the Internet for what to feed a dog who is having temporary GI upset, either with vomiting, diarrhea,...
Dear Doctor: Are dogs really carnivores?
Q. You said in a recent article that it’s not a good idea to choose dog food by the ingredients list because it doesn’t...
