Interesting Dog Breed DNA Test Results On My Foster Puppies
Whether or not the dog DNA tests that purport to reveal the breeds that have gone into your mixed-breed dog are accurate, they are...
When Your Dog Hurts, What Should You Do?
A few weeks ago I shared that my 14-year-old mixed-breed, Otto, was showing signs of age-related dementia. He’s also showing more discomfort related to...
Looking for Lower-Fat Dog Food for Overweight Dogs
I’ve written a few times lately about how excited I am to be able to search for dog foods with certain attributes using WDJ’s...
Fostering Adolescent Dogs Takes Patience and Experience
We all have different breaking points as dog owners. I’m currently fostering a dog who is really barky – whose immediate, reflexive response to...
Finding the Best Dry Dog Food with Meat or Meat Meal (Or Both)
A few years ago, we added a column in our “Approved Dry Dog Foods” tables – an additional data point for people who are...
An overabundance of needy dogs
My friend Leonora, owner of tiny Samson (my dog Woody’s BFF), is starting to search for a second dog. It’s been over a year...
Limited Ingredient Dog Food – How to Find the Best Dog Food for Allergies...
So much of what’s on dog food labels has to do with marketing, rather than nutrition. The phrase “limited ingredient” falls somewhere in between.
There...
Find the Best Dog Food For Your Dog with Allergies
Many of us have identified certain ingredients that we don’t want to see in our dogs’ food.
Sometimes we have good evidence for this, such...
Otto Is Showing Age-Related Dementia Symptoms Often Seen in Dogs
My 14-year-old dog Otto is starting to show signs of age-related dementia. While there are all kinds of ways dementia in dogs can manifest,...
Building a Veterinary Healthcare Team
In the past few months, I’ve been trying to get to the bottom of some distressing symptoms exhibited by my 14-year-old dog Otto, by...
Often, Rehoming a Dog Gives the Best Home
Anyone who knows me knows that I love to make matches between the right humans and the right dog. When a friend asks for...
Making a Year-End Contribution to an Animal-Related Charity? Read This
Many of us animal lovers contribute in some way to animal charities. I donate (admittedly) small amounts of money to my local animal disaster...
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Take the Canine Good Citizen Test
I have been aware of the American Kennel Club’s Canine Good Citizen program for ages, and I always imagined that my dogs would rather...