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Keratoconjunctivitis sicca (KCS) or "dry eye" is the failure of the tear glands to produce enough liquid tears to keep the eye moist and healthy. The most common cause for KCS in dogs is thought to be an autoimmune reaction. Read more...
Entropion is an abnormal "in-rolling" of the eyelid. This in-rolling causes the hairs of the eyelid to abrade the surface of the eye. It is usually due to an inherited faulty eyelid conformation that manifests in young adult dogs. Read more...
Canine Possession Aggression, or object guarding, is the act of aggressively protecting objects such as toys, pigs ears, rawhide chews, bones, or articles that the dog has found or stolen, such as socks shoes underwear tissues and human food. Read more...
It is vital that your dog perceives the muzzle as a positive experience. Quite often the dog’s first encounter with a muzzle is in a stressful and fearful situation, such as the vet clinic, when the dog may become aggressive or difficult to handle because of fear, panic, or injury. Read more...
Puppies have painfully sharp little piranha-like teeth, almost like hypodermic needles. Fortunately the jaw muscles are extremely under-developed, in fact one of the main reasons why you should never play tug with a young puppy is that you could dislocate the jaw and misalign or damage the teeth. Read more...
Chocolate contains theobromine - a substance toxic to dogs. While most lethal cases of chocolate poisoning occur when small dogs eat large quantities of baking chocolate, owners should nonetheless keep their dogs and chocolates well-separated. Read more...
One of the most common questions asked of a veterinarian by an expectant parent (or grandparents) is how to introduce a new baby to the resident dog. There are three types of dogs about which parents should be particularly concerned. Read more...
Every year, by some estimates, about 10,000 dogs and cats are victims of accidental poisoning by automobile antifreeze. A pet does not have to drink a lot of antifreeze to be poisoned. Most brands of commercial antifreeze consist of 95 percent ethylene glycol, an extremely toxic chemical. Read more...
Parvovirus is contagious to dogs only. Infection does not automatically mean illness. Factors such as age, environment, stress, parasites, and general health status of each individual dog infected could affect the severity of the disease. Read more...
In immune mediated hemolytic anemia (IMHA), the immune system goes wrong and attacks the animal's own body and red blood cells, causing severe, life-threatening anemia. While infection, cancer or other diseases may be the trigger, in many cases the cause is unknown. Read more...
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