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Dog Tips

The Best Vegetables to Feed Your Dog or Cat

Should you feed your pet vegetables, and if so, what types? Know the most nutritious way to feed vegetables to your cat or dog and the best varieties to choose for promoting heart health, freshening breath, slimming down, detoxifying and getting anticancer benefits.

Dog Tips

Are Essential Oils the Answer for Your Pet?

There's a line of essential oils created specifically for animals, and you might be surprised to learn the many ways in which oils can benefit your pet — and you — both physically and emotionally.

Dog Tips

Is Your Pet Incessantly Itchy? Could Be One of These Two Things

Dogs aren't supposed to be so horribly itchy that they desperately claw and chew themselves raw, inflicting trauma and pain on themselves. One condition can also be passed on to you. Skip your vet's toxic solution and go for one of these seven far less toxic options.

Dog Tips

Your Dog May Go Nuts for This, but a Little Goes a Long Way

Strange new food boosts your pet's immunity and is also a potent chelator and detoxifier, helping purge toxins and heavy metals from your pet's body with bioavailable nutrients. But even if your dog loves this, please start small to avoid GI upset.

Food Facts

Kumquats: Can This Small Citrus Supercharge Your Pet's Health?

Feeding these small, sweet-sour fruits to your pet may help ward off chronic diseases and keep them from gaining unwanted pounds, but are they 100% OK for companion animals? Here’s what you should know when sharing this food with them.

Dog Tips

Help Keep Your Pup Happy When She's on Crate Rest

Your pup may need complete rest to recover from an injury or surgery. Boring, right? It can be daunting to keep her quiet and immobile, but can also double as an awesome time for certain games and special TLC you might not otherwise give.

Food Facts

Chives: How Can This Popular Herb Harm Your Pet?

While it may be a fixture in kitchens, this green veggie should not be in your pet's food bowl because it can potentially harm their health. Learn the signs of its toxicity here.

Cat Tips

The Lump You Never Want to Ignore

Cysts, tumors and other growths are fairly common. And while they can be harmless, quite often they're not. This is one such type. It's more aggressive than others, sometimes taking as little as four weeks to develop. Don't ignore it. Get your pet to your vet.

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Special Species

What Toxic Chemicals Are Hiding in Your Pet's Food and Water?

Dogs, cats and horses are being exposed to potentially hazardous levels of long-lasting chemicals like PFAS, and traces are showing up in their blood. Used in pet food packaging and found in everyday objects around your home, here's how to reduce your pet's exposure.

Reviewed by Dr. Becker

The Best Vegetables to Feed Your Dog or Cat

Are Essential Oils the Answer for Your Pet?

Is Your Pet Incessantly Itchy? Could Be One of These Two Things

Your Dog May Go Nuts for This, but a Little Goes a Long Way

Kumquats: Can This Small Citrus Supercharge Your Pet's Health?

Help Keep Your Pup Happy When She's on Crate Rest

Chives: How Can This Popular Herb Harm Your Pet?

The Lump You Never Want to Ignore

What Toxic Chemicals Are Hiding in Your Pet's Food and Water?

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