DOG HEALTH AND MEDICINE

Why is the left atrium on the right?

Q: In your article about congestive heart failure in the January issue, you had an illustration that showed the left atrium and the left...

When Your Male Dog Urinates Like a Girl

You know how it works. Male dogs lift a leg to urinate; females squat. But sometimes a male dog squats to void urine as...

New Drug to Treat Pancreatitis

As many as one in 50 dogs suffers from acute pancreatitis, sudden and life-threatening inflammation of the pancreas that causes painful pressure around the...

Dogs Can Get Monkeypox

Cases of monkeypox have fallen substantially — a good thing. But the painful disease is still out there, and dogs can and do...

Detecting Flea Bites

It’s easy to see flea bites on ourselves because we’re not covered head to toe in dense hair. The telltale raised red dots...

Left-Sided Versus Right-Sided Congestive Heart Failure In Your Dog

Our clients who come to see us at our hospital for small animals often become extremely alarmed if we say their dog has heart...

Your Dog Can Die From Licking Your Topical Medicine

Fluorouracil cream is prescribed for people to apply to their skin to treat a number of conditions. These include warts; skin cancers such...

Stress Appears to Cause Premature Graying in Dogs, Too

You know how the stress of four years in the White House can turn even a relatively young president prematurely gray? Turns out those...

A Non-Core Vaccine That May Be Critical 
For Your Dog

In recent years, there appears to have been a global jump in dogs with leptospirosis, a life-threatening bacterial disease that affects the liver and...

More toes on the back feet than the front?

Q: I’ve noticed my dog has five toes on each of his front feet and four on each of his back feet? Is that normal? Buddy...

Don’t Try to Remove the Porcupine 
Quills Yourself!

Porcupines don’t live in the south (except for the mountains of Virginia) but do reside in the rest of the country. And where they...

Dogs Who Don’t Exercise Regularly Appear At Much Greater Risk for Dementia

An inactive dog is between six and seven times likelier to have dementia than a dog of the same age and breed who engages...