Maintaining and Protecting Your Dog’s Paws During Winter
The sky was a brilliant blue, with glimmers of sparkling snow flashing across the path ahead as a light breeze blew it into the...
Add-On Wellness Plans
At the close of 2019, 2.82 million pets had health insurance, according to the North American Pet Health Insurance Association. Over the past five...
Which Dogs Should Not Receive CBD?
Continued research is essential to furthering our understanding of how CBD affects the canine body
Heartworm Prevention for Dogs with Food Allergies
Did you know that there are unflavored monthly heartworm preventative chews?
Canine Stem Cell Therapy
At this time last year I didn’t know stem cell therapy for animals was a thing. While searching for a job where I could...
Ringworm Isn’t Either
Ringworm is not a worm. Nor is it always ring-shaped. This misnomer of a term derived from an early inaccurate belief that the infection...
Behavioral Probiotics
The gut’s primary job is complicated and critical – extracting nutrients from food and moving waste products out of the body – it’s a...
Does Your Dog Have a Mold Allergy?
One of the most common skin diseases that develop in dogs is atopic dermatitis. Most of these cases are caused by allergies...
Don’t Wait to Help Your Dog Lose Weight
In 2013, the American Medical Association defined obesity in humans as a disease. The veterinary medical profession is also pushing to have obesity in...
Be Prepared For Any Canine Medical Emergency
Tico came running in from the backyard shaking his head. I noticed something was flying off him and I calmly wondered what he was...
Tooth Root Resorption
There are many possible causes of dental disease in dogs including plaque accumulation, tooth trauma, genetic predispositions, cavities, and cancerous conditions. In recent years,...
To Neuter, or Not to Neuter Your Dog: That is the Question
There are any number of third-rail topics that occasionally electrify the conversationally unwary dog owner: Grains or grain-free? Dewclaw removal, cropped ears and tails,...
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Adventures in dog fostering, chapter #7642
I have a new little foster dog staying with me. The manager of my shelter called me last week and wanted to...
