May 17, 2012

Dog Halloween Safety Tips

Labrador Retriever Pig

Over the past week I started receiving dog Halloween safety tips in my email inbox and through my RSS reader. I did take the time to scan several of the emails and articles and decided that it might be a good idea to share some of these dog Halloween safety tips with all my doggie [...]

Affordable Spay and Neutering

Affordable Spay and Neutering

I just got this one today from our OCGDA group leader. If you follow this blog I’m sure you know about the over population in our local shelters. Many agree that spaying and neutering your pet can drastically reduce the number of animals euthanized in our shelters each day. Here’s the information I received from [...]

5 Nasty Parasites Your Dog May Already Have

Fleas

I HATE PARASITES! Just the thought of parasites on or in my dog makes my skin crawl. With the flea and tick season upon us my sister-in-law asked me to write an article about keeping those nasty buggers away from our dogs. What is a parasite exactly? A parasite lives in close relationship with another [...]

Does Your Dog Have Canine Respiratory Infection?

Sick Dog

Recently both my dogs caught a Canine Respiratory Infection (was this Kennel Cough again?). Stetson caught the cold first and about 5 days later Linus was showing similar symptoms. It seemed to me like it was just a common cold the same one I’d get as a kid playing with all my friends on the [...]

My Older Dog is Disoriented, Unbalanced, and Confused

Is your older dog suddenly disoriented, unbalanced, and confused? A good friend of mine gave me a call today to wish me happy birthday. While catching up he told me about his thirteen year old German Shepherd. Apparently while he was on vacation in Hawaii his German Shepherd became quite ill. Fortunately, their dog was [...]

What To Do If Your Dog Has Kennel Cough

A couple days ago both my dogs started coughing and gagging.  Oh boy…now I had heard of kennel cough, but now I was asking the question: What To Do If Your Dog Has Kennel Cough? I assumed my two dogs had kennel cough and luckily already had a vet appointment set up for Stetson’s ear [...]