• What to Expect After a Pet Cancer Diagnosis

    Learn important considerations following a pet cancer diagnosis, including treatment choices, general expectations and information on palliative care.

  • Ring in the New Year with These Pet Resolutions

    Learn how to include pets in your New Year's resolutions. Exercise, eating healthier and relieving stress are all goals you & your pet can achieve together.

  • Can Dogs & Cats Have Avocados? (& Are They Safe?)

    Even though avocados are healthy for humans, discover whether they're safe for dogs & cats (including details on potentially harmful ingredients for pets).

  • Is It Safe to Give My Dog or Cat Fruit?

    Discover which fruits are safe for your dog or cat, and which ones are toxic. For fruits that are safe, learn tips for how much you can give them.

  • How to Take Your Dog Or Cat's Temperature

    Learning how to take a dog's temperature (even how to take a cat's temperature) is clear evidence of a pet parent's commitment to their health.

  • When Should You Consider Putting a Pet Down?

    Learn important signs & factors to consider when deciding if it's time to put a pet down, including severity of an illness, physical restrictions, & more.

  • Pet Sitter Checklist: 7 Essential Items

    If you have a new sitter for your furry friend, use our pet sitter checklist to ensure they know your pet's essential info & exactly how to care for them.

  • Buying Pet Supplies Online While Self-Isolating

    If you're self-isolating at home, consider ordering your pet supplies online, including things like food, medications, cleaning supplies, toys and more.

  • Adopting a Blind Dog or Cat: What You Need to Know

    If you're considering adopting a blind pet, learn tips & considerations for living with a blind cat or dog and how to prepare your home for a blind pet.

  • What Do Veterinary Technicians/Nurses Do?

    What do vet techs & nurses do? More than you realize! Learn about the important role veterinary technician's play as part of your pet's health care team.

  • What Dog Breed is Best for My Cat?

    Learn why some dog breeds are better for cats than others, including recommendations based on breed size & temperament, and tips for introducing them.

  • Pet Spas: A Guide to Pet Pampering & Treatments

    Discover typical services at pet spas, when you might need a grooming pro and tips for grooming your kitty or pooch at home.

  • Understanding Your Pet's Microbiome

    Learn what a pet's microbiome is, how it contributes to your pet's gut & overall health, and why nutrition is important in maintaining healthy microbiomes.

  • Getting Rid of Pet Hair Around the House

    Pet hair removal is often a struggle, but not impossible. Learn tips for cleaning many household surfaces, as well as getting rid of airborne pet hair.

  • How to Care for Terminally Ill Pets

    Terminal illness is one of the toughest things pet parents face. Learn how to handle caring for a terminally ill pet with end of life care.

  • Giving Pets as Gifts: How to Do So Responsibly

    Is giving someone a pet a good idea? It may seem like a wonderful idea, but important factors to consider and some tips for doing it the right way.

  • Finding Forever Homes for Special Needs Pets

    Learn what it's like to adopt a special needs pet and how behavioral challenges or disabilities can be overcome to give them a proper forever home.

  • Bonded Pair Cats and Dogs Can Be Double the Fun

    Learn about the special relationship between bonded pairs of cats & dogs and why it's a great idea to adopt both of them together.

  • Shelter Heroes: How a Pet Adoption Counselor Finds Forever Homes

    Learn about one dog trainer's journey to becoming a pet adoption counselor and how she's honed her skills to match people up with just the right pets.

  • Adopting a Pet: What You Need to Know

    Learn the basics of adopting a pet, including where to begin and common questions you should ask yourself when deciding which kind of pet is best for you.

  • Expectations for Visiting an Animal Shelter

    If you're considering a pet shelter adoption, you may have a lot of questions. Learn how to prepare for your visit.

  • Shelter Pets: What You Need to Know

    Thinking of adopting a shelter pet? Learn what to look for in a dog or cat, why it's important to take your time & choose the right pet for your lifestyle.

