Dogs (Page 4)

Get the same diseases – Dogs are a lot like humans: Both species like to eat too much! According to new research, as many as 1 out of 3 cancer deaths in both humans and dogs could be prevented by cutting calories.

Demian Dressler, who is known as the “dog cancer vet” because of his work in the study of canine cancer, recommends severely limiting snack foods for humans and dogs that contain ingredients rich in Omega-6, such as corn oil, vegetable oil and grain-fed red meat. Too much Omega-6 fatty acid can lead to inflammation, which creates an environment conducive to cancer in dogs and people.
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The family dog may not only be a friendly companion but also a reflection of your community’s health. And speaking of communities, there are probably lots of wild animals hiding out in YOUR neighborhood, especially coyotes! And what if you trained your dog to sniff out bedbugs so could you perpetrate YOUR OWN conspiracy and smuggle him into your hotel room to check things out?

Researcher Michael Edelbrock has discovered that dogs respond to toxicity much like humans. When humans are exposed to environmental pollution, gene mutations can lead to diseases such as cancer. Edelbrock is looking at the possibility of studying the canine population in a defined geographical area to determine how the same environment may affect the humans living there.
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Is one of your New Year’s resolutions to go on a diet? Is it time for your pet need to go on a diet too? Dog and cat owners buying weight-control diets for their overweight pets are faced with a confusing variation in calorie density, recommended intake, and wide range cost of low-calorie pet foods. Your pets are too fat, but what do you feed them?
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The world is full of mysteries, and some of them are right in front of us. For instance, the huge variety of dogs: Long dogs, large dogs, tiny dogs. Most “toy” breeds have larger “standard” sizes that they were bred down from (poodles are one of the best known examples of this). One exception is the Chihuahua: Where is the big ancestor to the tiny dogs of today? Maybe there ISN’T one, maybe these little dogs, which are about the size of a steak, were originally bred for FOOD.

September 8th edition of the New York Times, Nicholas Wade reports that ALL dogs may have originally been bred to eat. Only later, after humans had them around for awhile, did we realize they could be useful for other specific tasks, such as hunting, herding and pulling sleds.
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