


Top 5 Benefits of Taurine to Cats and Dogs
So many topics abound regarding taurine and how it helps prevent DCM or dilated cardiomyopathy in pets, dogs and cats alike. But did you know that taurine has other benefits aside from giving your pets a healthy heart? TOP 5 BENEFITS OF TAURINE TO CATS & DOGS ...
Advantages of a Vegetarian Dog Food Diet
“Many dogs are allergic to more than one thing,” according to an article in webmd.com. “Most common allergens are beef, dairy, wheat, egg, chicken, lamb, soy, pork, rabbit, and fish.” One or more of these may trigger an allergy in dogs. Genetics “Inherited allergies...
Nature Tripping with Your Dog
It’s a perfect time to get your hiking gears ready to celebrate National Take a Hike Day with your dog. Every November 17 is an opportunity for you to take to the trails and breathe that healthy fresh air. Here are some tips to consider: 1. Water purification tabs You...
Benefits of a Vegetarian Diet on Dogs
A vegetarian diet sounds cool for many health buffs because it has lots of benefits for humans. But would that coolness translate to their dogs? Note that dogs are omnivores, that means they can eat both meat and plants or vegetables. Check out our infographics about...
Coping with Canine Lymphoma
November 7 is National Canine Lymphoma Awareness Day. It’s a day dedicated to educate and create awareness about lymphoma in dogs. What is canine lymphoma? Canine lymphoma is a blood-borne cancer of lymphocytes found in dogs. It is also one of the most treatable....
Spare Your Pet from Diabetes
November is the National Pet Diabetes Awareness Month. It’s an offshoot of the National Diabetes Month for us humans because we need to be aware that this disease affects our pets too. It is the most opportune time for us to learn how this disease can affect our pets....
The Bad Effects of Haze on Your Pets
Southeast Asian haze happens during the dry season. It is brought upon mainly by forest fires during this time. Countries experiencing haze are Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Brunei, and Vietnam. What does this mean for your pets? Here’s the...
Is Your Dog Sick? Know the Signs
As a pet parent, you basically give the attention your canine pet needs. Sometimes, even more. So when he or she gets sick, it’s really a cause for alarm. But while some pet parents try to apply first aid or home remedies that they’ve learned from experience (which is...
How to Detect Canine Hip Dysplasia
Canine hip dysplasia is a polygenetic multi-factoral disease that affects large breeds of dogs. Polygenetic means more than one gene is involved, multi-factoral means many factors have caused the disease. While CHD also occurs in small dog breeds, they are often seen...
What is Nutrigenomics?
Nutrigenomics. The word is a combination of nutrition and genome. It’s the study of how the foods we (and our pets) eat communicate with our cells, how these cells react and express and influence the predisposition to health and disease. What is a genome? A genome is...