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Is Xylitol Toxic to Dogs? What It Is, Where It's Found, and How to Check the Risk

Is Xylitol Toxic to Dogs? What It Is, Where It's Found, and How to Check the Risk

  Most UK dog owners know that chocolate is dangerous. Far fewer realise that a single piece of chewing gum — the kind that lives in handbags, coat pockets, car gloveboxes, and desk drawers can kill a dog within hours....

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Paraben The Hidden Ingredient in Most Pet Shampoos That Could Be Harming Your Dog

Paraben The Hidden Ingredient in Most Pet Shampoos That Could Be Harming Your Dog

  Turn over almost any pet shampoo bottle and scan the ingredients list. Somewhere near the bottom you're likely to find one or more of these: methylparaben, ethylparaben, propylparaben, butylparaben. These are parabens, a family of synthetic preservatives used widely across...

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SLS free dog shampoo

Why avoid Shampoos with SLS (Sodium Lauryl Sulphate) & SLES (Sodium Laureth Sulphate)

  Walk down the pet care aisle in any UK supermarket and you'll find shelves of brightly packaged shampoos, many of them foaming generously in their promotional photos. That satisfying lather is largely down to one ingredient: SLS (Sodium Lauryl...

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