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What Your Dog’s Sleep Position Reveals
What do a dog's different sleep positions mean?
Why Can’t Dogs Digest Fur?
Cats and dogs both swallow fur, but cats vomit it up and dogs don't. Today we look at the fur dogs ingest.
A Practical Guide to Caring for a Female Dog in Heat
Owners of female dogs know the spring routine: every year she comes into heat, leaving a scent that drives males wild and can start fights.
Symptoms of Urethritis in Dogs
Canine urethritis is bacterial inflammation of the urethral lining, often from mechanical or chemical irritation or nearby spread (cystitis). Signs are painful, dripping urination with cloudy or bloody urine; treat with antibiotics and potassium permanganate flushes.
Symptoms of Urethral Infection in Dogs
A urethral infection is inflammation of the urethral lining, usually bacterial, often after injury, blockage, or nearby inflammation. Signs are frequent painful urination with cloudy, bloody, or pus-like urine; treat the cause with antiseptics and antibiotics.
Symptoms of Hypothyroidism in Dogs
Canine hypothyroidism can cause obesity, low energy, poor appetite, hair loss, and cold intolerance, but these signs also fit other diseases - so get a vet check. Treatment is lifelong thyroid-hormone supplements, dosed by the vet.
Why Is Your Dog Coughing?
Dog cough often comes from tracheitis, kennel cough, a cold, or a stuck foreign object. Tracheitis responds to nebulized amikacin; a stuck object needs the vet to remove it. Keep the dog warm and dose human cough meds carefully.
So Much to Know About Cleaning a Dog’s Ears
Today we learn how to clean a dog's ears and why. You may not believe it, but a dog's ears can't self-clean; human wax eventually works out on its own, while a dog's complex canal needs you.
What to Do When Your Dog Has a Nosebleed
Today we look at whether dogs get nosebleeds. Note: dogs don't bleed from the nose as easily as people - so if yours does, take it seriously.
Dogs Actually Learn These Skills from Each Other
Today we look at what an older dog can teach a puppy.