A pet owner that provided the pet with prime quality food and regular veterinary care would be stressed if the pet topples down for no apparent reason. A very active and healthy pet can suddenly fall to the ground. Collapse is medically explained as abrupt loss of strength. A dog that collapses can lose consciousness [Continue]
What – my dog was sunburned? It’s not possible! In spite of the protection offered by the fur, the skin of the dog would not be free from the damage caused by the blazing sun. Just as with humans, spending hours under the blazing sun would be dangerous to dogs too. Dogs, of course have [Continue]
Dogs are not only one of the most loved pets as these animals are often considered as stand-in children by the owners. As such, the dog owner would suffer even more if the pet is injured and in pain. No dog owner would ever want to see a dog seize. The pet would seem to [Continue]
Hot spot is otherwise known as moist eczema or acute moist dermatitis. These circular sore spots would erupt on the head, face, chest, hip and on other parts of the dog’s body. As the name suggests, hot spots are circular inflamed and raw patches of skin that are itchy and painful. Licking and chewing are [Continue]
When the weather turns hot humans can remove their cold weather gear anytime they want. Our four legged friends wear their fur coats all the time thus they are more susceptible to heatstroke. Because the sweat glands of dogs are mostly found in the paws these animals are believed to have no capability to sweat. [Continue]
Putting anything in their mouths is a typical behavior of dog. Dogs are noted for their voracious appetites and for the insatiable curiosity. Because dogs don’t have hands, anything interesting in their environment will be investigated by their mouths. This habit often results to choking as large chunks of food and non-edible objects are [Continue]
Dogs aside from being exuberant are very curious as well so that they tend to investigate their world by putting objects in their mouths. As a result, dogs would swallow bones, stones, plastic toys, slivers of wood and big chunks of food. One of the most common reasons why dog are taken to emergency facilities [Continue]
Profuse external bleeding is a condition that can take your dog away from you. There is no first aid for internal bleeding but while external bleeding is easily seen, signs of internal bleeding can be difficult to recognize so that the professional medical management that will save the life of the pet is not administered [Continue]
Fighting is normal in the canine world. Owners would take precautionary measures to prevent dog fights from happening. It is an owner’s responsibility to socialize and to train the pet to lessen its aggression. Whenever dogs are put together in one place dog fights are big possibilities as these animals are pack oriented and territorial. [Continue]
Humans take measures not to be affected by extremely cold temperatures. At the first whiff of the winter winds, cold weather gears will be taken out from storage. These measures are done as protection against frostbite and hypothermia. Dogs are ideally protected from cold weather by their fur coats. Although thick and long coated northern [Continue]
