The short answer: Yes — Salmonella can contaminate dog food, especially raw diets. Dogs may vomit or get diarrhea, or show no signs while shedding bacteria in their stool. Treat dog food like raw meat: wash your hands and bowls, keep it away from human food, and check FDA recalls. Call your vet if your
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Most adult dogs need roughly 1 to 5½ cups of a typical dry food per day, depending on weight — about 350 to 1,960 calories. Puppies need more calories per pound of body weight, while many seniors do well on a little less. Use the calculator below for a personalized estimate, then fine-tune every few
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Thanksgiving Food Safety for Dogs: What Your Dog Can and Can’t Eat Thanksgiving is one of the biggest feast days of the year — and, according to the toxicology experts at Pet Poison Helpline, one of the busiest weeks of the year for pet poisoning calls. New foods come into the house, guests arrive with
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Sudden, shock-like muscle jerks in a dog — called myoclonus — can signal low blood sugar, not just epilepsy, a new study of 10 dogs found. Nine had a pancreatic tumor called insulinoma. If your dog jerks suddenly, especially with weakness or collapse, call your vet promptly and film the episode if safe. Dog muscle
Yes — check your dog’s medicine. Wedgewood Pharmacy recalled nearly 4,000 compounded veterinary medication listings shipped between February 18 and October 6, 2026, because lab testing data may have been unreliable, leaving some products weaker or stronger than labelled. If your dog takes a compounded medicine, check the recall list and call your vet before
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Are sea hares dangerous to dogs? Yes — they can be. Sea hares are sea slugs that store toxins from the algae they eat, using them as a chemical defence against predators. When a dog licks, mouths, or swallows a beached sea hare, the result can be severe poisoning. Poison experts describe contact as potentially
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The short answer: Dogs bark at “everything” because something about those moments reliably pays off for them — usually alarm barking at movement or noise, attention-seeking, boredom, or anxiety. Barking always serves a purpose for the dog, so the fix is to find the trigger, manage the environment, reward quiet behavior, train a “quiet” cue,
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Wondering “is my dog overweight?” Try the 60-second check: you can’t easily feel their ribs, there’s no waistline when you look down at them, and their belly hangs low from the side. That rib-waist-tuck check mirrors what vets do — and most owners are surprised by the result. If all three fail, book a vet
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The short answer: Most small dogs (under 45 lbs) are best spayed or neutered around 6 months, before a female’s first heat. Most large breeds should wait until growth plates close — roughly 9–15 months, sometimes 24 months for giants. Breed-specific research shows one-size-fits-all advice no longer works, so confirm the timing with your own
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