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February is Pet Dental Health Month

Your pet’s dental health has gotten a lot more attention in recent years as advances in treatment have become widespread. It’s no longer enough to give your dog a ‘teeth cleaning’ dog chew to rid them of their bad bre...

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Petnet Exercise Tips for Your Pet: Exercising Your Large Breed Dog

At Petnet, our mission is to help you make intelligent decisions when it comes to your pets. That includes not only helping you find the best food for their health and well-being and guiding you to proper portions , b...

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Can My Pet Catch the Flu?

Flu season is upon us and experts are predicting that this year’s flu season is going to hit us hard. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) recommends that you protect yourself and your family with a flu shot. It is pa...

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Ate Too Much Over the Holidays? Get Your Dog and Get Moving!

The holiday are over and if you are like most people, you overate. Who could resist all those holiday parties, the tasty treats and fancy drinks? And if you have a dog, you probably overfed them too with snacks from t...

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Weight Loss Feeding Tips for Dogs

Every other dog, and then some, in the United States is overweight according to the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention (APOP). That means that there are around 44 million overweight or, worse, obese dogs in this c...

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New Year's Resolutions: Feed Your Dog Better

New Year’s is a time that most people review the past year and resolve to make improvements for the coming year.  With that in mind, I offer 5 resolutions that will help a dog parent ensure that their dog is fed the p...

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How Much Water does a Dog Need?

Making sure that a dog gets the right amount of water each day is a challenge, particularly if the pet parent doesn’t even know how much water their dog needs! So how much water does a dog need each day? Like with fee...

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What's an Overweight Pet?

October is Pet Obesity Awareness month. Recapping to our previous blog discussion about how a few extra pounds on a dog or cat can be life changing, we created a video to help you understand the perspective of how jus...

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The Costs of Having a Fat Pet

I recently discussed some of the common health risks that pets face from being overweight.  The list of diseases and ailments that are associated with a pet being overweight is both long and serious, and will likely ...

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Pet Obesity Awareness Month

October is Pet Obesity Awareness Month and we at Petnet.io believe that this is an extremely important topic that does, indeed merit a month of awareness building.  In light of this, we will be publishing a series of ...

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Pre-Breakfast Exercise: Fat Burner for Dogs?

According to theAssociation for Pet Obesity Prevention, more than half of all dogs in the US are overweight. Keeping a dog fit and trim requires proper feeding and ample exercise. I often wonder if some of the techniq...