Learning how to create a beautiful, safe and healthy meals f0r your doggie. The ABCs of a Balanced Dog Food Diet Understanding the basics of what makes a homecooked diet balanced for your dog will help when you discuss the options with an expert. Here are important ingredients for the canine diet. Protein: According to […]
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Thank you, Dina Fantegrossi! According to the National Sleep Foundation, dogs spend 50% of their day sleeping, 30% lounging around, and just 20% being active. As they enter their senior years, they require even more rest to be at their best. With so much time spent lying down, a sturdy, supportive bed is essential for reducing
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Starting a veterinary clinic is an exciting opportunity to transform your commitment to animal healthcare into a successful practice that benefits your community. To navigate the many challenges, building a clinic requires thorough planning and strategic choices. From choosing the proper legal structure to crafting a solid business plan, each decision lays the groundwork for
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Providing your dog with a fulfilling life goes beyond necessities like food, water, and shelter. It involves enriching their daily routine with activities that promote mental and physical well-being. These engaging activities enhance your dog’s health and deepen your bond, transforming everyday interactions into opportunities for joy and connection. Stimulating your pup’s mind and body
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Whether you’ve had your best friend since they were a pup, or rescued them as a senior dog, the joys of seeing them grow older with you in a safe loving home is a journey that will be filled with lots of love, along with a few manageable challenges. What constitutes a senior dog? Well,
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Keep your dogs engaged in a productive way. Instead of allowing them to explore your designer shoes, handbags, homework, and otherwise enticing doggie items, give them some healthy mental stimulation toys for dogs, designed to challenge and entertain! Here are just a few. 5 of the Best Dog Toys for Mental Stimulation Excerpts from Hepper.com
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Here at Good Old Doggie, we love our senior pets. That’s why we are excited to celebrate and support Adopt A Senior Pet Month once again this year. Adopt a Senior Pet Founded by the ASPCA and petfinder.com, November is designated as a time to raise awareness of senior pets as quality, loving, and loyal
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Pets make great companions for people of all ages, but they can be especially beneficial for senior citizens. However, caring for a pet properly as you age can be difficult. From Good Old Doggie, here are three things to know about how to best care for your pet as you age. Find a Pet-Friendly Assisted
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This is not new news, but it helps to remind us that senior dogs need special care. The American Kennel Club offers some great tips on how to keep our old girls and boys on top of their game. With improved diet and veterinary care, dogs are now able to live longer than ever before.
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With so much disinformation swirling around the topic of COVID-19, we decided to find the definitive answer to the question, “Can dogs get COVID-19?” According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), they can, but it’s rare. Here’s what the CDC wants us to know. The risk is considered to be low A small number
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Fancy, my Chihuahua, got hold of a piece of chocolate yesterday. It totally freaked me out, as chocolate is toxic and possibly deadly for dogs, especially dark chocolate. She vomited what looked like most of it, including the foil wrapper, which I later discovered could have caused a gastro obstruction. I frantically researched the internet
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Our first “child,” an English Springer Spaniel named Teagan, was just two and a half years old when we had her put to sleep. It was one of the worst days of my life. She was a beautiful, enthusiastic, and affectionate dog. But shortly after she was a year old, she began exhibiting hostile behavior…
