You might not be aware of it, but puppies and young dogs can get diabetes. This happens when the pancreas does not develop normally in puppies, causing it to release insufficient insulin. Since insulin is important in moving glucose from the bloodstream into the cells of the body, this causes glucose to build up in [...]
Kidney disease in dogs is very serious and is usually incurable. It is a condition that often affects older dogs and is related to the declining years in the life of a dog. There are two types of kidney disease in dogs – acute and chronic. When the kidneys fail to function in the proper [...]
Arthritis is where you have an inflammation of the joints. And in old age for dogs it means that the joints swell and become painful and stiff. Some of the things that can cause this problem are earlier injuries such as torn ligaments. Symptoms of arthritis are lameness particularly after first getting up from lying [...]
To understand the role of the heartworm pill, it helps to understand just a little about how heartworm disease is spread. Without getting too technical this is how the heartworm life cycle works.
Adult heartworms congregate in the heart and lungs of an infected lung. Here they grow, and breed, releasing thousands of microscopic descendants into [...]
The breed of Irish Wolfhound as a whole is both healthy and hearty, but occasionally can suffer from heart disease. There are different types of heart disease which can affect the breed, but the most common type of heart disorder is called dilated cardiomyopathy or DCM. More recently, many wolfhounds have died because there was [...]
Many pet owners are unaware of the risks some of our house and garden plants can cause out pets. Did you know for example that the Lily of which there are many varieties, is particularly lethal to cats causing renal failure, then death within hours of being eaten. According to the R.S.P.C.A. “as little as [...]
Arthritis is a disease of the joints. It can be caused by too much stress on the joints over a period of time, or it can be caused by an underlying medical condition. Like humans, dogs can get arthritis. Unlike humans, they cannot voice their pain aloud. This is why it is important for any [...]
There are non-prescription, natural options for treating stones or an infection in bladder of dogs. If your dog has ever suffered from the painful symptoms of bladder blockage, needing to go all the time and struggling or feeling pain during urination, then it has certainly been an issue for you. Though the condition can be [...]
Fish oil for dogs are as important to them as they are for us, helping to improve a range of health conditions and preventing the more serious ones from occurring.
Fish oil for dogs is among the most commonly used supplement in all of veterinary medicine, to the point that they are not even recognized as [...]
The Lyme disease is quite a new disease. It has been found recently in the north and western parts of the US. The alarming think about this disease is that it can be transmitted form dogs to humans quite easily.
Since 1975 this disease has been a constant sign of concern in all the states of [...]