Dear Doctor: Is tuna a safe treat?
Q. We recently inherited a wonderful 10-year-old dog from a friend who passed away. The dog has been given a bit of tuna with...
Measure Food By Weight, Not Volume
Do you weigh your dog’s food before feeding it or measure it out in a cup or serving scoop? If you’re like most people,...
So You Want to Make Your Dog’s Meals Yourself
“Feeding kibble is akin to feeding your child junk processed food his entire life,” one Your Dog reader wrote in. She’s not alone in...
Certain Dog Foods May Make It Harder for You to Fight Illness
When researchers at Portugal’s University of Porto tested 14 store-bought raw dog foods for the bacteria Enterococcus, they all contained it. What’s more, the...
It Probably Isn’t a Food Allergy
Suspected food allergy is a common reason people bring their dogs to the Clinical Nutrition Service at Tufts. By the time they get there,...
Back to the Raw Food Diet Debate
If scientific study showed that raw food diets are better for dogs than cooked food and also that they are safe to feed for...
Chicken and Rice for an Upset Tummy?
There’s no shortage of advice on the Internet for what to feed a dog who is having temporary GI upset, either with vomiting, diarrhea,...
Dear Doctor: Are dogs really carnivores?
Q. You said in a recent article that it’s not a good idea to choose dog food by the ingredients list because it doesn’t...
Less Protein to Reduce Aggressive Behavior?
At the level of folklore, it makes sense to think that a diet relatively low in protein would help inhibit aggressive tendencies in a...
Free Feeding Versus Scheduled Feedings
On the face of it, there are a number of reasons to allow your dog unlimited access to food rather than doling it out...
Reduced-Sodium Diets: What’s Available?
There’s more than a fair chance that a reduced-sodium diet is in your dog’s future, if it’s not here already. An estimated 10 percent...
How Can a Dog Food Be “For All Life Stages?”
When you look at a bag or can of dog food, there’s always a statement from the Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO)...
