Dog Health and the Cost of Pet Care Health care for dogs is not inexpensive. Yearly pysical exams, blood tests, vaccines, antiparasitics,and good food can cost a lot of money. However, preventative medicine is always cheaper than treating a disease Overall health care costs for your dog will be reduced if you invest in preventative [...]

Potty Training & Incontinence Help for Small Dogs Granted, small dogs sometimes only make small messes. But you will pay the same carpet cleaning costs to do the room with urine stains whether it is made by a Chihuahua or a Doberman. Small dogs need the same potty training basics as any dog. You can [...]

Understanding Canine Depression – A guide to the symptoms and natural treatments for depression in dogs Dogs, just like humans have their off days; they can mope around, spend more time sleeping than they usually do, go off their food or avoid human contact all together. Usually, they revert to being their usual selves, with [...]

Epilepsy in Dogs and Cats Epilepsy is a non progressive brain disorder that induces recurrent seizures. It is very important to understand that there are numerous disorders that can cause seizures, and in order to make a diagnosis of true epilepsy, many of these other causes must be ruled out. What is a Seizure? [...]

Distemper Virus In Dogs – Noting Symptoms And Choosing Treatment Distemper is an extremely contagious disease caused in dogs due to a dangerous virus called CDV (Canine Distemper Virus). This disease causes damage to the central nervous, respiratory and gastrointestinal systems in dogs. Distemper is often exceedingly painful when left untreated and is very often [...]

How To De-Worm Your Dogs It is normally believed that ringworms are caused by worm infestation. On the opposite they are caused by fungus (Dermatophytes) that can affect both humans and animals. There are various species of ringworms and the most common form of ringworms in dogs is Mircosporum Canis. What are the ways of [...]

Diagnosis And Causes Of Hip Dysplasia In Dogs Diagnosis The first thing that a vet will do when he thinks that a dog might have hip dysplasia is reading the medical history of the dog, after which he will examine the dog in detail. After the physical examination, the veterinarian will look at the joints [...]

Dog Illnesses – Things to Look for For many of us, when our dogs are sick, it is often quite difficult to know whether or not dogs illnesses warrant a trip to the emergency room for a dog illness diagnosis. In an emergency, the first thing you should know is where to take your [...]

Dog Health Care Article: What To Do If Your Dog Has Skin Problems Under all that copious fur there is skin. Skin that is susceptible to a myriad of diseases and afflictions just as we humans are. The difference being that in humans we can readily see a health problem. In a dog, skin health [...]

Scooting In Dogs – Popular Symptoms And Its Diagnosis What is scooting? It is an anal sac disease which can be caused due to many reasons, one being parasites. Let us first understand what exactly scooting is. Scooting occurs when the anus drags in an extended state with the hind limbs. In animals such as [...]