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Pet Longevity is attributed to 70% to lifestyle and 30% to genetics. Up to 90% of diseases in pets are due to the degenerative processes associated with aging. Research validates the fact that optimal nutritional supplementation can help deter and slow the pet aging process, stay active longer and enhance his or her quality of life.
Balanced pet diets are essential, but alone they cannot provide your dog or cat with the optimal levels of nutrients his body needs. In fact, for example, just to obtain adequate levels of vitamin E, your dog would need to eat 5000 calories-a-day. Consuming this many calories is detrimental to your dog’s health and could quickly lead to obesity and several other canine and feline health-related problems.
Signs of Pet Aging in Dogs and Cats:
To determine whether or not a pet is old, it’s important to distinguish between chronological and biological age. Chronological age is determined by the year in which your pet was born or the number of candles on your pet’s birthday cake.
Pet Aging begins at maturity; when your pet’s body’s systems start to slow down-when cells deteriorate faster than the body can repair them. It is a progressive decline in mental and physical functioning and appearance.
Signs of pet aging occur slowly. Their detection requires a pet owners close observation and keen eye.
Before beginning your pets longevity program use Dr. Carol’s pet anti-aging checklistto identify signs of aging in your pet. Re-evaluate your pet 30-60 days later and decide for yourself.
* Weight Gain or Change in Appetite
* Changes in Skin and Hair Coat
* Excess Shedding
* Increased Urination
* Limping or loss of mobility
* Bad Breath
* Vision and/or Hearing Loss
* Behavioral Changes
* Decline in mental alertness, senility
* Loss of house training
Ronald Klatz, M.D., president of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, refers to Dr. Carol as “One of the best and the brightest forward looking minds in the medical profession. A leader in this newly emerging veterinary specialty.”
Dr.Carol Osborne, DVM, is a pioneer in pet anti-aging medicine and longevity research for dogs and cats. From her research, she has developed and patented a 6 step revolutionary approach to pet health and wellness that optimizes longevity in dogs and cats and offers up to a 30% increase in healthy pet life spans.
For more information about your pets potential longevity bookmarkwww.carolonpets.com.
About the Author:
CAROL OSBORNE, D.V.M., is recognized as an authority on alternative and holistic veterinary medicine and the new clinical science of aging-related pet diseases. A Board Certified Diplomat of the American Board of Anti-Aging Medicine, she has pioneered the exploration of new therapies for the treatment and prevention of age-related degenerative disease, as well as promotion of optimum health and performance for pets.
Dr. Osborne created and patented PAAWS, Pet Anti-Aging Wellness System and authored Naturally Healthy Dogs and Naturally Healthy Cats. She has been featured in USA Today, The Los Angeles Times and the New York Daily News.
An Emmy-nominated television journalist, Dr. Osborne has gained national prominence through her frequent appearances on popular shows including Today in New York, Good Day L.A., and Discovery’s Animal Planet.
Currently, she devotes much of her time to the research and development of advanced biosciences for the benefit of animal health and welfare.
Antioxidants Protect Pets & Boost Immunity!
Ask Dr. Carol, Avoiding Disease, Cats, Dogs, Pet NutritionComments OffPet antioxidants play a vital role in keep your dog and cat’s immune system strong and protecting him or her from infection and disease.
Glucosamine and MSM are powerful, naturally-occurring pet antioxidants naturally found in the body of dogs and cats. Unfortunately, anti-oxidant levels peak as early as the age of 2 in pets and at the age of 10 in people, after which time they decline by roughly 15 percent each decade or every 10 years.
That’s why a variety of vitamins and minerals along with Glucosamine, MSM, Chondroitan Sulfate, Hyaluronic Acid and Omega-3 Fatty Acid supplements are routinely recommended by holistic veterinarians to help pet patients recover frombroken bones, pulled tendons strained ligaments and muscle injuries. The anti-inflammatory properties in these nutrients provide dogs and cats with significant, safe and effective natural pet arthritis pain relief.
Increasing pet dietary levels of lean protein, omega-3 fish oils, seeds, nuts, herbs, fruits and vegetables in your dog and cat’s diet and limiting sugar intake is as beneficial to pet health as it is to human health. Pet diets containing natural nutritious foods can reduce the overall risk of heart, kidney and liver disease as well as diabetes, arthritis, cancer, cataracts, allergies and a range of other age-related pet diseases, in dogs and cats.
