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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Canine Diet | |
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| Dogs and Humans: Similar yet Different | |
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| Diet and Health | |
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| Feeding Our Dogs | |
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| The Matter of Table Scraps | |
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| Table Scraps as Dietary Enhancements | |
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| Processed Dog Food | |
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| Does Price Determine the Quality of the Food? | |
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| Identifying Good-Quality Processed Foods | |
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| Commercial Foods and Home-Prepared Diets | |
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| A New Breed of Commercial Dog Foods | |
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| Whole Foods | |
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| Know Good Health When You See It | |
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| Problems Associated with Low-Quality Diets | |
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| Diet and Health: Personal Perspectives | |
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| Myths About Dogs and People Food | |
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| Raw-Food Diets | |
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| A Potential for Contamination | |
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| Other Potential Risks | |
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| Bones as Raw Food | |
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| Canine Vegetarians? | |
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| No Doggie Vegans | |
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| Fasting | |
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| Dogs Like Routine | |
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| Dogs and Diet-Related Health Problems | |
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| Obesity | |
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| The Immune System | |
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| Greasy Coat, Dandruff and Doggie Odor | |
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| Chronic Ear Infections | |
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| Gastrointestinal Problems | |
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| More Diet Related Diseases | |
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| Behavioral Problems | |
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| Better Food for Dogs | |
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| Diet Formulation: A Sensible Approach | |
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| Monitor the Diet | |
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| Make It Tasty | |
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| The Joys of Home Cooking | |
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| Kilocalories | |
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| Seal of Approval | |
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| The Diet Formula | |
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| The Essential Nutrients | |
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| Nutrient Sources for Your Dog | |
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| Proteins | |
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| Sources of Protein | |
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| Carbohydrates | |
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| Sources of Carbohydrates | |
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| Feeding Carbohydrates | |
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| Mix Well for Optimum Health | |
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| Fats | |
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| Omega-3s | |
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| Water | |
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| Adding Necessary Supplements | |
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| Multivitamin-and-Mineral Supplements | |
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| Bonemeal | |
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| Salts | |
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| Vitamins | |
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| Macro- and Micronutrients | |
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| A Fine Balance | |
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| Beyond Nutrition | |
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| Minerals | |
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| Energy Requirements of the Adult Dog | |
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| Dogs with Special Needs | |
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| Specialized Nutrition Plans | |
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| Puppies and Diet | |
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| When Is Your Puppy Mature? | |
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| Puppy Nutritional Requirements | |
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| Energy Requirements for Puppies Compared with Adult Dogs | |
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| Puppies and Home-Prepared Diets | |
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| Choosing the Best Food | |
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| A Plump Puppy May Not Be a Healthy Puppy | |
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| Just Enough of a Good Thing | |
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| Watch and Adjust | |
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| Making It Work | |
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| Supporting Wellnesss | |
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| Dogs and New Foods | |
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| Introducing a Home-Prepared Diet | |
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| Assessing the Diet | |
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| Weighing Results | |
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| Checking Weight | |
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| Tracking Wellness | |
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| Complete Blood Count (CBC) | |
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| Chemistry Screen | |
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| Know Your Dog As You Know Yourself | |
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| Urine Test | |
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| Touch and Grooming for Wellness | |
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| Keep Your Eye on the Doogie Doo | |
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| Your Dog's Teeth | |
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| Feeding Bones | |
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| Exercise | |
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| Potential Emergencies and Food Safety | |
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| Food Intolerance and Allergies | |
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| Foods that Are Known to Be Toxic to Dogs | |
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| Toxic Foods | |
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| Other Potential Problem Foods | |
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| Poisoning and Other Related Emergencies | |
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| Food Safety | |
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| Choking | |
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| When Your Dog Throws Up | |
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| Eating Grass | |
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| Recipes Basics | |
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| Using the Recipes | |
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| Start with Your Dog's Weight Class | |
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| Why Weight Matters | |
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| Follow the Instructions | |
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| Vary the Ingredients | |
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| Substituting Ingredients | |
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| Essential Information | |
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| Vegetable-and-Fruit Mix | |
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| Cooking Meats and Fish | |
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| Cooking Carbohydrates | |
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| Gourmet Recipes and Treats | |
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| Meals | |
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| Cookies | |
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| Adding Essential Nutrients | |
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| The Supplements | |
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| Using the Charts | |
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| Half per Meal | |
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| Bonemeal | |
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| Multivitamin-and-Mineral Supplement | |
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| Toxicity Levels of Vitamins and Minerals | |
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| Minimum Vitamin and Mineral Requirements by Weight | |
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| Resources | |
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| Reading List | |
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| Index | |