A healthy diet = a healthy heart

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A Healthy Diet = A Healthy Heart Is your four-legged, loyal companion suffering from heart disease? Is he panting for breath, reluctant to exercise, showing loss in weight and loss of appetite for his once favorite food? All these are symptoms of heart disease in dogs. The bad news is that clinical heart disease, when left unchecked, rapidly graduates to a more serious disease called Congestive heart failure (CHF). CHF is characterized by the inability of the heart to pump blood to other parts of the body with the same efficiency as it was before. This can lead to death sooner than you can imagine.

However, do not worry. If treated in time, CHF can be efficiently cured by the administration of vetmedin for dogs. The treatment of CHF depends on the kind of heart disease and the extent of the disease. However, besides medication and treatment, diet is yet another important thing, which pet owners must keep in mind. A proper diet accompanied with vetmedin for dogs promise a longer and improved life for your pet. Eat better to live better Here’s what your canine’s diet must include and exclude: 

“Yummy, Tasty food”: Dogs with CHF often undergo a process called cardiac cachexia, which results in the depletion of fat and muscles stores in the body. The causes for this include loss of appetite, low absorption of


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