Short Takes: August 2022
Canine Itching Remedy In
Your Own Medicine Chest
Just like us, sometimes dogs get a nasty itch that keeps them scratching. A short-term treatment can...
Rawhide Not Like Chewing Gum In Terms of Calories
Because your dog takes time chewing a piece of rawhide, you might assume it’s like chewing gum and doesn’t provide any (or many) calories,...
May I Pet You?
While we accept that cats don’t want to be petted by everyone and have to be approached respectfully, it’s easy to forget that dogs...
Removing That Tick Completely
Tick season is 12 months long in most parts of the country, but the disease-carrying insects certainly do flourish in warmer weather. Even if...
Short Takes May 2022
They Really Are as Amazing as Lassie
n Here’s the story in a nutshell: A man’s car flipped over in the Vermont snow this past...
Short Takes April 2022
Exploring a Less Invasive Treatment
for Bone Cancer
n The standard treatment for the most common type of bone cancer to befall dogs — osteosarcoma —...
Short Takes: March 2022
For Those with Dogs
Who Cower
Many dogs handle their fear with aggression. But others cower. They hide, pull away while on leash, and sometimes just...
Little Yappy Dogs
Imagine if short, slight people were laughed at and called “cute” every time they acted aggressively, or even rudely? Or if they were coddled...
Dear Doctor: Overactive anal glands
Q. My dog seems to have very active anal glands. She will release them whenever we are in the car and lots of times...
Labradoodle More “Oodle” than “Lab”
Unlike the goldendoodle, which is only four or five generations out from either a straight poodle or a straight golden retriever, Labradoodles (officially called...
Dear Doctor: For most reliable advice, .com, .org, or .edu?
Q. If I’m looking for information about how to care for my pet on the Internet, it’s better to go with a website that...
Dogs from Lab Experiments Can Now Be Adopted Rather Than Euthanized
It used to be that dogs no longer needed in Food and Drug Administration lab research were put down before they ever knew what...
