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Is there a specific brand of pre-packaged raw that's better than the others? I'd love to be able to feed my dogs some raw chicken that I can tell is actually a chicken, but I've always been afraid of missing this or that vital nutrient, so I started feeding Nature's Variety raw medallions a...

Garlic is safe for dogs right? I remember seeing it on some list as not being safe, but hearing later on that it's fine.

Do dogs like it when you blow at them? We've always blown at them, and they would jump up and lick us and wag their tails, but I've heard that dogs don't like it.

So my two dogs have been scratching and I just saw a flea hopping around on the floor. I have a box of Frontline that I bought from the vet when we first got the dogs, but I've never used it because I heard that these topical flea treatments are like pesticides that the dog absorbs into its...

Both my dogs will rub their noses on the blanket right in front of their dog bowl before they eat. They do it about 15 or 20 times and then take a few bites and then do it a few more time. Is this normal? Does anyone know what I'm talking about?

Does anyone know about, or have experience with those liquid additives you add to your dog's water to protect the dog's teeth? One says it has Coenzyme Q10, and the other says it has baking soda. I brush my dog's teeth anyways, but does this stuff help to keep teeth healthy? I'm imagining...

What is the cause of food allergies in dogs? If a dog presents symptoms of chicken allergies, does that mean that they have always been allergic to the protein structure found in chickens, or did they develop the allergy later on? Also, I've heard that once a dog displays symptoms of food...

Alright, its been a few weeks since my dog slowly stopped eating like he used to. I've taken him to my usual vet that's been around for decades, as well as a second vet, and a vet that works closely with a local clinic. None of them found anything physically wrong with the mutt. I've...

Has anyone tried or heard of this brand of dog food? I was searching for some variety and I stumbled across this, but wanted to run it by you guys to make sure. Here

My dog is refusing to eat his normal food of Evo 95% meat with Orijen kibble. I got him some Natures Variety Medallions, because I figured it was a good time to switch to raw anyways, and he won't eat that either. He has no problem eating Evo Biscuits and cheddar cheese cubes, or drinking...

If a dog loses his appetite, but still has plenty of energy, then are worms the likely explanation? We just got a new puppy who had worms, so I'm thinking my older dog picked up worms from the new puppy. The old dog will still run a quarter mile when I take him out, and he doesn't seem any more...

I've been feeding Orijen since an online distributor first showed up, and my dogs love the stuff. I recently bought a bag of the new Five Fresh Fish formula, and it got me wondering about the mercury levels of the food. Should I be concerned at all? I'm not sure what kind of fish they use...

Can someone recommend a good, not too expensive meat grinder that can go through bones? I'm cooking for my dogs, and I need to grind the bones up since they're cooked. I looked on eBay just for fun, and I saw these old fashion hand crank grinders that look like they're solid cast iron or...

Is NV changing their Prairie canned food line or something? On their website there's the Prairie line that has grains and then an Instinct line that is grain free, but if you look at some of the online stores that carry NV, there's a 95% meat Prairie canned food that isn't listed on the official...

I've been feeding my two dogs Orijen mixed with different Evo 95% canned for a while now, but I'd really like to add some raw to their diet. I've read up on it, but I'm still worried that if I gave them a big meaty bone I'm going to kill them with e.coli. So I'm looking to go the pre-made raw...

I've given my puppy soft chew toys since I got him at 7 weeks. He'd always chew on them, but his little teeth were never able to do much damage. He's 6 months old now, and he can chew and swallow bits and pieces off his stuffed toys pretty quickly; if left alone with one he'd probably polish off...

I got a few recipes from the balanceit website and they recommend either a combination of human vitamins or a balanceit supplement powder. Is this necessary? What if anything do you guys add to your homecooked meals for dogs? Is there a way to provide the necessary nutrients through regular...

I live in texas and I just noticed on my vet's invoice that a rabies vaccination is required yearly. Is this necessary? I read that there's no real reason to vaccinate for the same thing repeatedly, and doing so may lead to over-vaccination.

I've been looking around for a new vet recently and I noticed something odd at one of the places I visited. They had a board up on the wall that was filled with different documents advocating against buying pet presciption medications online from places like 1800petmeds and foster and smith. A...

I was browsing the dog section at Borders the other day to see if they had anything on cooking for dogs, and I noticed that every recipe in every book that I picked up had a grain/carb component; most recommended around a 1/3 ratio for some kind of grain. Why is that? I thought that dogs...