What To Do When Your Dog Has a Seizure
If you're dog is having a seizure, stay calm and work to keep both of you safe. Follow these guidelines to help your dog...
Groundbreaking Dog Allergy Medicine: Apoquel and Cytopoint
Apoquel and Cytopoint, both manufactured by Zoetis, have been around for some time now – eight years and five years, respectively. They represent the...
Dog Throwing Up Yellow? What You Should Know About ‘Bilious Vomiting Syndrome’
Some dogs are prone to vomiting either first thing in the morning or in the wee hours of the night. It’s usually just a...
Splenic Mass in Dogs: What You Need to Know
The dog’s spleen is a highly vascular organ that sits behind the stomach. The spleen’s function is a red blood cell processing plant. It...
Dog Wound Care
It’s a beautiful day and your dog is running, jumping, chasing, playing, and having so much fun that you feel happy all over. What...
Protozoal Infections in Dogs
Diarrhea isn’t fun for anybody. When your dog gets it – and feeding boiled chicken or hamburger with rice doesn’t make it go away...
Dog in Pain: 12 Signs and What You Can Do to Help
Your active dog limping or moving in an unfamiliar way may set off mental alarms. Is it a sprain? A pulled muscle? Maybe an...
Dog Scooting: How To Help Your Dog’s Anal Gland Problems
When you see a dog “scoot” on his behind, wiping his bum on the rug or lawn, do you think, “Gee, that looks like...
Dog Massage Instruction
It’s been so long since we reviewed instructional canine massage media that our original headline said, “WDJ Reviews Videotapes That Teach Massage.” Remember videotapes?The...
Ticks on Dogs: Everything You Need to Know
Ticks are blood-sucking, disease-spreading parasites that are genetically related to spiders. They are found worldwide and pose considerable risk to your dog (and you!)...
How to Remove a Tick from a Dog
It’s a good idea to check your dog carefully for ticks after every outing. You may find loose ticks crawling through your dog’s coat....
Signs of Pancreatitis in Dogs
Any time you see “-itis” at the tail end of a word, it means inflammation of whatever it comes after. Dermatitis is inflammation of the skin. Enteritis is inflammation of the intestines. Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver. Pancreatitis is inflammation of the pancreas.
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Accepting Your Dog
Years ago, I had high hopes for participating in dock diving sport with my now-9-year-old dog, Woody. But it turned out that my high-jumping, strong-swimming dog absolutely hates getting water in his ears!