  • How to Choose the Best Dog and Cat Names

    Open admission animal shelters help end animal abandonment, homelessness, and unnecessary euthanasia. Learn more about the shelters and how you can help.

  • Is My Pet Gay?

    Stop wondering whether or not dogs or cats can be gay and discover what science says about this behavior in the animal kingdom.

  • What Are Open Admission Animal Shelters?

    Open admission animal shelters help end animal abandonment, homelessness, and unnecessary euthanasia. Learn more about the shelters and how you can help.

  • Pet Supply Storage: 8 Upcycling Crafts for Bags and Cans

    Get helpful hints and tips on how to creatively upcycle your pet's food bags and cans, helping to reduce waste and give your home some visual flair.

  • What to Expect After a Pet Cancer Diagnosis

    Learn what to expect after being given a cancer diagnosis in your dog or cat including treatment options.

  • Secondhand Smoke and Pets: What You Need to Know

    Learn how secondhand smoke affects your pets, including signs that smoking is affecting them, and why smoking around animals is dangerous to their health.

  • Reasons Why You Should Microchip Your Pets

    Microchipping your pet is one way to increase the odds that you will get your lost dog or cat back.

  • Pet Home Alone: Back to School's Effect on Your Pet

    Learn how heading back to school and suddenly leaving your pet home alone impacts them, and how you can help ease the transition.

  • Cat vs. Dog: Which Is the Best Pet for Me?

    Learn about important differences between dogs and cats, such as cost & space considerations. These factors can help you decide which pet is best for you.

  • The Aging Differences Between Humans and Pets

    Learn about the signs of aging in dogs and cats and how they compare similarly to those in humans so you can provide the best care for your aging pet.

  • Does More Protein Mean a Healthier Pet Food?

    Is pet food high in protein better for your pet? The real scoop on pet food is that it must be balanced. While protein needs to be part of that balance, too much may not be best for your pet.

  • How Pets Help Ease the Transition to an Empty Nest

    Everyone handles kids going to college differently. Some people may be excited for the life change. Others may be anxious. Some may feel a mix of emotions.

  • The Right Diet For Your Pet

    Your pet gives you unconditional love every day. How do you reciprocate that affection? Often it's just the time you spend with them–playing, walking, or cuddling with your furbaby go a long way to developing an unbreakable bond between the two of you. But pet nutrition is vital to his or her wellbeing.

  • The Elderly and Their Pets: Forming a Special Bond

    Pets for the elderly–whether a dog or a cat–can play a significant, meaningful role in a senior's life. Pets are companions, friends, mood boosters, and great for socialization and exercise. These pets require care and attention, but they are capable of giving just as much love back to their pet parents as well.

  • Dog and Cat Friends: Created by Fate, Fostered by Family

    Learn how one kitten took the old idea that dogs & cats are supposed to be enemies, and formed a friendship with 3 unlikely canine friends.

  • Vet Recommended Pet Food Explained

    Learn the meaning and requirements behind "Vet Recommended" dog food & cat food. Is it something you should pay attention to when choosing a pet food?

  • Pet Food Storage Tips

    Where you store your cat and dog food can make a big difference in the quality and freshness once it is opened. Here are some common questions and recommendations for optimal storage for all of Hill’s dry and canned cat and dog food.

  • Microchipping Pets: What You Should Know

    The government has announced that as of April 2016, all dogs in the UK must be microchipped by law. Many owners don’t necessarily know how microchipping works though and this can lead to the system breaking down, so Hill’s has laid out the facts in one easy reference guide.

  • 10 Animal Shelter Myths Debunked

    How much do you know about your local animal shelter? Read these 10 animal rescue shelter myths that have been debunked.

  • Important Questions to Ask Your Vet to Keep Your Pet Healthy

    In addition to a balanced, nutritous diet and exercise, your vet is an important resource for maintaining good health in your pet.

  • Understand Your Pet's Body Condition Score

    Monitoring your pet’s body condition score (BCS) can help you help your pet maintain proper growth and weight for a long, healthy life.

