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Does Dry Cat Food Really Cause Feline Diabetes
The link between food and feline diabetes is a subject that we’ve talked about before but it keeps coming up so I think it’s a good idea to revisit the subject. One of the concerns surrounding dry food is the carbohyd...
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Daily Calorie Needs for Cats
Pet obesity is a major problem in the U.S. According to the 2013 survey conducted by the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention (APOP), almost 53% of dogs and 58% of cats in the U.S. are overweight or obese. Perhaps e...
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The Cost of Feeding Dogs Cheap Food
In the modern world, food is relatively abundant and there is a wide variety of convenient foods available on the grocery store shelf. More often than not, these foods may contain ingredients of dubious quality, yet t...
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Introducing a Petnet Video Series
My name is Steve Pelletier, and I am the pet food and pet fitness expert at Petnet.io. Today, I am proud to introduce our new video blog series that is meant to inform and educate pet owners on all things related ...
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The Love/Hate Relationship between Cats and Food
Do cats love food like dogs do? As a dog owner, I’ve never doubted my dogs love for food. But the word on the street, at least in my neighborhood is that cats are ‘picky eaters’. We don’t really understand what that m...
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Turmeric Staving Off Dog Obesity
What we eat and how much of it we eat can have a major impact on our overall health and lifespan. The same is true for our dogs. Our decisions on which foods to buy, and how much to serve at each meal, will have a mar...
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Dl-Methionine in Pet Food
Amino acids are the building blocks of protein and a crucial part of a pet’s diet. Today we examine why Dl-Methionine, a form of the essential amino acid methionine, is in Pet Food. What is Dl-Methionine? Methionine ...
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Carrageenan in Pet Food
Moving on to the letter C in our A to Z Pet Food Ingredient series. Today we examine why Carrageenan is in Pet Food. What is Carrageenan? According to Wikipedia, Carrageenans are a family of carbohydrate structures th...
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Blueberries: Good for Dogs
Don’t let the tininess of these little blue guys fool you. Coined a “super food,” blueberries might be small, but they’re packed with vitamin C, fiber and antioxidants—all of which are beneficial for your dog. Four Re...
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Alfalfa in Pet Food
As a pet owner, it is important to be able to understand the ingredients in your pet’s food and why they are included in the food recipe. With that in mind, we are restarting our alphabetic series on pet food ingredi...
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5 Unneeded Pet Food Ingredients
We often say that reading a pet food label shouldn’t be rocket science even though it seems that you need a Ph.D. to figure out what is in your pet’s food. Pet food labels are long and confusing to most people, yet, ...
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Sweeteners in Pet Food: Dogs vs. Cats
When it comes to pet food, sugar and forms of sugar like fructose, cane, and caramel, are used to enhance taste while providing little nutritional value to the pet. Sugar is a high calorie, low benefit ingredient tha...