Free or Scheduled Feedings for Companion Cats?
Free feeding is putting out a cat food bowl, leaving it out until your companion cat finishes the food and then topping it off. Scheduled feeding is giving your companion …
Free Feeding or Scheduled Feeding Your Companion Dog
What is the difference between free feeding and scheduled feeding companion dogs? Free feeding is the act of filling up a dog’s food bowl whenever it is empty so the …
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Storage Mites in Kibble Pet Food
Caution: If you are eating cereal while reading this, we suggest you put down the cereal bowl or bookmark this for later reading. Storage mites are commonly found in cereal-based …
Stop Eyeballing and Measure!!! Please.
Over the years, Hemopet has provided tips on beneficial supplementation, foods and treats, as well as occasionally how much to give of each. We emphatically state: stop eyeballing and actually …
Revealing Adulterated Pet Food
A few years ago, Hemopet discussed studies that demonstrated that certain pet foods did contain or did not contain listed or unlisted ingredients on the packaging. Now, thanks to advances …
Guide to Conventional Treatment Options for Fleas and Ticks
Recently, Hemopet provided a guide for companion pet parents on choosing or making more all-natural treatment options to mitigate tick infestations. Full disclosure, we do prefer that route. However, we …
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Can dogs eat oranges and other citrus fruits?
In Hemopet’s blog post titled, “Vegetable Experiments with Companion Dogs”, we noted that companion dogs should not be fed citrus fruits. A couple of readers asked why and said their …
Choosing More All-Natural Tick Repellents
We get it. Ticks can drive you batty. Ticks are little sneakers that climb up from the dirt or fall from the trees. You find ticks on your body, in …
Vegetable Experiments With Companion Dogs
As many of Hemopet’s readers know, we advocate for nutritionally balanced homecooked meals for companion dogs. We realize this might be a daunting – if not scary – prospect for …
Potential Genetic Complications of Designer Hybrid Breeds
Designer hybrid breed mixtures can be separated into two camps. The first is the designer breed mix that aims to avoid the potential genetic or inherited traits of popular dog …
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