Healthy Pets, Healthy Lives !
How to avoid mistakes and keep your puppy healthy Before we dive into PART 2 of the puppy series, I would like to make sure that you will also read (or at least bookmark) PART1 of the Most common mistakes that people make with their puppies, which focuses on socialization and vaccines for puppies and young dogs. If you have a puppy, early socialization is the foundation of every puppy’s happy…
It also had an unusual genetic mutation, a deletion in what is commonly known as the N gene, which codes for an important structural protein. This deletion has not been documented in other canine coronaviruses, Dr. Vlasova said, but similar mutations have appeared in the viruses that cause Covid and SARS. “So what does this mean?” Dr. Gray asks. “Well, you know, we don’t know exactly.” Although much more research…
Can dogs eat chicken nuggets? You and I know very well that lean natural chicken offers awesome healthful advantages to canines. Indeed, most canine food varieties contain chicken as one of the fixings. They get the fundamental proteins from the chicken they eat. Bubbled chicken is suggested in certain quarters as help for canines that are encountering stomach disturbs and are not eating their normal food. The inquiry at that…
Introduction If you are worried about your dog’s dental health, you are not alone. Most dog lovers are worried either because they notice tartar buildup or bad breath. People often tell me they got “a lecture” by their veterinarian about the importance of dental cleaning under anesthesia and that they are unsure what to do and that they worry about the risks. The purpose of this article is to dissolve some myths around dental…
Diagnosis, Prevention and what to do if your dog has a broken nail or possible toe tumour Has your dog ever had a broken nail? Not surprisingly, nail injuries are common in dogs. Sometimes they happen because they are too long, especially if your dog disagrees with you about whether or not their nails should be trimmed. I’m often asked how to cut dog’s nails, and some dogs (and people!) have…
Creating a healthy and long life for your dog Today, I’ll focus on the conditions affecting the head and share what I’ve learned. But before I start describing the most common problems caused by restriction of flow to the head, I want to ask you to test something on your own body. Sit down on a chair Raise your hands Clasp your neck with your hands with thumbs facing forward…
Does good eventually win over evil? It has become very clear that despite our hopes and aspirations for 2021, the world continues to go bonkers. Countries are going deeper and deeper into debt, and many people are getting frustrated and feeling low. But before you throw your hands in the air and say there is nothing you can do, I bet you can feel better than most people by making…
Raise your hand if you have not heard someone complain about allergies in the last few weeks! I would love to see if there was a single hand going up in our community, and I dare to guess if so, there were not many… When it comes to allergies, much of my writing has been focused on the topic of dogs who have been misdiagnosed. A large portion of these…
A veterinary review Recently, I happened to come across a program where the author’s primary goal was to discredit the importance of a detox or cleanse in the process of treating and preventing diseases. He was adamantly against cleanses, suggesting that they are a waste of time and money, a marketing plot hatched by the “natural healthcare industry” to sell more products. The program prompted me to look at some…
Angela Hsieh for NPR Angela Hsieh for NPR In the past 20 years, new coronaviruses have emerged from animals with remarkable regularity. In 2002, SARS-CoV jumped from civets into people. Ten years later, MERS emerged from camels. Then in 2019, SARS-CoV-2 began to spread around the world. For many scientists, this pattern points to a disturbing trend: Coronavirus outbreaks aren’t rare events and will likely occur every decade or so.…