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Life’s Abundance Weight-Loss Formula will help you nutritionally managing your dog’s weight.
This reduced calorie program includes an easily-digested, natural source of healthy fat and complex carbohydrates to sustain high energy levels. We’ve also included L-carnitine to help burn fat and strengthen the heart.

Compared to the original Life’s Abundance® formula, Weight-Loss Formula contains:

28% less fat and over 400 fewer calories per serving to help reduce and maintain a healthy weight, as well as an active and energetic lifestyle.
Higher protein levels to aid metabolism and promote a lean, energetic body.
Omega fatty acids for healthier skin and shinier coats.
Enhanced with L-Carnitine to support a healthy metabolism and weight management.

And because Weight-Loss Formula represents the complete nourishment adult dogs need, you can be assured that your dog can reach his or her optimal weight without compromising the great taste and balanced nutrition they deserve!

If your dog’s weight is a growing concern, consider the nutritious, low-fat Weight-Loss Formula. Formulated for effective use as part of a weight loss or weight control program, Weight-Loss Formula is a nutritionally balanced food that delivers the support dogs need to lose fat and maintain healthy weights. And like all HealthyPetNet products, this food contains no artificial flavors, colors, sugars or chemical preservatives.

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1. Written Guarantee: Good breeders provide written guarantees against genetic disease. It is essential to get a guarantee on the hips and eyes of your pup, given the epidemics of hip dysplasia and various forms of progressive blindness among the nation’s dogs. The guarantee entitles you to a refund of the price of the puppy or a replacement puppy should there be a problem. The guarantee should also allow you to take your new puppy to your own vet within a certain period of time in order to have its good health independently confirmed before the sale is considered final.

Beyond the guarantee of your pup, you want to see copies of the Orthopedic Foundation for Animals (OFA) certificate on the hips of both parents, plus the Canine Eye Registration Foundation (GERF) certificate on the eyes of both parents. Do not take the breeder’s word that the parent animals are so registered. Good breeders will not be troubled by your request.

However, you must be prepared to run into the occasional breeder whom will not want to comply with your request. You are almost sure to run into “prominent” breeders who don’t believe in having their dogs’ hips and eyes checked, even if they are from seriously afflicted breeds.

Both in a personal quest for a dog and in researching this information I had this experience again and again. For instance, there is a dog breed about which Michele Lowell says in Your Purebred Puppy: A Buyer’s Guide, “He is susceptible to hip dysplasia and serious tumors.” She urges: “Buy only from OFA-registered parents.” A leading breeder of this breed, a person who sits on the national club’s breed standard committee, told me she didn’t have her animals OFA-certified because “I’ve never had any hip problems. If I ever start, I’ll have my dogs checked.” Even in the midst of a plague of canine hereditary disease, this ton-of-cure-is-worth-an-ounce-of-prevention attitude is still common. Be ready to decide for yourself if you find it acceptable.

2. Restricted Transfers: Responsible breeders are answering the distress call of America’s dogs by trying to minimize inappropriate breeding. One way to do this is with “restricted transfers.” These can involve a contract between the new owner and the breeder stipulating that the dog will not be bred until it is old enough to be tested for inherited disease and has been certified disease free. Some restricted transfers require that the animal be spayed or neutered at six months of age, with AKC papers not passing to the purchaser until this is done. You may not be interested in acquiring a pet under such conditions, but you can be sure that breeders imposing them are deeply committed to improving the quality of their breed.
 

John Edwards is a long time dog lover. Visit his website to learn how to treat dog dandruff and many more tips at: http://www.dogcaretraining.com
 

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