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Nutrition Nuggets is the newest offshoot of petMD's Dog Nutrition Center. Each week Dr. Coates will use her expertise and wisdom to blog about the intricacies of dog nutrition.

 

Feeding Canine Athletes

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March 22, 2013 / (1) comments


I am on vacation this week. Rather than leave you hanging while I’m catching up on some much needed R & R, I thought I’d channel Linda Richman of Saturday Night Live “Coffee Talk” fame.

“Talk amongst yourselves. I’ll give you a [link to a] topic. Discuss!”

 

Today’s Link:

The Nutritional Requirements of Exercising Dogs

Do you have experience feeding athletic dogs? What works? What doesn’t?

 

 

Dr. Jennifer Coates

 

 

Image: Ran Z / via Shutterstock

 

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Complicated
by TheOldBroad on 03/22/2013 05:22pm

That's some complicated stuff.

I did have to chuckle, though, when it said the dog "became exhausted after only 15 miles". Egads! I'd be exhausted, too.

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ABOUT NUTRITION NUGGETS

JENNIFER COATES, DVM

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... graduated with honors from the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine in 1999. In the years since, she has practiced veterinary medicine in Virginia, Wyoming, and Colorado. She is the author of several books about veterinary medicine and animal care, including the Dictionary of Veterinary Terms, Vet-Speak Deciphered for the Non-Veterinarian .

Jennifer also writes short stories that focus on the strength and importance of the human-animal bond and freelance articles relating to a variety of animal care and veterinary topics. Dr. Coates lives in Fort Collins, Colorado with her husband, daughter, and pets.

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