Shannon Cutts

As a pet writer and blogger, Shannon is passionate about crafting knowledge-based, science-supported articles that foster healthy bonds of love and respect between people and animals. But her first and very most important job is as a dog auntie and cockatiel, tortoise, and box turtle mama.

All kinds of theories exist for why the German Shepherd often exhibits one or more black spots on their tongue. Some of these theories are quite outrageous. Others can be worry-making. Still, others simply have no basis in reality. But sorting through the theories to find out what you need to know now is a …

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Modern pet dogs are descended from ancient wolves. Wolves, as everyone knows, eat meat for their diet. So it just makes sense that you would feed your German Shepherd dog chicken and other types of animal protein. After all, why would a German Shepherd be allergic to food like chicken when animal protein is their …

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