Mosquitoes have always had a pretty clear preference in our house. They may hang around Faddu, but if given the choice, a larger group will gather around Ossu. And Ossu is not the kind of dog who always tolerates mosquito bites unnoticed. Sometimes he gets really bad bumps. I am...
Can homemade food for dogs be healthy? Learn about nutrient balance, fat and pancreatitis, real-life cases and how to plan a safer homemade diet.
Salmon for dogs: EPA and DHA, astaxanthin studies, farmed fish and the risks of raw salmon. Practical, evidence-aware guidance.
When I began reading about avocado years ago, I noticed an odd contradiction. One website described it as a forbidden fruit for dogs; another explained that a small amount of flesh could be perfectly acceptable. I have occasionally offered avocado to my dogs. Neither was particularly interested at first, until...
Can dogs eat cabbage? Explore fiber, quercetin, digestive gas, thyroid considerations and the limits of scientific evidence.
“Best before” and “use by” look quite similar on a package. Both are followed by a date, and sometimes we read only the number. Yet they communicate different things. One mainly concerns quality, while the other concerns safety in rapidly perishable human food. With pet food, we must also remember...
Those who have followed FendaF for a while or stopped to talk with me know how passionate I am about dog food and health. To me, food is not merely something that fills a dog's stomach. It is what the body uses every day to renew muscles, skin and other...
Diarrhea in a cat can be a one-day unpleasant episode or the first sign of a problem that should not be watched at home for a week “to see what happens.” What matters is not only what the stool looks like. Look at the whole cat: is your cat eating,...
I have always liked Dr Edward Beltrani's observation that an imbalance in the gut may sometimes lie behind skin and ear problems. He describes the paws, ears and skin as the tip of an iceberg. It is an interesting integrative perspective, but not an automatic diagnostic rule: itching does not...
In recent years, probiotics have become an almost universal recommendation. Dog has diarrhea? Probiotic. Antibiotic course? Probiotic. Gas? Probiotic. Sensitive digestion? Probiotic. Immune support? Probiotic again. But a dog’s gut is not an empty apartment that simply needs as many “good bacteria” moved in as possible. It already contains an enormous microbial...
