Pet Parents Guide

Key Takeaways: Research shows regular nosework and sniff walks genuinely improve dogs' emotional states, with a 2019 study finding two weeks of nosework produced more positive cognitive bias tha...

Key Takeaways Fireworks can trigger a genuine fear response in dogs because the sounds are loud, sudden, unpredictable, and difficult for them to understand. Senior dogs, dogs with existing an...

Key Takeaways: Gluten-free means no wheat, barley, or rye. Grain-free means no cereal grains at all, including rice. A food can be gluten-free and still contain grain, which is where most of th...

Key Takeaways: Treats are exempt from the "complete and balanced" standard that main meals are held to, which is why their ingredient lists are often looser. WSAVA guidance puts treats at under...

Key Takeaways: For a German Shepherd, how you feed matters almost as much as what you feed, because the breed is listed among those at risk of gastric dilatation-volvulus. Two measured meals a ...

Key Takeaways: Labradors have the highest documented obesity prevalence of any breed, and part of the reason is genetic rather than behavioural. A deletion in the POMC gene, found in Labradors ...

Key Takeaways: Retort means food is sealed in its final pack first, then heated until sterile, so nothing can recontaminate it afterwards. Sterilising inside a sealed pack is the mechanism that...

Key Takeaways: Crude protein printed on a pack is an as-fed figure, so it cannot be compared between two foods with different moisture levels. Converting to a dry matter basis takes one divisio...

Key Takeaways: Labrador puppies require carefully controlled nutrition during rapid growth between two and six months, as overfeeding and excessively fast growth directly worsen genetic predispos...