Dog Health
Dog health advice, tips & guides to keep your canine happy, healthy & in great shape.
Hookworm Warning For All Dog Owners
Worming your dog is important all year round, however, for one hookworm in particular, Uncinaria stenocephala, there is a sharp rise from July to September. In heavily infested pups, it can have nasty results such as diarrhoea, anorexia and lethargy. There’s something even worse you need to know about this particular canine nasty. Ready? You ...
Is It OK For Dogs To Drink Tap Water?
With all the concerns about what’s in our food and our water, many of us are paying even more attention these days to what we are giving our pets. You can’t blame pet owners for taking a few precautions. After all, pet food recalls raised concerns about chemical contamination; even treats have been scrutinised. So, ...
Dog Dental Care: An Expert Guide to Caring For Your Dog’s Teeth
What goes on in your dog’s mouth has a profound effect on how happy and healthy they feel all over. We know this. We know it from our own experience. Problems with our teeth can cause us great anguish, discomfort, pain and generally have us feeling miserable. In many way, it’s worse for dogs. Their ...
Charity Issues Dog Weight Loss Challenge
PDSA Challenges Fat Dogs To Loose The Flab.Kevin Adams prepares to help chubby dogs beat the bulge PDSA challenge gives chubby pets the chance to get into shape.If you think your dog may be carrying one two more pounds than he should, then the UK’s leading veterinary charity, is offering the chance to take part ...
Alternative Health Treatments for Dogs
A holistic approach to pet care is favoured by many ‘modern’ dog owners” Alternative medicine has become popular among humans in recent years, but it is only relatively recently that it has had the same effect for dogs. Conventional medicine is by no means inferior to holistic remedies, but sometimes alternative methods of treating canine ...
Goats Milk For Puppies
Five adorable Jack Russell puppies are the picture of health after their lives were saved by St Helen’s Farm goats’ milk, after they lost their mum. Animal lover Lorraine Wright, who nurtured the puppies, along with her amazing story, are to be featured on more than half a million St Helen’s Farm goats’ milk cartons, ...
Why Is My Dog A Fussy Eater?
My dog is a fussy eater and I’d like to know why! This is a question we come across regularly. Some dog owners are constantly frustrated at their dog’s fussy eating habits. They try all sorts of different food ideas but after short periods of seemingly enjoying their food, the dog then reverts to the ...
Owners of Short Nosed Dog Breeds Unaware of Health Defects
New research finds that breeds such as Pugs, Bulldogs, Pekingese and French Bulldogs may be suffering because owners dismiss chronic clinical signs as ‘normal’ · 58% of surveyed owners state that their dogs do not have breathing problems, despite over two thirds showing difficulties during exercise Owners of certain popular “short-nosed” dog breeds, including Pugs, ...
Top 10 Common Dog Health Complaints
An ear infection, stomach ache or cough can prompt a visit to your doctor and the same holds true for our pets. While the majority of these conditions are curable, they can become chronic and expensive to treat. A leading US pet insurance provider (VPI) has revealed its policyholders spent more than $46 million in ...
Dog Diet For Chronic Kidney Failure
A question we’ve recently been asked by a reader of K9 Magazine was; is their a specialist dog diet for chronic kidney failure? Kidney problems in dogs tend to manifest in older dogs and the advice generally offered by vets and animal nutrition experts tends to suggest that older dogs / dogs with kidney problems ...