Dog Health and Nutrition For Dummies

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You do everything you can to maintain your optimum health. Doesn’t your best friend deserve the same? Your dog’s a member of the family and needs the same attention to health and nutrition as you do to stay healthy, be happy, and live longer.

However, it’s easy to get lost in the pet store’s sea of dog products, passing aisle after aisle of dog food. Keeping your dog healthy or getting her back on the road to good health doesn’t have to be difficult, though. Dog Health and Nutrition for Dummies makes it easy to make sure your canine is living a healthy lifestyle. It gives you expert tips and advice on:

Basic canine healthcareFeeding your dogRecognizing and treating common maladiesCaring for the canine senior

Author M. Christine Zink, DVM, PhD is a specialist in canine sports medicine and professor at The Johns Hopkins University, but above all, a dog lover. She breaks down the complexity of caring for your pooch into easy terms with helpful reminders, warnings, and information, including information about:

How to choose and work with a vetYour dog’s anatomy with detailed illustrationsCanine first aidDrug therapy for dogsMaintaining your dog’s health with nutrition and exerciseCommon household hazards

Dog Health and Nutrition for Dummies gives you all the information you need to properly care for your beloved canine pal.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ For Dummies
Publication date ‏ : ‎ June 18, 2001
Edition ‏ : ‎ 1st
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 400 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0764553186
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0764553189
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.58 x 0.83 x 9.22 inches
Best Sellers Rank: #1,172,097 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #527 in Doctors & Medicine Humor #1,354 in Dog Breeds (Books) #15,836 in U.S. State & Local History
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