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Dietary Resources

Purina Pro Plan Vet Direct
Home delivery service for Purina's Pro Plan and Veterinary Diets
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Home Prepared Diets
A great resource on making homemade dog and cat food!


Recent trends in the feeding of grain-free and/or exotic protein diets to dogs has presented veterinary medicine with some interesting results. For further reading, we recommend the following as of 9/12/2018:

​Popular Grain-Free Dog Foods May Be Linked to Heart Disease (New York Times)

Questions You Should Be Asking About Your Pet’s Food (Tufts University)

Important Nutrients for Pets with Heart Disease (Tufts University)

Grain-free, exotic dog food linked to heart disease (Washington Post)

UC Davis Investigates Link Between Dog Diets and Deadly Heart Disease (UC Davis)

A broken heart: Risk of heart disease in boutique or grain-free diets and exotic ingredients (Tufts University)

Pet Nutrition Resources for Pet Owners, Grain-Free (CVCA Cardiac Care)
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  • Home
  • About Us
    • Meet Our Staff >
      • Veterinarians
      • Veterinary Technicians
      • Support Staff
    • History
    • Virtual Tour
    • Patients
  • Fear Free
    • About Fear Free
    • Pre-Visit Client Questionaire
  • Services
  • Resources
    • Diet
    • Adoption
    • Behavior
    • Grief and Loss
    • Other Links
    • Videos
  • Emergency
  • End of Life Care
  • PetDesk
  • Prescriptions
    • Vet's FIrst Choice Online Pharmacy