Natures Menu Review: Country Hunter Raw Nuggets
When you start to realise your dog might need to switch foods, how long do you give it before you decide it’s time to bite the bullet and change and not just a short spell that will pass? About three…
Dog Nutrition
Dog nutrition affects everything about how your dog feels. Their health, weight & even behaviour. Proper dog food & nutrition for your dog’s age, breed & lifestyle will give you the gift of extending their life.
How Can I Help My Dog Lose Weight?
Every year, we see news stories filled with statistics that reveal that obesity is on the rise. In fact, in many western countries over a third of dogs are overweight. Last year vet and genetics researcher Dr Eleanor Raffan embarked…
This Dog Weight Chart Will Tell You If Your Dog Is Overweight
Whenever we start a weight loss journey, whether for ourselves or dogs, it takes preparation and a determination to succeed, but it is worth it. As little as five pounds added weight can have an impact on our dog’s health…
6 Reasons You Should Consider Probiotics for Your Dog
Some of our biggest concerns as pet owners revolve around whether we’re doing the right thing by our beloved companions. Are they getting all they need? Are they happy? Can we do more? Since they can’t answer us, we act…
Raw Dog Food Pros And Cons
If you’ve found yourself wondering about raw dog food pros and cons it stands to reason you’re either feeding raw and pondering whether it’s the right diet for your dog, or you’re considering raw as a diet for your dog…
Pet Food Founder Talks Growth, Audiobooks & Working as a Family With K9 Magazine
As part of our new careers series, we’re meeting the influencers behind the scenes across the pet industry. Recently, we spoke with Suzanne Brock, founder of Nutriment, a growing raw pet food company to find out all about a typical…
Choosing a Puppy Food: How Good is Raw?
We spent a few weeks debating whether to continue Christopher’s puppyhood with a dry or raw food before taking the plunge because there are arguments for both. With a dry food you can soak for easy chewing or leave hard…
9 Out Of 10 Dogs Love Butcher’s!
It’s official! Britain’s dogs love Butcher’s. 100 dogs from across the nation participated in the Butcher’s 10-Day Taste Challenge in October where owners swapped their pet’s normal meals for a variety of recipes from Butcher’s and shared how they got…
Can You Feed Your Puppy a Raw Diet?
Puppies are a lot of work for their new owners. They need vaccinations, worming treatment, neutering and careful socialisation with other dogs. Nutrition is particularly important in a growing canine; if mistakes are made at this age, the consequences could affect…
Raw Revolution – Dog Nutrition Expert Q & A
As part of our Raw Revolution series, K9 Magazine’s readers have been sending questions through about raw feeding. This month nutritional advisor Caroline Griffith from Natures Menu will answer 5 of the most commonly asked questions we received. 1) What would…
Raw Revolution – How Important Are Pet Food Labels?
Our dog’s diets are always in our thoughts but lately what the nation’s pets have been eating has been on the agenda of many national newspapers and widely spoken about on TV thanks to the Channel 5 TV show ‘The…
Raw Revolution: A Guide To Supplements – Are They Necessary?
The question we’re often asked is, ‘okay, so we understand some of the benefits of feeding raw, but does it really give our dog’s all they need?’ Simply put, a dog fed on a healthy varied raw diet shouldn’t need…
Dog Food: How Much is Just Enough?
Some breeds are never satisfied, regardless of how much we feed. So how to we tell when they’re full and how much is just enough? The main contributor to body weight gain in domestic dogs is, quite simply, feeding too…
How To Feed Your Dog A Raw Diet
Raw feeding is currently seeing a trend in interest. What is interesting about the raw diet is that the same reported benefits have been consistently noted and talked about for at least the last 30 years. If you too have…
Dog Food: How Much is Too Much?
Without question, over feeding and lack of suitable levels of physical exertion are the leading cause of obesity in dogs (as well as people). For many dog owners, feeding the right portion size for their dogs is something left to…
Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Dog Food
Can you understand pet food labels? More to the point, can you understand pet food labels to the point that it makes some sense in terms of matching your dog’s age, weight, breed and lifestyle the right diet? In this…
K9 Kitchen: Healthy Homemade Dog Treats (Part V)
Welcome to this, the fifth in our series on how to make your very own healthy homemade dog treat series where we show you how to make your very own tasty canine snacks. The recipes for dog treats on this…
Dr Atkins & Your Dog
The process of evolution tells us that dogs developed as carnivores. Wolves are still carnivores and relatively, dogs were still wolves until very recently. So in theory shouldn’t our dogs still be strict carnivores craving protein and fibre and dreaming…