  • Pet Food Labels Provide Limited Nutritional Information

    Pet food labels provide basic and limited information on ingredients and nutrient levels. We believe other considerations must be recognized when deciding on which food to feed your pet.

  • Protecting Your Pets During a Natural Disaster: 8 Steps to Get Prepared

    These 8 simple, yet important steps will help you in the event of an emergency or if you need to evacuate your home with your cat or dog.

  • How to Read a Pet Food Label

    You've just welcomed a new addition into your home and you're getting everything in order to make your new cat comfortable. Of course, part of the comfort factor is a tasty, healthy cat food.

  • Protecting your pets this Christmas – a cautionary tale by Simon Pudsey

    Christmas is a fantastically stimulating time of year and some of that excitement might rub off on our pets. However, pet parent temptations could result in unfortunate illness or even worse; a very much unexpected trip to the vet for our furry friends.

  • What Human Food Does to Your Pet: Human Caloric Equivalents

    Understand what effect feeding your pet table scraps really has on their daily caloric intake with this easy to understand human equivalent chart.

  • What to Do When Your Pet is Sprayed by a Skunk

    Learn about helping a curious cat who gets sprayed by a skunk and the removal of odors from your good friends at Hills Pet Nutrition.

  • Wet vs. Dry Dog Food: Which Is Right for Your Pet?

    Learn why you might want to mix wet and dry pet food, and how to properly do so to help keep your pet.

  • Minerals

    More than 18 mineral elements are believed to be essential for mammals. By definition, macrominerals are required by the animal in the diet in larger amounts and microminerals or trace elements in much smaller amounts. All the macrominerals, except sulphur, are described in the text.

  • Proteins

    To make a protein, amino acids are linked together in a long chain. The chain is then bundled into to a three-dimensional structure, like a tangled ball of yarn. Although there are hundreds of different amino acids, only 21 are used in animal proteins.

  • Can My Pet Eat That | Hill’s Pet

    Know what foods, fruits, or vegetables, your pet can or can't eat. Find out if dogs or cats can eat grapes, apples, bananas, citrus fruits, avocados, strawberries, carrots, chocolate, cheese, and more.

  • Compare Your Pet Food's Calories to Other Brands

    Compare popular pet food brands against Hill´s - Compare Your Pet Food's Calories to Other Brands.

  • Antioxidants

    Cells are continually under attack from compounds called 'free radicals'. Generated as a 'by-product' of the body's own metabolism or as a result of external factors like pollution, free radicals can kill cells by damaging the membrane, the enzymes and the DNA contained within.

  • Carbohydrates

    The nutrients that supply us with energy are carbohydrates, proteins and fat.

  • Is Corn Bad for Pets?

    Corn has a long history as an important source of carbohydrates, essential fatty acids, vitamins and protein for both humans and their animals. This article explores the many nutritional benefits of corn in your pet.

  • Benefits of Soy in Your Pet's Food

    Soy products contain high levels of protein, vitamins, minerals, amino acids and more. This article explores the benefits of soy and how this ancient and widely used source of protein is good for both people and pets.

  • Water

    Water is the most important nutrient of all and essential for life. Animals can lose almost all their fat and half their protein and still survive, but if they lose 15% of their water, it will mean death.

  • Vitamins

    Vitamins can be divided into two main groups depending on whether they are soluble in fat or water. In addition, there is a group of vitamin-like substances that are similar to vitamins without fitting exactly into the categories.

  • Importance of DHA in your Pet's Food

    Learn about DHA - Docosahexaenoic Acid- a natural omega-3 fatty acid that is essential in the development of the brain and nervous system in kittens.

  • Antioxidants in Pet Food: Why They're Important to Your Pet's Diet

    Learn more about free radicals and how antioxidants help provide some protection against free radicals and how Hills pet foods makes a difference.

  • Fats

    Dietary fats are required to supply energy: dietary fat provides the pet with 2.25 times more calories per weight unit than protein or carbohydrates.

  • Pet Calorie Converter

    See what human foods can mean for your dog or cat