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Dog Health

Finding the Perfect Veterinary Services -- Taking care of your dog’s health will largely depend on the owners vigilant to spot any illness and of course a good veterinary to give the proper and correct treatment to relieve your dog of any illness. Choosing a good veterinary to work closely with should therefore be on every dog owner’s priority list when one brings home a dog.
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How to Have Your Dog Live Longer -- All dog owners will want to ensure that their pet will have a long and healthy life. But what exactly is the expected life span of your particular dog and what can be done to maximize the likelihood that your dog will outlive that expectation?
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How to Help Your Dog Lose Weight -- Obesity is on the rise for canines. The reasons for this influx are similar to those that humans experience, too much food and too little exercise. The results of obesity are similar for your canine friends too. Studies reveal that 25% of overweight dogs experience severe joint problems.
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Help, I Have Found a Lump on My Dog -- Skin lumps are very common in dogs. There are a whole range of possible scenarios that can present as a lump on the skin, including, insect bites and stings, abscesses, hematomas, cysts, soft tissue swelling following trauma and benign or malignant tumors. Tumors are probably the most common of these, but two thirds of them are benign and therefore merely cosmetic. Here we look at the most common types of tumor affecting the skin and subdermis in dogs, and what, if any, treatment they require.
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What is Kennel Cough? -- An imprecise term which has been used for a number of diseases in dogs which are characterized by bronchitis and caused by a variety of infectious agents. Kennel Cough in dogs will stimulate a coarse, dry, hacking cough about 3 to 7 days after the dog is initially infected.
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How to Look After Your Pet's Health -- The most common family pet is the dog, often considered a family member and should be cared for in the same way. Depending on the size and breed of your dog different amounts of time should be allocated each day for walks, generally the larger the breed the longer you will need to spend walking.
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Senility in Dogs -- There's hope for our older companions who seem to have lost their way. Last year, I noticed that one of my customer's dogs seemed to be confused all the time. After I would take her out, she would come in and sit by the back door as if she had forgotten she had just gone. She did the same with food.
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Canine Cognitive Dysfunction -- Also known as "senility", Canine Cognitive Dysfunction affects what is a growing segment of the pet population: senior dogs. Changes in behaviour are often subtle, but easily recognizable to owners.
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