Ark Naturals Journal

What glycerin does in a soft dog chew, how it controls water activity and texture, and why it is nothing like the xylitol owners often confuse it with.

How brewer's yeast and other palatants make a dental chew acceptable, what else drives acceptance, and why sudden refusal is a veterinary signal rather than ...

Usually it is just a napkin habit, but new, one sided or frantic face rubbing after every meal points at oral pain and deserves a veterinary examination.

The skin pockets along a dog's muzzle trap saliva and debris, and the odour they produce is routinely mistaken for a dental problem.

Whether a chip stops at the enamel or reaches dentine or pulp decides everything, and that depth can only be judged by a veterinarian with an examination and...

Cranberry's A-type proanthocyanidins interfere with how bacteria stick rather than killing them, and the canine oral evidence behind that mechanism is thinne...

Jaw fatigue, anaesthetic recovery and stress signalling explain most post dental yawning, and this article sets out the timeline and the signs that mean you ...

A dog who abandons a chew they used to love is most often telling you that chewing hurts, which makes a veterinary examination the first step rather than a c...