• "A dog has lots of friends because he wags his tail and not his tongue" -Author Unknown
  • "Every boy should have two things: a dog and a mother willing to let him have one." - Anonymous
  • "Whoever said you can't buy happiness forgot little puppies." - Gene Hill
  • A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same. - Elbert Hubbard
  • "A hug is like a boomerang - you get it back right away." -Bil Keane
  • "A meow massages the heart." - Stuart McMillan
  • "There is more to life than increasing speed." -Mahatma Ghandi
  • "Happiness is where we find it, but rarely where we seek it." - J. Petit Senn
  • "If your horse says no, you either asked the wrong question, or asked the question wrong." - Pat Parelli
  • "There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man." - Winston Churchill
  • "Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole." -Roger Caras
  • "No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle." - Winston Churchill
  • "Agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms." - George Eliot
  • "To err is human - to forgive, canine."
  • "Money may buy you a fine dog, but only love can make it wag its tail." -Kinky Friedman
  • "Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened." - Anatole France
  • "I hope to be the kind of person my dog thinks I am." - Unknown
  • "Horses - if God made anything more beautiful, he kept it for himself." - Author unknown
  • "Are we really sure the purring is coming from the kitty and not from our very own hearts?" - Terri Guillemets
  • "There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face." - Ben Williams

Nutritional Supplements

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What exactly is a nutritional supplement?

Nutritional supplements include a wide variety of substances.
They can be divided into several categories:

  • Vitamins
  • Minerals
  • Essential Fatty Acids
  • Amino Acids & their derivatives
  • Enzymes
  • Probiotics
  • Antioxidants
  • Accessory Food Factors
  • Glandulars
What does my pet really need?

In order to understand why a patient can benefit from supplements, let's start with defining the different levels of nutrition.

BASIC NUTRITION

Refers to the animal's daily intake, which should meet the daily nutritional requirements based on guidelines by the NRC (National Research Council).

PREVENTATIVE NUTRITION

Adding nutritional supplements to the basic diet to eliminate possible deficiencies caused by the diet and the animal's biochemical individuality.

THERAPEUTIC NUTRITION

Involves the use of nutritional supplements in animals who display specific health problems and disease conditions.

supplementWhat is the purpose of supplements?

Just because your pet is receiving the appropriate 'basic diet' formulated in the pet food, does not mean that you are supplying all of the necessary vitamins and minerals, etc. that he may need to thrive and be the healthiest that he can be (i.e. preventative nutrition).

Now, add on top of it a medical condition that requires additional support from the body and your pet may require even more nutritional components in order to adapt to a medical problem (i.e. Therapeutic nutrition).

So, the purpose of 'supplements' is to supply additional ingredients to 'supplement' the basic diet. Every pet's needs will be different depending on his age, breed, lifestyle and potential medical conditions.