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The Complete Pet Nutrition blog is home to practical pet food articles and everyday guidance for life with cats and dogs. This is where we share real tips that help you understand what goes into the bowl, what your pet needs at each life stage, and how small feeding habits make a big difference.

Articles for healthier, happier pets

Our collection of pet food articles covers everything from reading labels to portion control, weight management, switching diets and choosing between different types of pet food. These blogs link naturally to our wider education content, where you can explore topics like ingredients, digestibility and safe transitioning in more detail.

Not every article is strictly about food. Many cover behaviour, enrichment, training, seasonal care and vet-backed wellbeing advice, because good nutrition works best alongside a healthy routine.

This library of pet food articles is designed to help you make confident, informed choices. For more guidance, explore our Products pages, visit the Education section, or read why Complete is often recommended by vets.

Pet Behaviour

THE NOSE KNOWS

Ten minutes of intensive sniffing can be the equivalent of an hour’s walk!  It’s quite amazing how well dogs can smell. When we’re cooking a stew, we smell the lovely aromas of the veggies and the meat. A dog’s nose is so good that it can smell all the ingredients

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Pet Care

HOW TO MAKE YOUR DOG FAMOUS ON SOCIAL MEDIA

As a proud owner of a dog, you’re bound to have considered giving your fur kid his or her own Facebook or Instagram page and build them up to become social media celebrities.  But even though your dog might be incredibly cute and love posing for photos, you’re going to

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Pet Care

5 GREAT DOGGY EXERCISE IDEAS

All dogs need exercise, and we’ve got you covered with a few great ideas to keep your fur kid busy Vital for a pet’s physical and mental wellbeing, exercise is also a crucial part of the relationship between you and your dogs. Even on those days when bad weather makes

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Pet Care

PROTECTING YOUR PET FROM FIREWORKS!

Encourage your community or suburb to be a “Fireworks-free Zone”  For most South African families, New Year’s Eve is an evening spent with family and friends, perhaps having a party or a braai. For some, it’s unfortunately a time for setting off fireworks. For many years now, the hazards of

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Pet Care

CATS AND COLLARS

Tips on choosing and fitting a collar Opinions vary as to whether cats should have collars, and both sides have a point. Unless trained to collars from kittenhood, most cats bitterly resent having to wear one, but it is indeed true that a cat with a collar is a safer

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Pet Care

REMOVING TICKS AND AVOIDING FLEAS

Summertime means sunshine, backyard barbecues, and lots of fun. But for your dog, the season unfortunately comes with a few hitches. Spending more time outdoors increases your pup’s chances of getting burrs, fleas, and even ticks. Read on for the best tips on how to combat the summer’s puppy predicaments.

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Pet Care

HOW TO TEACH YOUR CHILDREN TO LOVE AND RESPECT ANIMALS

Teaching children from a young age to not only love animals, but to also cherish and respect them is very important. Doing so is a great way to raise socially aware children who are empathetic and passionate about helping others, especially those who can’t help themselves. One of the very

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Pet Behaviour

DEALING WITH DESTRUCTIVE CHEWING

We love dogs. That’s why we get them. We plan on sharing our homes and our love with them. As we share our lives with them, we discover that some behaviours can become a nuisance. Common behaviour problems are natural behaviours for our furry friends, such as jumping, barking, chewing,

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Pet Behaviour

SIGHTS AND SOUNDS

We all know that dogs have incredible hearing. But if a dog can hear four times the distance of a human with normal hearing, how does a speaker playing an action movie or your favourite song on repeat affect your fur kid? Well, it’s a difficult question to answer, as

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Pet Care

THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT PET FIRST AID

It is in every pet owner’s best interest to know about pet first aid to ensure you are prepared for an emergency.  Here are 5 things to know about pet first aid. Have a Pet First Aid Kit on hand. This is especially important if you are travelling or going

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