Digitizing Your Dog for Medical Evaluation — and Fun!
To create digitized versions of dogs and other animals for use in film and video games, the entertainment industry has to use an expensive...
Dear Doctor: Rabies shot even for a dog always leashed?
Q. I know that dogs can get rabies from an infected animal. But I always keep my little shiba inu on a leash. She...
Getting to the Bottom of Your Pet’s Sensitive Tummy
“She has a sensitive stomach” is a common refrain heard by veterinarians. People want to know why their otherwise healthy dog vomits or has...
Dog Got Dandruff?
If you see excessive dandruff on your dog’s body, he’s not unkempt. Rather, something has gone awry.
“This is not about observing mild dandruff on...
Diseases That “Jump” from Dogs to People
Information has been changing very fast when it comes to the spread of COVID-19, but as of this writing, there have been no reported...
A Puppy’s Urine Dribbling May Result from a Correctable Birth Defect
ectopic adjective (medicine): in an abnormal place or position.
■ Your puppy is now close to a year old, but she is still frequently...
Cysts On the Paws
It looks like a nasty red bump between two toes. You’ll tend to see one on larger breed dogs — Labrador or golden retrievers,...
Dear Doctor: Constant paw licking
Q. My 7-year-old terrier licks his paws constantly, as if they are itching. My groomer said it is just a dog’s habit, but I’m...
Old Dog Vestibular Disease
All of a sudden your dog’s head seems like it’s in a permanent tilt. And his eyes are darting to and fro, making him...
14 Ways to Relieve — or Prevent — Your Dog’s Pain
There was once a time that dogs did not even get pain medicine for procedures like spaying or neutering, says Tufts veterinary pain specialist...
Feeding the Dog with Diabetes
People who are diagnosed with diabetes are automatically advised to limit and carefully count their carbohydrates — not just those from the sugar in...
Dear Doctor: Cancer Vaccines
Q. I enjoyed your article in the April issue about new cancer treatments on the horizon. I’ve also heard there is something called a...
