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Download The Full October 2021 Issue PDF

  • WHOLE DOG JOURNAL'S 2021 APPROVED CANNED DOG FOODS
  • FIRST AID CARE FOR MINOR WOUNDS
  • CRATE REHAB
  • ON LEASH GREETINGS
  • SPLENIC MASSES
  • ALPHA MYTHS

Download The Full September 2021 Issue PDF

  • Polite Leash Walking
  • Good Stuff
  • Booty Scooting
  • Home Care for Your Dog’s Sports Injury
  • Catch Them in the Act
  • On Target Training
  • Protozoal Diarrhea
  • Just Add Water

Download The Full August 2021 Issue PDF

  • STAY AFLOAT
  • FOOD IS YOUR FRIEND!
  • WALK THIS WAY! OR SOME OTHER WAY...
  • TICKS TICK US OFF
  • LEARN DOG MASSAGE
  • INTELLIGENT REFUSAL
  • RECOVERY SUITS YOU

Download The Full July 2021 Issue PDF

  • ONCE BITTEN
  • SLEEP WITH YOUR PUPPY?
  • PICK-UP LINES
  • ALL ABOUT ALLERGIES
  • QUICK, MAKE FLEAS FLEE
  • SCABIES
  • DOG TOOTHPASTE
  • FOOD FOR THOUGHT

Download The Full June 2021 Issue PDF

  • SMALL-DOG CAR SAFETY
  • MELLOW MUZZLING
  • TRACKS OF THEIR TEARS
  • REACTIVE DOG?
  • SPAY INCONTINENCE
  • TREATS FOR TRAINING
  • DON'T WASTE MONEY
  • THE DOCTOR IS IN...SIDE
  • OLD DOG, NEW PUPPY
Whole Dog Journal Editor-In-Chief Nancy Kerns

Lots To Offer

Nutrition, health, safety, training, behavior, puppy stuff, end-of-life issues – this issue has it all!  A trainer who contributed her first article to WDJ last month (“Paddlesports Safety”) is back this month with another safety and behavior-related article. In “Peace at the Park” she offers important tips for deciding whether your dog is a good […]

Download The Full May 2021 Issue PDF

  • When Should Your Pup Switch to Adult Food?
  • Peace at the Park
  • Beyond the Basics
  • Car Safety Harnesses
  • Does Your Dog Stink?
  • Leptospirosis
  • Help with Palliative or Hospice Care

Download The Full April 2021 Issue PDF

  • HOW TO SUPERVISE A GOOD PUPPY PLAYDATE
  • FI TRACKING COLLAR
  • GABAPENTIN
  • VERBAL CUES
  • SEIZE THE DAYCARE
  • WHAT'S THE RIGHT AGE TO GET THE KIDS A DOG
  • PREVENT EAR INFECTIONS - CLEAN YOUR DOG'S EARS
  • PADDLESPORTS SAFETY

Download The Full March 2021 Issue PDF

  • SMALL IRRITANTS CAN LEAD TO BIG DISTRESS
  • ON RESTRICTION
  • ROOM WITH A VIEW
  • DECOMPRESSION
  • TAKING CARE OF “TRIPAWDS”

Download The Full February 2021 Issue PDF

  • Dog Food Myth-Busting
  • WDJ’s Approved Dry Dog Foods for 2021
  • Care to Cooperate
  • To Buy or Adopt?
  • Punishment vs. Interruption

Whole Dog Journal’s Approved Dry Dog Foods for 2021

Below, we’ve listed more than 50 companies that collectively make more than 1,000 different dry dog foods that meet our selection criteria. To think that these foods make up a fraction of the dog food sold in North America is a testament to the massive size of the industry – estimated to have sold $31 […]

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