The flat-faced dog breeds such as pugs and bulldogs are known to have health issues and The Telegraph reports that they struggle to reach old age which got me thinking about the average lifespan of the dog breeds, which is … Continue reading →
COMMENT: Prince Andrew bought for his mother a couple of dorgis, which are dachshund-corgi hybrids. Sadly, one of them, Fergus, died at five months old. It is reported that the Queen is devastated. Personally, Prince Andrew made a mistake in … Continue reading →
I was prompted to ask the question in the title because a person on Reddit.com had feverishly written, “HELP!! My dog ate a weed muffin.” The person’s dog became sleepy and he could not stand. He vomited twice and puked … Continue reading →
It’s all over the Internet so I am not going to go over old ground, however, the problem with dogs eating chocolate is that they cannot metabolise theobromine and caffeine both of which are in chocolate. Interestingly theobromine is toxic … Continue reading →
Showing struvite crystals in the urine of a 3.5 year old dog. The photograph is published with the kind permission of Cuyahoga Falls Veterinary Clinic. It is published on their Flickr website page. VAC hospitals tells me that struvite crystals … Continue reading →
Well, if you want to know what a tick looks like when it is embedded into the skin of your dog or cat, this picture by Cuyahoga Falls Veterinary Clinic, Inc. shows you very nicely. What struck me was how … Continue reading →
Vet busts myth on dog-human age equivalence: @dr.hunterfinn♬ Steven Universe – L.Dre Note: sometimes embedded videos like the one above stop working over time. If that has happened; apologies but I can’t control it and won’t know about it. The … Continue reading →
Joe Wicks, the fitness guru who achieved celebrity during these extensive coronavirus lockdowns while providing online exercise regimes on his YouTube channel, has made a bit of a blooper by promoting the French bulldog which is an inherently unhealthy animal. … Continue reading →
Elisabeth Perlman writing in The Times newspaper provides readers with five useful tips on how to find a healthy puppy to adopt to which I added a sixth. The adoption of puppies has surged during the coronavirus lockdowns which is … Continue reading →
At one time it was thought that when dogs drag their rumps along the ground (scooting) they were scent marking because many other species of carnivore do this including the giant panda, both genders of which frequently patrol their territory … Continue reading →
People enquire whether Ibuprofen can poison dogs. It doesn’t take long to research that it does indeed poison dogs. In fact, it is a drug which is regarded as highly toxic to dogs. Judging by the story in The Times … Continue reading →
French Bulldogs are the most expensive breed to insure costing an average of ÂŁ950 a year and they are also the most popular in the UK with the Labrador Retriever coming second and the Cocker Spaniel coming third. Health problems … Continue reading →
There is criticism of Lewis Hamilton feeding his British bulldog a vegan diet in line with his own diet. He very much supports veganism. He said that his British bulldog, Roscoe, suffered with skin allergies, breathing problems and that his … Continue reading →
NEWS AND VIEWS: Some people need to put a break on their desire to adopt a dog companion at the moment. Like many other countries, since March, the UK has been in a lockdown or a series of mini-lockdowns. Peoples’ … Continue reading →
Like me, you might not have realised that porcupine quills can kill a dog. The problem is that dogs perhaps inquisitively go towards a porcupine or they treat the porcupine as a prey animal. A porcupine does not shoot the … Continue reading →
There appear to be two factors which has resulted in up to 20% of Britain’s 8 million dogs suffering from allergies and these are (1) failure to expose dogs as puppies to allergens because their lives are too sterile and … Continue reading →
A study concluded that 66% owners of brachycephalic (round-headed short-muzzled) dogs would recommend their dog breed to others and 93% would adopt another despite the fact that these flat-faced breeds are inherently unhealthy. It seems that they don’t think they … Continue reading →
Intensity-modulated radiation therapy is an advanced treatment that has until now only been available for humans in the UK but was used for the first time on a Gordon setter dog whose name is Ralph. Ralph started to have nosebleeds … Continue reading →
Almost every week there is a story about a companion animal being locked in a car during hot weather. Although it doesn’t need to be that hot outside for the interior of a car to become very hot. The reason … Continue reading →
It is surprising, to me, that dog owners still leave their pets inside their cars with the windows closed on hot days. The amount of publicity that has been disseminated about dogs getting heatstroke and dying in hot cars is … Continue reading →
