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Featured Articles for Dog Owners
What You Should Know About Your Dog's Care Series
Cancer in Dogs
Learn what cancer is, how it is diagnosed and treated, including the ten common signs of cancer in dogs and small animals.
Canine Distemper
Understand the risk to puppies and adult dogs for contracting this serious disease and current prevention and treatment.
Canine Parvovirus
Learn how vaccination and good hygiene help to protect puppies and adult dogs from this highly contagious viral disease.
Choosing a Veterinarian For Your Dog
Read helpful tips on when and how to find a veterinarian for your dog.
Dog Bite Prevention
Learn the basics on how to prevent situations that can lead to dog bites, as well as what to do if you are bitten by a dog or if your dog bites someone else.
Dog Euthanasia
Learn when to humanely terminate a dog's life, stages of grief and resources for help in managing the loss.
External Parasites on Dogs
This article describes the risk factors associates with fleas, ticks, mange, and mites in dogs, as well as treatment and control of these external parasites.
Heartworm Disease in Dogs
Tips on how to prevent heartworm disease and the current treatment for infected dogs.
Household Hazards to Dogs
Identify the most common household substances and materials that pose a danger to the health of a dog.
Internal Parasites in Dogs
Learn about the transmission, treatment and prevention of common intestinal parasites.
Rabies
Learn what to do if your dog bites someone, or a wild animal bites you or your dog.
Selecting A Dog
Points to consider about the behavior, medical and social needs of dogs.
Spaying and Neutering
Learn the facts about preventing unwanted litters of puppies and kittens enhancing your dog's long term good health through surgical altering.
Traveling With Your Dog
Learn how to prepare a dog for safe travel by airplane or automobile and what to include in a dog travel kit.
Treating Pain in Your Dog
This article provides an overview for dog owners on the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in dogs, including information on indications for NSAID use, important considerations, and possible side effects.
Vaccination of Your Dog
The benefits and risks associated with today's vaccines for dogs are explained.
The Veterinary Health Care Team and Your Dog
From the veterinarian to the veterinary technician to the practice manager and receptionist, learn how every member of the veterinary health care team fills an important role in the day-to-day activities of a hospital/clinic.
West Nile Virus
Information about the spread and prevention of this public health zoonotic risk.
When Your Dog Dies
Explains the stages of grief and suggests ways to cope during this difficult time.
Dog Health In The News Today
Ipoh City Council Shoots And Kills Elderly Person's Therapy Dog
By PetPositive An elderly woman is still very much in a state of shock, grief and disbelief this evening since her animal-assisted therapy dog was shot and killed by the Ipoh City Council (MBI) on Saturday. The incident happened in Taman Merdeka just before eight in the morning. The 75-year old was about to take her ten-year old companion dog named Spunk for his daily walk when she suddenly ... Follow up: Dogs at Delaney (The Harvard Post)
This fall, the Stow Board of Health sent a letter to the Division of Fisheries and Wildlife (MassWildlife), owners of the Delaney property, suggesting they place a two-year moratorium on dog walking because Delaney had become an “uncontrolled dog park” in which owners did not leash or clean up after their dogs. FYI: Getting licked in the face by a dog likely not a huge health risk
Q: Many articles about dogs have photos that show dogs licking humans in the face. Isn't this unhealthy? Do dog tongues carry germs for which humans don't have immunity?
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Dog Food Secrets
What Can You Do To Stop Your Dog From Eating Contaminated Food?
As a Dog Owner you may not know that your companion dog is at risk of dying from eating contaminated dog food. You can save your companion dog from unneedless suffering. There is a healthy alternative... Discover powerful food and health care secrets that will give you and your dog a longer and healthier life together!
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