When Snowy, a West Highland terrier from Cambridgeshire, couldn’t keep her food down for two weeks, her owners sensibly took her for a check-up at the Cromwell Veterinary Group. Imagine their surprise when the routine x-ray came back looking like this!
Catching cancer early is vital to stop it in its tracks and minimise the damage it causes. For this reason, it is important all dog owners are aware of the warning signs that their dog might have cancer. Read the rest of this entry »
It’s pretty common knowledge that most dog owners care a great deal about their pet’s wellbeing. However, where regular baths, a healthy diet and dog insurance are good enough for most owners, there’s always one group of people who have to take it further. This time, the crazies happen to be in the Calvary Episcopal Church in Massachusetts, which has decided to open a “Perfect Paws Pet Ministry”, allowing local dogs to worship the Lord and ensure they go to Heaven.
Asthma attacks involve the respiratory passages swelling up and filling with mucous, making it hard for the dog to breathe. In severe cases this can lead to death, making it essential that asthma is diagnosed and treated as soon as possible.
Asthma attacks can happen suddenly and there is rarely time to get your dog to a vet. In most cases, the attack will only last a few minutes before calming down and subsiding. However, should a dog suffer from a serious asthma attack, an epinephrine injection is sometimes required to reduce the swelling on the bronchi and remove the dog from danger. Read the rest of this entry »
Cancer is fairly common in dogs and, as for humans, the last decade has seen major developments and advancements in treatment for dogs with cancer. Even compared to treatment at the turn of the millennium, modern treatment is much more effective and has much fewer and less severe side effects.
One of the most common health problems from which dogs suffer is osethoarthritis, especially as they get older. Arthritis is typically treated with a combination of drugs and therapy, which are designed to help relieve the pain more than cure the disease.
Normally when we read about asthma in relation to dogs, it’s an article about the effects of different breeds of dog on human asthma. What many people don’t realise is that, although it’s far rarer, asthma does also occur in dogs.
Helping your dog overcome depression doesn’t take much. To start with, try taking him on more walks, play with him more at home and give him more freedom. Read the rest of this entry »
Bare with me here; I’m not the kind of dog owner who gives his pet an entire wing of the house and hooks him up with Sky+, but I would like to draw your attention to an under-appreciated condition that affects dogs just as it affects human beings. Read the rest of this entry »
As we mentioned last time, Andrew Lloyd Webber is auditioning dogs for his West End musical production of The Wizard of Oz. As fascinating as dog actors are, I wonder if you dogs lovers and dog owners know just how good your canine companions are at acting in order to train you to treat them in certain ways… Read the rest of this entry »
