Orgins of Dogs Hidding Pain
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A dog’s instincts lead them to hide their physical pain. The primitive survival aspect of animals to not expose themselves as vulnerable is a counterproductive trait to domesticated dogs. Now that preventative diets and medicine have become available to our dogs, owners need to educate themselves about the physical condition of their hounds. The nature of dogs to conceal their ailments means...
Read MoreHealthy Hounds
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We love our pets, and our dogs seem to have a special status in our relationships with pets. People’s knowledge on how the environment effects our health is becoming more sophisticated every day. Pet professionals along with pet owners are utilizing the evidence resulting from the massive marketing and consuming of vitamins and supplements to develop similar products for pets. And like the...
Read MoreDog Supplements for Digestive System
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VitaHound’s research on dog supplements has determined the highest benefit to a dogs health come from the supplements ability to aid a dog digestion. All natural digestive enzyme products made from a combination of four natural plant-derived enzymes (lipase, amylase, protease, and cellulase) are extremely beneficial to your dogs digestive system. It provides the necessary digestive enzymes that...
Read MoreDogs and Chocolate
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I know people who have feed chocolate to their dogs every day for years and their hounds lived normal lives, but the risks are great. The alkaloid theobromine also known as xantheose is found in chocolate and is the substance toxic to dogs. There are 3 factors to consider, the type of chocolate, the size of the animal, and the amount of chocolate ingested. Different types of chocolate contain...
Read MoreParasitic Skin Infections
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Demodicos is more commonly known as mange and is caused by demodex canis a genus of parasitic mites. The mite occurs naturally in the hair follicles of most dogs in negligible numbers. Similar to other dog skin disorders, mange presents itself when a dog is suffering malnutrition, impaired immune system, and or stress. Dog health in a weaken state allows the mites to reproduce rapidly,...
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