Dog Brain Tumor Symptoms
A dog with a brain tumor is a sad pet. Pets, especially dogs, are the best companions of human beings. You love them; you take care of them and you develop a strong bond with them which lasts forever. This is the reason that they have become very popular. If you have a dog and [...]
Clean Up the Mess: Teaching Bladder Control to Dogs
Teaching bladder control to your dog is no easy task. However, nobody likes to clean up after their dog that cannot control their bladder. That is why you need to step up and get a hold on that problem. There are many owners who have had this problem with their dogs. This can be solved [...]
Ticks, Mice, and Dogs Are Not Friends
Canine Lyme disease is a serious illness which can cause problems in your dog’s kidneys, heart, and joints. If left untreated, it could lead to damage of the nervous system, eventually leading to death. Keep a keen lookout for lyme disease symptoms if you dog has been in forested, marshy areas. The basic symptoms to [...]
Dog’s Digestion
Dogs’ digestive systems are interesting. Have you seen dogs chew their food? In case you never noticed, they rarely chew it. They actually gorge on it. A dog’s digestive system is designed to fit its eating habits and style. Given a set of forty-two teeth, the incisors, canines, pre-molars and molars are created for scraping, [...]
When Poochy Eats Unscrupulously
A dog with diarrhea and vomiting at the same time is something to be alarmed about. However, there are important steps to take to alleviate the discomfort your dog faces. Generally, the causes of diarrhea and vomiting are spoiled food, parasites, or eating too fast. If the symptoms stop after less than one day, [...]
Dogs and Hip Problems
Dog hip dysplasia is a disease that affects the hip joints during a young dog’s growing stage. It is the abnormality or deformation of the hip socket that causes laxity in the hip joint. This will eventually lead to progressive arthritis which can be crippling.
A body has two hip joints, one for each leg. Hip [...]
Look for Dog’s Cancer Symptoms
Dogs cancer symptoms are not noticeable until it’s already too late. Cancer can strike any breed at any age, but the more cancer-prone breeds are the boxers, cocker spaniels and golden retrievers. Fifty percent of dogs above ten years of age die of cancer, making it the leading cause of death in dogs.
Signs may be [...]
Kidney Shot- not the good kind…
Dogs kidney disease is the second leading cause of canines’ death, cancer being the first. It is depressing for the owner to find out his beloved pet has a kidney disease because usually, symptoms are not noticeable at first, and becomes incurable when it is already in the advance stage.
With kidney disease, the normal function [...]
Caught the Kennel Cough?
Every year, thousands of canines come home with a dog kennel cough. Characterized by its dry, coarse, hacking cough which is triggered by exercise, your dog will appear ill. Your dog will sound like it needs to clear its throat. The sickness is caused by infection agents (bacteria) which target the lining and tissue of [...]
Does your dog have the energy?
Nutritional dog food is written all over canine chow packages, but how accurate is the packaging? Today I will discuss the importance of proper nutrition for dogs.
Dogs are great companions, and should be taken care of accordingly. For centuries dogs have been helping man in a range of ways. Some examples include helping man search [...]
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