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  • How to Care For a Dog With Diabetes
    Dog diabetes can become a serious disease if not diagnosed and treated early. Complications at a later time can include nerve damage as well as blindness. A veterinarian can prescribe medications that can stabalize the disease and help your dog live a more normal life. Injections are one method of treatment, or a course of tablets depending on the seriousness of the disease.
  • Dog Flea Medication
    The number one most commonly registered complaint of dog and cat owners is that they tend to carry fleas. If you watch the ads on TV, it can seem that treating them is an easy task and all that is needed in most instances is a flea collar at the most. The fact is, that a flea collar will work but not completely.
  • Arthritis In Dogs - Tips To Prevent This Crippling Canine Disease
    Old dogs are like newly born babies in the sense that they have no capability of telling anyone that they are experiencing pain. Old dogs move slower and become less active day in and day out. As owners, you can only assume that they are in pain if you see them acting strange and restless. More often than not, this pain comes from arthritis. Arthritis in dogs is experienced mostly by older dogs, and is felt more by the larger dogs as compared to the smaller breeds. Arthritis in dogs especially in the larger breeds gives them the difficulty to move around as they did during their younger years.
  • Dog Skin Care
    Dogs are very sensitive and affectionate. Dogs obey and follow instructions if they are put into practice from the puppy stage. Dog care is not a simple procedure. One has to know a lot of things about dogs. Dogs are to be regulated in their food habits, personality, the toe nail lengths, and sensory organs.
  • Dog Kennel Cough
    An imprecise term which has been used for a number of diseases in dogs which are characterized by bronchitis and caused by a variety of infectious agents. Kennel Cough in dogs will stimulate a coarse, dry, hacking cough about 3 to 7 days after the dog is initially infected. It sounds as if the dog needs to "clear it's throat" and the cough will be triggered by any extra activity or exercise. Many dogs that acquire Kennel Cough will cough every few minutes, all day long. Their general state of health and alertness will be unaffected; they usually have no rise in temperature, and do not lose their appetite.
  • Your Senior Dog and Joint Disease
    Osteoarthritis or Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD) is a progressive condition in which the cartilage in the joint is slowly broken down, and bony changes occur. Any dog with a developmental or congenital joint problem, like dysplasia or patella luxation, is more prone to developing osteoarthritis. Dogs who have had injury to a joint such as a fracture involving the joint or a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament in the knee will be also more likely to develop DJD.
  • Dog Separation Anxiety
    Dog separation anxiety is a real problem for many dogs and their owners. Some dogs will bark incessantly when you leave, while others will destroy items in your home as a result of their anxiety. Dog separation anxiety can range from mild to extreme, but there are measures you can take to help alleviate dog separation anxiety. Many holistic remedies can be very effective.

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