Pet Weight

If you’ve been feeding your pet commercial food, adding some homemade food to your pet baby’s diet would be a good idea. You have complete control over the ingredients and this will ensure nutritious food for your pet baby. It will also…
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Researchers from the University of Cambridge, studying British Labrador Retrievers, have identified multiple genes associated with canine obesity. Their study, published in the journal ‘Science’, has found the dog gene DENND1B to be most…
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Carbohydrates can be an excellent source of nutrients. Unfortunately, in many soft-moist dog food products, they usually come from empty-calorie sources like sugar (sucrose), propylene glycol, and corn syrup. Sometimes, in low-range…
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Your pet dog will eat big if you eat big portions yourself. Research published in the journal ‘Animal Cognition’ shows that an owner’s food preferences and portion sizes can influence the food choices that their dog makes. In one study, a…
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Dietary carbohydrate provides pet dogs with a source of energy and assists in proper gastrointestinal tract functioning. However, only a limited amount of carbs can be stored in the body as glycogen, so when your pet eats dietary carbs in…
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According to research published in the ‘Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association’, fat in the diets of companion animals like dogs and cats plays a role in contributing to the palatability and texture of food. This is…
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Veterinary experts say that today’s competitive pet food market includes many foods that are both highly palatable to the pets as also are high in calories. This, coupled with the fact that pets today live exclusively as house pets and have…
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The daily energy requirement for dogs depends on the amount of energy that their body expends each day. Many factors can influence the energy requirement of a pet, and these factors must all be considered when determining the number of…
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Research published in the journal ‘Preventive Veterinary Medicine’ shows that dogs with obesity have a life expectancy that is 1.5 years shorter than dogs in ideal body condition, especially the smaller breeds. Fat cats too have a shorter…
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Researchers from South Korea have identified two strains of probiotics that can be used to reduce weight in obese dogs. The research, published in ‘Microbiology Spectrum’, the journal of the American Society for Microbiology, has identified…
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