Dog Health Articles

Your Dog Health Insurance Buyers Guide
Dog health insurance saves you money.As with just about all other costs, veterinary expenses have increased rapidly in recent years. Without dog medical insurance (or more accurately, veterinary in...

Discover which Parasites Love Your Dog And Why
Your dog might not love them, but there are many common parasites that love your dog. With proper care and prevention, your dog will be generally free and safe from parasites and diseases but if yo...

Dooley The Labradoodles Story
Breeder Judy Hickey of Snug Harbor Labradoodles owns an F1 Labradoodle, Dooley and breeds Australian Multi-Generational Labradoodles. Judy Hickey: "I have a first cross and when I got him, I was ve...

How To Deal With Ear Parasites
It might be time to take a closer look at his ears, and consider the possibility that he has ear mites. If you have more than one dog in your home, or your dog frequently comes in contact with othe...

A Puppy for the Holidays
The holidays are coming and what better gift for Christmas or Chanukah than a puppy...right? There are lots of distractions for the humans and bobbles that shouldn't be eaten by puppies! Activities...

Dog Food Ingredients
Feed items include dry and fresh food. The fresh dog food prepared in homes generally consists of ingredients like freshly cut chicken pieces in addition to the cranberry juices, blue-green algae, ...

Parvovirus In Dogs
Parvovirus is a viral disease that affects dogs. As the virus attacks and kills these cells it causes massive diarrhea and halts or slows the creation of white blood cells. In young puppies it can ...

Porcupines And Your Dog
They seem to enjoy teasing a dog into attacking them, and when our unlucky dog takes the bait they'll find his mouth and body full of porcupine quills. When a quill penetrates the skin of the victi...

Puppy training Schools
Warning: Puppy ownership is not for the faint of heart. A knack for seeing the brighter side of things also is useful in those times when the world's smartest 4-month-old dog suddenly draws a blank...

Teaching Your Dog To Speak
A dog which is slow in barking can be encouraged to do so by your imitating a bark, as the chances are he will reply to it, and if you reward him he will learn to bark as soon as he hears the word ...

Vaccinating Your Dog
The concerns that some dog owners have is whether the repeated dog vaccinations are really necessary and whether they are, in fact, doing more harm than good. Stimulating the immune system this way...

Xylitol - A Common Sugar Substitute is Toxic to Dogs
Xylitol is a sugar replacement used in numerous products such as chewing gum, mints, nicotine gum, chewable vitamins, and oral-care products. Xylitol has grown in popularity in the last few years, ...

A Few Good Dog Exercise Tips
Fetch is a great way to get your dog aerobic exercise and here's a simple way to do it.. Get an old tennis racket to get some real distance on those tennis balls. Jogging is another way to get cani...

Good Health Practices
The first step to solving a behavior problem with your dog is to make sure that it's not a health problem. For example, a dog who starts throwing fits when you try to brush out the mats that form i...

Dealing With Heat Stroke In Your Dog
This is most frequent in short-nosed dogs, especially bulldogs. Immediate action is important as collapse and heart failure may occur quite rapidly. Remove the dog to as cool a spot as possible.

Subscribe and get the latest articles