Bookmark www.carolonpets.com for the latest news, tips and pet anti-aging longevity updates for your dogs and cats.
Holistic veterinarian and researcher, Dr. Carol Osborne, DVM is available for pet health care consultations and pet health questions.
Call Dr. Carol’s office toll free at 1-866-372-2765 to make an appointment for your pet.
Pet Kidney Failure: Phosphorus Binders
Ask Dr. Carol, Avoiding Disease, Cats, Dogs, Kidney Disease, KidneysComments OffPet Kidney Disease affects thousands of dogs and cats each year. Because many pet medications offered for dogs and cats suffering with kidney failure can be confusing, and since online information often offers conflicting recommendations, here are some tips to help pet owners address their dog and cat’s kidney health.
One of the problems that is very common in pets with chronic kidney failure other than elevated BUN and Creatinine levels is Phosphorus and Calcium. This discussion will address binders available to reduce or lower elevated blood Phosphorus levels in dogs and cats with kidney disease.
Calcium-based Pet Phosphorus Binders such as Phos-Lo and Tums are readily available and inexpensive.
But they’re not as effective as the pet Aluminum Hydroxide (ALOH) binders, because they require large doses and they are not as safe. There is also the risk that supplementing Calcium in a dog or cat with Chronic Kidney Failure can lead to serious problems such as excessively elevated blood Calcium levels, called Hypercalcemia.
Hypercalcemia or high calcium in your pets blood, can lead to calcium deposits which are referred to by vets as “soft tissue calcification.” Calcium based stones like the one in the photograph below, can form in various areas of your pets body, including the urinary bladder, kidneys and heart.
Elevated Calcium can also cause pet kidney failure and pet cancer including kidney cancer and lymphoma cancer in dogs and cats.
Epikacin is an example of a calcium based phosphate binder, often prescribed for dogs and cats in kidney failure.
Blue Buffalo Dog Food Recall
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After being part of the 2007 MENU Pet Food Recall, today, Monday, October 11, 2010: The Blue Buffalo Company Ltd. of Wilton, Ct., is once again recalling Blue Buffalo Dog Food.
This time recalled Blue Buffalo dog foods are those being sold under the names of Wilderness Dog Chicken, Basics Salmon for Dogs and Large Breed Adult Chicken Dry Dog Food.
Today’s dog food recall announcement is not associated with Chinese Gluten or Melamine as it was in 2007 but instead it is due to excess Vitamin D.
So far, Blue Buffalo has received 36 reports of dogs sickened. The excess Vitamin D in the dog food is called Vitamin D Toxicity, or Hypervitaminosis D.
Too much Vitamin D in your dogs diet causes canine bone loss and abnormally high blood calcium levels. Excess calcium can lead to canine kidney stones as well as calcium deposits in other organs including your dogs heart and kidneys.
Dogs affected by the recalled dog foods with excess Vitamin D levels, generally show signs of excess blood Calcium. Excess calcium is referred to as Hypercalcemia.
Hypercalcemia is often associated with various types of pet cancer specifically Dog Kidney Cancer and Canine Lymphoma Cancer, both of which may also be fatal in dogs.
Signs of excess calcium are initially those of Dog Kidney Failure and include increased thirst, increased urination, stomach upset, lethargy, and/or appetite loss.
If your dog has eaten Blue Buffalo Dog Food and/or is showing any of these signs,
call your veterinarian and/or call the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center toll free at 1-888-426-4435.
A $65 consultation fee may apply for pet owners calling the ASPCA’s Poison Control Center.
Canine Hypercalcemia or excessive blood levels of Calcium in dogs has a negative on the kidneys, heart and nervous system in dogs.
Specifically excess calcium in dogs can lead to acute kidney failure and may also damage your dog’s heart and/or the canine nervous system.
Untreated cases of hypercalcemia in dogs can lead to pet cancer, coma and death. Be sure to check exactly what type of dog food you are feeding your dog!
Blue Buffalo may be contacted by phone at 1-877-523-9114 to arrange for return of the recalled dog food and financial reimbursement.
Apparently, Blue Buffalo found that their ingredient supplier had made a scheduling error and produced a Vitamin D Supplement immediately prior to preparing the ingredients for the recalled BLUE dog food products. Blue Buffalo’s spokesperson said, “We believe that some of the Vitamin D supplement may have been carried over into our products, resulting in more Vitamin D than is called for in our formulas.”
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