Flat-faced dogs such as the French bulldog have brachycephalic skulls. Their muzzles are substantially shortened. This alters their internal anatomy. This, in turn, makes it harder...
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Many dogs in Yorkshire are falling ill with diarrhoea and vomiting and they don’t know why
A mystery illness is affecting dogs living in Yorkshire, UK. There was and perhaps still is a belief that dogs are getting the illness when walking...
Continue reading...Collar for dogs acts like an Apple watch to monitor health and location
It’s been dubbed an “Apple watch for dogs”. It is a collar containing sensors which can monitor your dog and track their location. It seems to...
Continue reading...Big dog ate too fast and too much resulting in a life-threatening condition
This is the story of a big dog, Bert, a six-year-old Newfoundland who was happy, docile and friendly until he ate a big meal too quickly...
Continue reading...Artificial sweetener in chewing gum can kill dogs in hours
A letter to The Times highlights the dangers of chewing gum to dogs. It is likely that most people are unaware of the hazard. Christine Grisdale,...
Continue reading...13-year-old German shepherd abandoned by owner to animal rescue shelter
GARDENA, CALIFORNIA – NEWS AND COMMENT: A 13-year-old German shepherd has been abandoned to an animal shelter: Saving Carson Shelter Dogs. The dog’s name is Macho....
Continue reading...Woman claims she expelled live worms from her mouth, vagina and anus after adopting infected rescue dog
A woman, is suing a dog rescue organisation because she contracted parasitic worms from the dog that she adopted from the rescue centre. She claims that...
Continue reading...Life expectancy of the dog breeds (list)
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...
Continue reading...Was Fergus the Queen’s dorgi crushed in a reclining chair used by the Queen herself?
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...
Continue reading...Can marijuana kill dogs?
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...
Continue reading...Chocolate poisons dogs because of theobromine
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...
Continue reading...Picture of struvite crystals in the urine of a 3.5 year old dog
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...
Continue reading...Picture of tick embedded into a dog
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...
Continue reading...Vet busts myth that 1 human year is 7 dog years
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...
Continue reading...Joe Wicks unwisely promotes unhealthy French bulldog
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...
Continue reading...6 tips to find a healthy puppy to adopt
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...
Continue reading...6 reasons why dogs sometimes drag their bottoms along the ground
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...
Continue reading...Emma Duncan, Times author, nearly lost her puppy to Ibuprofen poisoning
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...
Continue reading...UK’s most popular dog breed is the most expensive to insure
French Bulldogs are the most expensive breed to insure costing an average of £950 a year and they are also the most popular in the UK...
Continue reading...Criticism of Lewis Hamilton feeding his dog a vegan diet needs to be discussed
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...
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