Webinar - Live and On-Demand Viewing! Wednesday, February 20th, 7:00 pm (CST). On-demand recording available until March 20th. Presenter: Linda P. Case (Author of "Dog Food Logic" and "Canine and Feline Nutrition") Description: There is nothing more exciting than welcoming a new puppy into your home and heart! Something that comes along with all of… Continue reading Feeding Puppies for Health and Longevity
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Announcing Science Dog Webinars!
Hello Science Dog Readers! You spoke and we listened! In response to more than 4000 survey replies, we selected four topics to begin The Science Dog's new venture; live and on-demand webinars. Here are the details - looking forward to chatting with you soon! Linda Case The Science Dog is offering a series of live… Continue reading Announcing Science Dog Webinars!
Tastes Like Chicken
In recent years, dog owners have started to demand more transparency from pet food manufacturers (a needed change, in my opinion). Many are interested in selecting new types of foods for their dogs and prefer products that are less highly processed. In direct response to these trends, nutrition researchers have been studying the ingredients that… Continue reading Tastes Like Chicken
Mind Your Peas and Potatoes
The source and quality of a food's protein sources are important features to consider when selecting a dog food. Dog folks who care about these things often agonize over how to differentiate among foods in terms of both protein level and quality. These concerns are justified because the protein ingredients found in pet foods vary dramatically.… Continue reading Mind Your Peas and Potatoes
Digestibility Matters
In "Dog Food Logic" and "Only Have Eyes for You", I have emphasized (okay, some might say "harped upon") the need for pet food companies to provide digestibility information to consumers. It is not a difficult value to determine and most pet food companies already conduct feeding trials that measure this (yet keep the results to themselves). As… Continue reading Digestibility Matters
“Only Have Eyes for You: Exploring Canine Research with The Science Dog” – Kindle Edition Now Available!
The Kindle edition of "Only Have Eyes for You: Exploring Canine Research with The Science Dog" is now available! Click on the image below for more information and to order. Book description: In her second Science Dog book, Linda Case tackles commonly held beliefs about canine nutrition, pet foods, behavior, social cognition and training. Each of the book’s 32… Continue reading “Only Have Eyes for You: Exploring Canine Research with The Science Dog” – Kindle Edition Now Available!
What’s in Your (Vegetarian) Food?
Here we go again. It appears that there may be more than what dog owners expect to find in vegetarian dog food. Hold the Spam, Please: Before all of the "Dogs are Carnivores (and a pox on your mother if you think differently)" devotees begin posting comments (in all caps ) that dogs should NOT be fed a vegetarian diet in the first… Continue reading What’s in Your (Vegetarian) Food?
