The Humanification of Pet Food Is Nearly Complete

Jerky, cookies, cheesy toppings—animals’ meals are out of the can and into the uncanny valley.

A big pawprint: The environmental impact of pet food

The bottom line is that choices about your pet’s diet can have implications for its health, your wallet and the planet. You can have both a healthy and more sustainable approach by feeding your dog or cat diets that contain moderate amounts of meat and use animal by-products, and feeding your pet only the amount of food it needs to maintain a healthy lean body weight.

A Dog-Eat-Dog World

Dog food is made from many strange things, only a few of which are evident in the list of ingredients. The packaging tends to depict fat, healthy chickens; vegetables that look like they ought to win a ribbon at the county fair; and either thick, juicy steaks or sedate-looking cows. But at around $15 for a 15-pound bag of dry food, nobody is spending enough money to turn a T-bone into dog food. The stuff that ends up in dog food is material that can’t be sold as food for humans.

How Much Should I Feed My Dog?

Knowing how to select a good dog food, how much and when to feed, and how we can control or prevent certain diseases through diet will help our dogs live longer and healthier lives.

Looking For The Safest, Healthiest Pet Food? Good Luck With That

Thousands of pets died in 2007. The pet food industry still has plenty of problems.

Medical marijuana for pets? It's real, and not as ridiculous as you think

The arguments for giving pets medical marijuana are very similar to those for giving it to humans: The conventional medications aren't effective or have bad side effects, so medical marijuana, which produces many of the benefits of typical drugs without the side effects, is a good alternative. This is exactly why many people turn to marijuana and its compounds — whether it's CBD; high-CBD, low-THC pot; or the traditional plant — for medical uses.

Raw Food Diet Recipes for Our Pets

Dog and Cat Nutrition: The Optimum Natural Healthy Diet...A growing number of vets are stating that processed pet food is the main cause of illness and premature death in the modern dog and cat.

The truth about cat and dog food

Those little paws leave a big environmental footprint.

Wellness has come for your pets

“Products that were considered perhaps luxuries by earlier generations are now considered essentials by millennial pet owners,” says King. “And that definitely feeds into the area of supplements.”

Designer Diets: What's in My Dog's Food?

Dogs, unlike cats, aren’t usually finicky eaters. Dry food? Sure! Canned food? Yummy! People food? Wow! Despite their reputation for being easily pleased, not all dogs eat just any old thing. Nor should they! Most are happy with 'ordinary' dog food, but others require 'designer' diets.

I don’t eat meat. Should my dog?

The moral of this story is anticlimactic and ethically suspect: I gave up on the vegan dog food. Instead, we switched to fish. I know that fish have feelings, too, but it felt like compromise, and it seems to make her happy. So does eating rocks, though, so it’s hard to know.

Please Stop Buying Your Pets Grain-Free Food

Veterinarians are increasingly concerned about health risks posed by the grain-free pet-food craze.

The Right Way To Introduce CBD To Your Pets

Despite the rise in experimentation, there remains very little research on the subject. So the very big question remains: Is it safe to give cannabis to my pet?