Nuggets of DogDom
A growing collection of bite-sized wisdom on dog health, nutrition and everything in between. Whether you're curious about raw feeding, want to understand your dog's wellbeing a little better, or just love learning more about the animals we share our lives with, you'll find something here worth sinking your teeth into.
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If you share your life with a dog who is incontinent, paralysed, or has lost the use of their back legs, you already know that your daily reality looks very different from that of most dog owners.
We spend a lot of time thinking about what our dogs eat in terms of their physical health, their coat, their weight, their digestion. But there's another dimension of canine wellbeing that diet profoundly affects, and one that is almost never discussed in the context of food. Behaviour.
Anal gland issues are one of the most common reasons dog owners visit their vet. And yet, for something so prevalent, the root cause is remarkably rarely addressed.
Salmonella has a scary reputation and the idea of handling raw meat for your dog can feel risky if you're not sure of the facts.
So let's look at the facts. Properly, honestly, and without drama.
It's rarely "just allergies." It's often a link between commercial dog food and chronic skin inflammation.
Have you ever stopped to wonder how we got to a point where the default way to feed a dog is to pour dried brown pellets from a bag? It seems so normal now, so convenient, so accepted, that most of us never question it...
"Fully balanced." 🤔
It's on every tin and pouch of commercial dog food and it's there to give you reassurance.
But do you know what "fully balanced" actually means, legally? It's not what you think...
It's the question most people in the pet food industry don't want you to ask. Here's the honest truth I wish someone had told me before I lost my beloved Cocker Spaniel Clo to cancer in 2022.
Thinking of mixing kibble and raw food? It sounds like a sensible compromise — but here's why it's not ideal and what to do instead.
It’s one of the first questions dog owners ask when they start researching raw feeding, and it’s a completely understandable one. We trust our vets with our dogs’ lives.