Eating habits
Feed me, and feed me now!
We’ve all witnessed a greedy pet gulping his food down, but have you ever stopped to think that you should perhaps stop him and slow down his ingestion?
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9 killers in your kitchen
| Keep our handy list of the 9 common foods that are toxic to your pet –and tips on what to do – close-by. Puppies just love to find new foods, so anything’s possible!
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Zaskia Swart - Pubished : Monday, June 20, 2011
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Dogs killed by toxic food
| Twelve dogs have died after eating pet food pellets containing a toxin caused by a fungus in one of the ingredients.
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Dawid Venter - Pubished : Monday, April 25, 2011
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Food, glorious food
| What are you putting in your dog’s feed bowl every day? So, you’ve collected your new puppy from the breeder. You got
instructions on feeding and a small bag of food to feed him while he
settles in.
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Alexia Haggiyannes - Pubished : Friday, April 15, 2011
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Alpo 2 in 1
 | ALPO recently launched 2 new delicious flavours of ALPO 2in1 (Mini BitesTender Chicken & Vegetable and Mini Chunks Lamb & Vegetable) specifically for small and medium breed adult dogs. More...
Alexia Haggiyannes - Pubished : Thursday, March 3, 2011
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Weight watching
| Some older pets are prone to putting on weight (just like us humans), so how do you go about preventing the middle age spread?
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Alexia Haggiyannes - Pubished : Monday, February 7, 2011
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Weighty issues
| Obesity – an increasing problem with today’s pets – is the only ‘disease’ where nutrition is the only treatment, but treat it you must. Overweight animals, like their human counterparts, do not generally live as long as their slimmer brethren.
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Alexia Haggiyannes - Pubished : Tuesday, December 21, 2010
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Food for puppies
| Feeding a dog is very similar to feeding a baby and even more so when feeding a puppy. Neither puppy nor baby has much say in what they eat, so they depend on you to make the right decisions.
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Alexia Haggiyannes - Pubished : Friday, December 3, 2010
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You are what you eat!
| Our pets’ digestive tracts form an important part of their immune system. Your pet’s digestive tract, just like your own, begins with the mouth and teeth! The function of the mouth and teeth is to soften food with chewing and saliva, preparing it for digestion.
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Alexia Haggiyannes - Pubished : Thursday, December 2, 2010
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Working girls and boys!
| Food for busy bodies!
Not all dogs are couch potatoes. Some are rough, tough, working boys and girls spending time out of doors playing and hunting.
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Alexia Haggiyannes - Pubished : Thursday, December 2, 2010
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Couch potatoes
| Too much food and little exercise could lead to fat pets. How do you tell if your pet is turning into a couch potato?
Let’s face it. Not all our pets are Olympiads, raring to run the one minute mile or take part in a full-on game of Frisbee.
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Alexia Haggiyannes - Pubished : Thursday, October 7, 2010
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Feeding the giants
| Choosing the right diet for a large or giant breed dog poses a few questions, especially when they are puppies!
In recent years there has been considerable discussion concerning the most appropriate diet for large and giant breed dogs, and especially puppies of these breeds. Many pet owners are under the impression that a roly-poly fat puppy is a healthy puppy. This is not the case, and especially so when it comes to a large or giant breed.
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Alexia Haggiyannes - Pubished : Thursday, April 15, 2010
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Pocket rocket fuel
| Feeding a ‘Toy’ dog can be tricky, especially if the little one has been spoilt for choice!
Small dogs tend to have a reduced sense of smell, and can sometimes develop a reluctance to eat their own food. Small dogs grow faster – they have a higher metabolism rate per kilo – and therefore need a specially formulated puppy diet
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Alexia Haggiyannes - Pubished : Thursday, April 15, 2010
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Flatulence
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Windbags!
There you are, sitting watching the TV minding your own business, and your dog ‘lets one off’! Not very pleasant, is it? So what to do? Although intestinal gas is a natural part of digestion, dogs who suffer from excessive wind or flatulence can quickly pollute the air quality in a room.
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Alexia Haggiyannes - Pubished : Thursday, April 8, 2010
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Should your pet weigh less?
| Obesity in pets, as for humans, can lead to a number of serious medical problems!
After careful examination of your pet, and maybe some stern words from your veterinarian, you have finally admitted that Fido or Felix might be just a little overweight. But how do you get him to lose that extra kilo or two (or five)?
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Alexia Haggiyannes - Pubished : Wednesday, April 7, 2010
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Obesity
| We live in a world of indulgence and like so many of us, more and more of our pets are becoming overweight, leading to serious health problems!
A reliable method of assessing your pet is to stand above him and take his outline into consideration. He must have a waistline and a reasonable covering on the body. Features, like hips and shoulders, need to be visible.
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Alexia Haggiyannes - Pubished : Wednesday, December 23, 2009
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Middle of the road
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Finding the right food for your medium-sized dog is not an onerous task!
Feeding a medium-sized dog with a proprietary brand of dog food should be a slightly easier task than if you had to feed, say, a giant breed. This is because most pet food manufacturers produce food for medium-sized animals as their kicking off point.
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Alexia Haggiyannes - Pubished : Wednesday, December 23, 2009
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