Dog Nutrition

• Abandoned Puppy Care and Nutrition Guide - Includes calorie nutritional requirement information and health care tips.
• The Animal Advocate - Facts and editorials about breed specific nutritional requirements, label interpretation, and alternatives to commercial food.
• Canadian Veterinary Medical Association (CVMA) - More than 20 articles on dog nutrition. Topics include feeding practices, food supplements, ingredients, food contaminants, relationship of diet to health, labelling and nutritional requirements.

• Canine Nutrition - A collection of articles by a nutritional consultant. Includes dietary analyses and the relationship between diet and disease.
• Dog Nutrition - Articles on BARF, vegetarian diet, supplements, commercial diets and mad cow disease.
• Dog Nutrition Fact Book - A dog food manufacturer presents information covering requirements and considerations from puppy to old age.
• Dogs and Diets - Information on dog food selection, feeding tips, basic nutrition and special diets.
• General Nutrition Guidelines - Article by a veterinarian discussing labels, natural dog food, supplements, and how much to feed.
• K9Nutrition - Information on how to join this e-mail discussion group, for people wanting to learn more about nutrition and dogs, and sharing ideas on feeding for daily use and for special needs.
• Lennie's World of Dog Nutrition - Articles on canine diet and feeding are changed and rotated regularly.
• PetPlanet Dog Nutrition - Articles on feeding table scraps, BARF, dangerous foods, dies for puppies adults and seniors, and causes of indigestion.
• US Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) - Nutrient Database for Standard Reference - Interface allows simple searches for food ingredients by entering keywords or the Nutrient Database Number.
• What to Feed Your Puppy Dog - Essay discusses concerns about commercial dog food and dog food ingredients, and recommends particular brands of commercial dog food and home made diets.

Dog Dies After Receiving Rabies Vaccine; Cause Undetermined (WCMH Columbus)
A dog dies after getting a rabies vaccine, but the cause of death is still under investigation.

Marketing minds present ideas (SouthtownStar)
They faced a task that would make any marketing professional sweat. Students in a business class at Lincoln-Way East High School created full marketing proposals for local businesses, then presented them to the owners. Teacher Mary Beth Deady said she challenged students to create comprehensive marketing packages, including television and radio spots; newspaper, magazine and Internet ads; and ...

It’s finally time to unleash, legally (The Bulletin)
It’s a big day for dog owners who like to let their pets run, jump and play off leash. Nearly five months after the Bend Park & Recreation District board approved the opening or expansion of seven off-leash areas around the city, volunteers, dog trainers and district staff members will be in the parks today to mark the first day dogs can legally run free. Jan Taylor, the district’s community ...