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Don’t Trust Pet Food Label Ingredient’s
Whether through carelessness or deceit, what’s on the pet food labels may not be what’s in the food. Way back in the last century (1999), I worked full-time as an animal rights activist. We were trying to find out whether rumors were true that there were dogs – euthanized at shelters – in dog food.…
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How To Manage Yeast Infection In Dogs
Yeast dermatitis is a common issue in dogs that can be frustrating to treat. But don’t worry … there are home remedies for a yeast infection in dogs that can help solve this common cause of itchy skin. What to feed when a dog has a yeast infection is an important part of this, so…
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PREY MODEL RAW (PMR) DIET FOR PUPPIES
The Prey Model Raw (PMR) diet eliminates processed foods and provides puppies with a natural diet which mimics what their ancestors and wild cousins consumed. A complete PMR diet mimics whole, wild prey animals and does not include plant ingredients. The PMR diet is one of the many raw diet types suitable for puppies. It is important…
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NRC NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR PUPPIES
Puppies cannot regulate vitamins and nutrients like an adult dog can, and puppies require a daily balanced diet. Biologically Appropriate Raw Food (BARF) model or Prey Model Raw (PMR) raw diets provide guidelines on items to include in a raw diet to provide essential nutrients and recommended calories for proper growth and development. The ingredients included in a puppy’s raw diet need to be selected…
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Tips For Starting Your Puppy On A Raw Diet
Starting Your French Bulldog Puppy On A Raw Diet Start With One Protein Source Regardless of whether you’re preparing your own raw or are using a prepared raw food, it’s best to start with one protein source. Give that one protein for a good week. If there are no signs of digestive upset, start your…
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Smart Training your French Bulldog Puppy
Kathy Sdao’s Smart French Bulldog puppy training This lesson is all about Kathy Sdao’s SMARTx50 training protocol – the fastest way I have found to be the fastest and most effective way to improve our dogs’ manners. What is SMART Training? SMART stands for See, Mark and Reward Training x 50 (because you’re going to…
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Crate Training your French Bulldog Puppy
Crate Training your French Bulldog Puppy Step 1: Introduce Your Puppy To The Crate If you’re crate training a puppy, your job is simple: make every interaction puppy has with her crate a positive one. The best way to crate train a puppy is to go slow and try not to stress the puppy or…
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Raw Feeding French Bulldog Puppies: BARF Diet
Raw feeding for puppies: BARF Diet The BARF model diet is the most popular raw diet for puppies. A BARF diet can be home prepared with multiple ingredients to provide recommended allowances for most essential nutrients. Although, it is important to note that many ratio raw diets can be lacking in certain essential nutrients when specific whole foods…
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Spay and Neutering your French Bulldog Puppy
Should you Spay or Neuter your French Bulldog Puppy? What was once a very stock recommendation to all my puppy owners has evolved as new research findings have emerged. And, in fairness, as I’ve dug more into the seriousness of the outcome of neutering, I had to leave the comfort of “one size fits all.”…
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House Training French Bulldog Puppies
How to House Train Your Puppy Housebreaking in theory is very simple. It is finding a means of preventing the puppy from doing his duties in the house and only giving him the opportunity to do it outside. It also means that the dog learns to communicate with you about going when told to go…
