tvet.com Puppies do eventually grow up, but with good nutrition, dental care and veterinary care they can live longer and healthier than ever before
Demodectic Mange in Dogs
March 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment
tvet.com When you hear the term, "mangy dog", we often picture a dog with hair loss, itching, open wounds and such. Demodectic Mange refers to a disease caused by a certain mite commonly found in dogs. With newer therapies, these mites can be controlled and the hair will grow back.
Elimination Problems in Dogs
March 5, 2012 By Leave a Comment
tvet.com Most elimination problems in dogs involve puppies or newly adopted adult dogs who had been in a shelter or in a boarding environment. Occasionally, even well trained adult dogs can revert to having house training mistakes after certain behavioral issues or stresses, such as the introduction of a new pet, or even a new child into the house, or scheduling changes. Other reasons may be more medical such as diet changes, gastrointestinal disease, neurologic problems, or urinary tract diseases.
Your Dog's Physical Exam
March 4, 2012 By Leave a Comment
tvet.com We all know how important regular checkups are for us as we age, well, this is no different for our dogs. As a matter of fact, when you consider how much faster our dogs age, these checkups are even more critical and should be even more frequent. A pet's body goes through many changes as he or she ages, and many of their systems can begin to breakdown as well. We can be much more effective in helping them deal with these changes if we catch them early on. It's often much easier to prevent the big problems than it is to treat them.
Heartworms in Dogs
March 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
tvet.com Heartworms are a very common parasite affecting our dogs, in fact in many parts of the country the disease has reached endemic proportions. The disease itself, if left undetected and untreated can often be fatal, and the sad truth is that screening and prevention is so easy and inexpensive. The disease is caused by a worm which migrates to and invades the heart and the vessels around the heart and lungs. The parasite is introduced into the dog's bloodstream via the bite of an infected mosquito which injects the infant form of the heartworm, called microfilaria. It is because of this mosquito transmission that the disease is so prevalent in parts of the world where mosquitoes are such a problem.
