Prescription diets may be better for your dog if your dog has certain conditions that require that prescription....
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If your dog has a medical condition that requires a prescription diet, sure. But in general, I would say no.
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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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It definitely can. Some dogs will eat and eat. We're sometimes better able to control what they eat than what we eat ourselves....
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Right now? What I hear so much about is grain-free diets....
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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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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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There will be vomiting, diarrhea, their appetite will start waning, and refusal to eat the food will occur....
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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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If you have a senior dog, your nutritional needs may differ from when you have a puppy....
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No, it's not. The big difference is that wet food has a massive amount of water content....
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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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It could. Free-choice feeding is one of the culprits in obesity....
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If you see any of the things that we just talked about, get them in. Would you want to walk around hurting if you didn't have to?...
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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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That's a good question because we see this type of thing a lot. Human food can inherently make your dog overweight, but not necessarily....
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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....