Prescription diets may be better for your dog if your dog has certain conditions that require that prescription....
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Just because a food is wet or dry doesn't tell you anything about its nutritional value....
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Right now? What I hear so much about is grain-free diets....
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Elimination diets are used to diagnose and treat food allergic disease or food intolerance....
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Everybody thinks of the obvious ones; maybe your pet is limping, or they're favoring a leg....
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There are breed-specific dog foods out there. For instance, the sporting mixes tend to have higher protein content for the high-energy dogs....
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The best place to start is to talk to your veterinarian....
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We use an elimination diet when we think a dog has either a gastrointestinal or a skin problem related to its diet....
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I think the two big ones are that grain-free dog food is healthier for your dog, which is entirely not true....
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So, for big breed puppies, I would recommend feeding a big breed puppy food. When they get older, it's a little less important....
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We use elimination diets if we're trying to figure out if your pet is sensitive to a specific protein. So you often hear this as a food allergy....
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That's a hard question to answer because almost anything can cause pain; let's be honest....
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It could. Free-choice feeding is one of the culprits in obesity....
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Not necessarily better in quality, but if your dog is on a prescription diet, it usually has a medical need for that diet....
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There are lists of things they shouldn't eat. In general, grapes, raisins, macadamia nuts, and chocolate should be avoided....
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It tends to lean in that direction, just like human food does. You can do free feeding in a single-dog household successfully and have a lean dog....
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The thing that I would have you look at before that would be making sure that there's an AAFCO statement on your pet food....
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A good physical exam. Again, if you had an ear infection, it would be painful....
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Just like you and me, dogs require protein, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, and minerals....
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We really don't recommend that you feed them human food....