Resources View all products Resources We aim to provide the products and information you need for quality animal nutrition. Browse the collection below for answers to questions, new ideas and research, and inspiration on how improve the lives of your animals. View Product Filters Species Beef CattleBirdCatDairyDogEquine VeterinarianGoatHorseLawn & GardenOtherPoultryRabbitSheepSwineWild Bird Categories ArticlesKNG GivesNewsNutrition NotesProductsReleasesVeterinarian Showing 205-216 of 358 results Puppy Steps (Part 2) Last month, in Part 1 of Puppy Steps, we covered genetics, gestation and the first two weeks of a puppy’s life; this included the opening of the puppy’s eyes. In Part 2, we’ll cover from the third week until the puppy leaves for its new home. Weeks two through six Continue reading… canine Tick Prevention When enjoying outdoor activities, don’t forget to take steps to prevent bites from ticks that share the outdoors. Continue reading… Puppy Steps (Part 1) You’ve made a deposit and you want your puppy. At what age should the breeder allow the litter to be separated and go to their new home? Your author is a member of several hunting dog Facebook forums and sees this topic frequently debated. Everyone has an opinion. Five weeks, Continue reading… caged pet Care Tips For Pet Rabbits Some bunny out there wants to be a part of your family—but he has special requirements to stay happy and healthy. Here’s what to do. Continue reading… Lawn Garden Starting Flowers and Vegetables Seedlings Inside Start now to have your seedlings ready for spring! Continue reading… Using Place Boards Get five pro trainers in a room and you’ll get five different answers to a training question; and they all could be right. The use or non-use of place boards in training bird dogs is one of those questions that could produce five different answers. In this article, we’re going Continue reading… How Old is My Dog? How old is my dog? Your author recently received an email from a young man saying he couldn’t afford to buy a hunting dog so he adopted a German shorthair pointer from a shelter. The shelter told him they thought it was about one year old but not sure. His Continue reading… Generalize Your Dog Last fall, your writer met a young man in Maine who was on his first season of grouse hunting and the first for his young Brittany. Hearing from young hunters and their experiences is always fun. The young man said his dog was locating and pointing birds fine but wasn’t Continue reading… Developing The Point Recently, I was asked if I would take a look at the bird work of a one-year-old Vizsla. The owner had very good luck force breaking the dog to fetch but was having serious problems with pointing. I’m not a professional trainer, however; I’ve watched many accomplished trainers at work Continue reading… Neuter Your Dog? Whether to neuter our young dogs is a difficult question for many dog owners. I’ve mentioned in this column before that my father was a veterinarian. We had a separate kennel just for our sporting dogs, and it was always full of setters and beagles. Dad never neutered any of Continue reading… First Year Pup The glory time has arrived…hunting season. How sweet it is. And the good news is that the grouse and woodcock numbers are very promising from Minnesota to Maine. Several professional trainers who began training dogs on wild birds in late July have reported two or three times the flushes compared to the same Continue reading… Avoiding Canine Bloat She became very restless and kept looking at her stomach. At this time of the evening, she’s typically lying down on a dog bed in the living room. I’m talking about our three year old German shorthaired pointer; a breed that is prone to gastric dilatation-volvulus or most commonly known Continue reading… Conditioning August means we need to get serious about conditioning…for both the dog owner and the dog. Depending upon where you live, hunting season may be only one month away. First, the dog owner. To enjoy hunting season, your heart, lungs and legs must be conditioned for long walks and, in Continue reading… Butyric Acid In Pig Feeds & Water Supplements: Not Just Rotten Silage Anymore Swine Butyric Acid, produced by Clostridium in an aerobic environment, discouraged in the cattle industry as a sign of poor fermentation and increase risk of Ketosis, is gaining acceptance in the swine industry to improve gut health. Learn about how we took advantage of the nutritional benefits of butyric acid. Continue reading… A Review Of Feedlot Data From Cattle Fed NutriVantage (2007-2014)* Beef Cattle We have had many questions regarding the use of NutriVantage for beef in feedlot cattle and the data that were generated from incoming calves through heat-stressed feedlot cattle. This article is a summary of the data accumulated from KNG’s PDC and field trials conducted from Kentucky to northwest Iowa. Continue reading… What is Line Breeding? A recent email from Aaron: Paul, my long time hunting buddy is getting old and I need to get a puppy this spring. A pointer kennel I’m looking at advertises many years of conscientious line breeding. What is line breeding? Your author is not a veterinarian or genetic scientist; however, Continue reading… Lawn Garden How to Control Japanese Beetles Control of Japanese beetles requires an understanding of their life cycle and a two-pronged attack – one strategy for the grubs, and one for the beetles. Continue reading… Correcting Unproductive Points & Creeping This month’s column is about correcting two common faults with pointing dogs. The first fault is a dog that has too many unproductive points. An unproductive is simply a good solid point but there is no bird. The most common cause of the unproductive point is that a bird has Continue reading… < FIRST1....10....1617181920LAST >
