The People Foods a Dog Shouldn’t Eat — and Why
Chocolate, raisins, grapes, onions. We’ve all heard that these foods are absolutely verboten for dogs. But can having even a morsel of these items...
Dear Doctor: Dental Implants for Dogs
Q. My dog, a Chihuahua named Freckles, was diagnosed with six loose lower front teeth. My dentist is doing implants on me, and I...
Hip Dysplasia: The Short Course
Hip dysplasia is one of the most frequently occurring musculoskeletal diseases to befall dogs. A genetic disorder that usually manifests itself during puppyhood, it’s...
Where Will You Take Your Dog In an Off-Hours Emergency?
It’s 10 PM on a Sunday evening and your dog starts having difficulty breathing. Or she begins having what seems like a series of...
Newly Approved Lymphoma Drug Keeps Dogs Alive Longer
Lymphoma is one of the most common types of cancers to strike dogs, accounting for 10 to 20 percent of all cancer cases. It...
The Heart (Beat) Never Lies
In a small but telling piece of research, researchers in the United Kingdom equipped dogs with special collars that tracked their heart rates for...
“Grading” the Cancer, “Staging” the Cancer
The veterinarian says your dog has cancer, so already you’re beside yourself. But you know you need to take a breath, because some cancers...
How Long is the Recovery Time?
“When I come out of the operating room to tell clients how an operation went, one of the most common questions I get is...
Hookworms Becoming Resistant to Treatment
Hookworm infection is on the rise, but the drugs traditionally used to treat it are not working as effectively as they once did to...
Urinary Incontinence in Female Versus Male Dogs
Urinary incontinence is relatively common in female dogs. Sometimes it’s about a hereditary, deep skin fold in the vulva. The problem can be treated...
White Coat Hypertension
White-coat hypertension is now a well-known phenomenon in people. In response to the stress of being in the doctor’s office, some patients’ blood pressure...
Dear Doctor: The dog can’t stop sneezing
Q. We split our time between Dallas and Amelia Island off the coast of Florida. In both locations, our 13-year-old Pomeranian sneezes several times...
