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Preventive Care & Wellness

Preventive Care & Wellness

Explore veterinary preventive care and wellness resources to keep your pets healthy for life with routine vet and pet care guidance.

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Happy & Healthy Starts With a Healthy Weight

Feeding tips for a healthy weight

Weight Diet & Nutrition

Feeding tips for a healthy weight

Nutrition for Healthy Weight Loss

Preventive Care & Wellness

Nutrition for Healthy Weight Loss

True or False: Seasonal weight gain happens to pets too.

Weight Preventive Care

True or False: Seasonal weight gain happens to pets too.

True or False: Dogs tend to gain weight in the winter

Weight Preventive Care

True or False: Dogs tend to gain weight in the winter

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Find Answers to Pet Dental Care Questions

Fun facts about your pet's teeth

Dental Fun Facts

Fun facts about your pet's teeth

How to brush your pet’s teeth

Dental Preventive Care

How to brush your pet’s teeth

Five signs your cat may need a dental cleaning

Dental Wellness

Five signs your cat may need a dental cleaning

Brushing teeth is not just for people

Dental Preventive Care

Brushing teeth is not just for people

Some tasty ways to improve pet dental care!

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C.E.T.® IntelliDent™ Cat Bites

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C.E.T.® VEGGIEDENT® FR3SH® Chews for Dogs

$26.27 - $39.02

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C.E.T.® VEGGIEDENT® Flex Chews for Dogs

$29.61 - $43.45

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C.E.T.® VEGGIEDENT® Zen Chews for Dogs

$29.93 - $43.97

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C.E.T.® HEXtra® Premium Oral Hygiene Chews for Dogs

$24.38 - $45.82

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C.E.T.® Enzymatic Oral Hygiene Chews for Dogs

$15.37 - $30.83

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Purina Pro Plan Dental Chewz™ Canine Treats

$84.36

Guide to Dog Diet & Nutrition

All Dog Diet & Nutrition

18-month-old puppy milestones

Diet & Nutrition

18-month-old puppy milestones

How to choose the right food for your puppy

Diet & Nutrition

How to choose the right food for your puppy

Is my dog in heat? (only for intact female dogs)

Diet & Nutrition

Is my dog in heat? (only for intact female dogs)

Need to slow it down? Ways to get your puppy to eat slowly

Puppies

Need to slow it down? Ways to get your puppy to eat slowly

Should young dogs take multivitamins?

Diet & Nutrition

Should young dogs take multivitamins?

Switching your puppy to adult food

Diet & Nutrition

Switching your puppy to adult food

The art of “drop it”

Diet & Nutrition

The art of “drop it”

What you should know about treats

Diet & Nutrition

What you should know about treats

Why is my puppy eating poop?

Diet & Nutrition

Why is my puppy eating poop?

Your puppy’s personality is developing now: The importance of introductions

Puppies

Your puppy’s personality is developing now: The importance of introductions

All Dog Diet & Nutrition

All About Cat Diet & Nutrition

All Cat Diet & Nutrition

Ever heard of a primordial pouch?

Diet & Nutrition

Ever heard of a primordial pouch?

Food isn’t always love: Human foods to avoid giving your kitten

Diet & Nutrition Kittens

Food isn’t always love: Human foods to avoid giving your kitten

How pain affects behavior

Diet & Nutrition Pain Management

How pain affects behavior

How to improve water intake for your dehydrated young cat

Kittens

How to improve water intake for your dehydrated young cat

How to keep your growing cat healthy

Diet & Nutrition

How to keep your growing cat healthy

How well do you know your kitten?

Diet & Nutrition Kittens

How well do you know your kitten?

Importance of dental care for young cats

Diet & Nutrition Dental

Importance of dental care for young cats

Understanding your young cat’s taste buds

Diet & Nutrition

Understanding your young cat’s taste buds

What does that color mean?

Diet & Nutrition Kittens

What does that color mean?

Zoonosis and intestinal parasites

Diet & Nutrition Zoonotic Diseases

Zoonosis and intestinal parasites

All Cat Diet & Nutrition

Parasite Prevention For Dogs & Cats

Are cat germs the same as dog germs?

Parasites Infectious Diseases

Are cat germs the same as dog germs?

Butt-scooting: is it parasites?

Parasites Allergies

Butt-scooting: is it parasites?

Does my kitten need flea and tick prevention?

Parasites Preventive Care

Does my kitten need flea and tick prevention?

That’s not rice on your cat’s backside…it could be tapeworms

Parasites Preventive Care

That’s not rice on your cat’s backside…it could be tapeworms

The number-one reason for gunky ears: mites

Parasites Ear Care

The number-one reason for gunky ears: mites

Things to remember if you hike with your puppy

Parasites Preventive Care

Things to remember if you hike with your puppy

What does it mean if your kitten is losing spots of hair?

Parasites Diagnosis

What does it mean if your kitten is losing spots of hair?

Why do cats have rough tongues?

Parasites Dental

Why do cats have rough tongues?

Vitamins & Supplements

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Fish oils: the hardworking supplement with many uses

Supplements

Fish oils: the hardworking supplement with many uses

Help your pet relax with natural remedies

Supplements

Help your pet relax with natural remedies

Help your pet relax with natural remedies

Supplements

Help your pet relax with natural remedies

Helping your pet cope with fireworks

Supplements

Helping your pet cope with fireworks

How to keep your senior dog’s mind sharp

Supplements

How to keep your senior dog’s mind sharp

Remind your pet how to be home alone

Supplements

Remind your pet how to be home alone

Start preparing for thunderstorms and fireworks now

Supplements

Start preparing for thunderstorms and fireworks now

Supplements: The natural health boosters to keep your pet looking and feeling their best

Supplements

Supplements: The natural health boosters to keep your pet looking and feeling their best

What is taurine and why is it important?

Supplements

What is taurine and why is it important?

What pets do when they’re home alone: the good, the bad and the ugly

Supplements

What pets do when they’re home alone: the good, the bad and the ugly

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