Dog Health Care Articles

A New Option For Chronic Arthritic Pain Management In Dogs – Galliprant

A Science-Based Vaccination Schedule For Your Dog And Cat

Addison’s Disease in Your Dog Treating Hypoadrenocorticism

Ain’t Misbehavin’ – Training Your New Puppy

All About Intestinal Parasites In Your Dog

All About Lyme Disease In Your Dog

All About Oxalate Bladder And Kidney Stones In Your Dog

All About Rabies

Allergic Reactions Shock And Anaphylaxis In Your Dog Cat Or Ferret

Alopecia X – A Special Cause Of Hair Loss In Dogs

Anal Sac Problems In Your Dog Why Your Dog Is Scooting

Anesthesia In Your Dog And Cat

Antifreeze Poisoning In Your Dog Or Cat

Are Commercial Pet Food Preservatives Dangerous?

Are Wisely-Chosen Bones and Gristle An Alternative To Frequent Dental Visits For My Dog And Cat?

Arthritis Treatments That Worked And Didn’t Work Dog Owner Reports

At What Age Should I Spay or Neuter My Puppy or Kitten ? When to spay or neuter your dog or cat

Better Treatments For Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy And Dilated Cardiomyopathy In Cats And Dogs On The Horizon?

Bladder And Kidney Stones In Your Dog And Cat

Bottle Feeding Orphaned Puppies

Cancer In My Dog – How It Will Affect My Dog And How It Will Affect Me?

Canine Bad Behavior – What To Do When Your Dog Is Aggressive With Your Children

Canine Distemper And Your Dog – CDV

Canine Herpes Virus – Its Symptoms And Effects On Adult Dogs And Puppies

Care Of Your Hypothyroid Dog

Caring For Your Older Dog And Cat

Caring For Your Pregnant Dog

Carnassial Tooth Abscess In Dogs

Causes Of Anemia In Dogs And Cats

Chronic Digestive Problems In Your Dog IBD

Chronic Kidney Disease And Uremia In Dogs And Cats

Cloudy Eyes In Your Dog And Cat That Aren’t Cataracts And Some That Are

Congestive Heart Failure And Mitral Valve Problems In Your Dog

Coping With The Death Of A Loved Dog Or Cat

Corneal Ulcers On Your Dogs Or Cat’s Eye

Coronavirus In Your Puppy

Corticosteroids Such As Prednisone Increase Appetite And Fluid Retention

Could Medical Marijuana Help My Dog And Cat?

Cushing’s Disease In Your Dog

Cytopoint Not Working?

Cytopoint Versus Apoquel For My Itchy Dog – Which Is Safer?

Dealing with Arthritis in Your Dog And Cat

Dealing with Arthritis, Joint And Back Pain In Your Older Dog

Demodectic Mange In Your Dog

Dental Hygiene – Caring For Your Dog And Cat’s Teeth – Periodontal Disease

Dilated Cardiomyopathy – Heart Failure In Your Dog

Disease We Can Catch From Our Pets

Dog Owner Comments About Leptospirosis Vaccine

Dog owner experience with Levetiracetam (Keppra®)

Dog Owner Feedback From Apoquel Users

Dog Owner Feedback From Cytopoint Users

Dog Owner Feedback From Entyce Users

Dog Owner Galliprant Experiences

Dogs, Cats Vaccines, Hyper-immunization And Autoimmune Disease – Too Much Of A Good Thing

Ear Hematoma in Your Dog – Why It Happened – What To Do

Ear Hematoma In Your Dog Why It Happened – What To Do – Aural Hematoma

Ear Infections in Your Dog or Cat Otitis Externa

Ear Surgery In Your Dog Or Cat – The Only Permanent Cure For Chronic Otitis

Entyce Appetite Stimulant

Epilepsy And Seizures In Your Dog And Cat

Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency EPI, And Acute Pancreatitis In Your Dog

Fat Dog Fat Cat

Fleas And Ticks On Your Dog, Cat Or Ferret And What To Do?

Glaucoma Eye Problems In Your Dog And Cat

Have Dog Heartworms Become More Resistant To Monthly Preventative Medications?

Heart Disease In Your Dog And Cat

Heartworms – The Slow Kill Versus Fast Kill Treatment?

Helping Your Fearful Or Frightened Dog

Hepatic Encephalopathy In Your Dog And Cat

Hepatic Encephalopathy Pet Owner Experience

Hepatic Microvascular Dysplasia In Your Dog

Hepatitis In Dogs And Cats

Hernias In Dogs And Cats

High Blood Pressure In Your Dog And Cat – Hypertension

Hip Surgery In Your Dog Or Cat A Femoral Head Osteotomy (FHO) Or A New Replacement Hip?

Home Cooked Pet Diets, Home Made Recipes And Pet Nutrition

How Your Dog And Cat’s Laboratory Tests Are Organized

Inaccurate Cat And Dog Blood Pressure Readings At Your Animal Hospital?

Introducing Your Dog & Cat To The New Baby In Your Life

Is Atopica® Safe?

Is One Size Leptospirosis Vaccine Dose Really Right For All Dogs?

Is TPLO Cruciate Surgery The Answer?

Jaundice In Your Dog And Cat

Kennel Cough In Your Dog

Kidney Disease In Dogs And Cats

Kidney Disease In Dogs And Cats

Kidney Disease In Your Dog And Cat – Current Diagnosis And Treatment

Knee Injuries in Your Dog ACL Anterior Cruciate Ligament Problems – Their Repair And Treatment

Knee Problems In Your Dog Patellar Luxation – Luxating Kneecaps

Leptospirosis In Your Dog

Librela® A New Approach To Arthritis Pain In Your Dog 

Librela® Dog Owner Feedback Page

Liver Disease Treatments On The Horizon For Your Dog And Cat

Liver Metabolism In Your Dog And Cat

Love Me Tender Or Should My Dog And Cat Be Eating A Raw Meat Diet ?

Mavacamten Cat And Dog Owner Feedback

Medications That Can Influence Your Dog or Cat’s Thyroid Test Results

Memory Loss In Your Dog & Cat CDS, CCDS, Dementia “Doggie Alzheimer’s”

More Information On Ear Infections In Dogs And Cats – Otitis Externa & How To Treat Them

NeuroCare™ For Your Epileptic Or Forgetful Dog

Newer Options For Flea And Tick Control On Your Dog And Cat

NexGard®, Bravecto®, Simparica®, Credelio®

Normal Dog And Cat Blood Chemistry And Lab Values

Pain Control Options For Your Dog And Cat

Parvovirus Infection In Your Dog

PetSmart’s Purloined Papers

Pexion For Your Epileptic Dog? Dog Owner’s Feedback page

Pexion® Imepitoin

Planning For A New Pet

Portosystemic Shunts In Your Dog And Cat

Pulmonary Hypertension And Right Side Heart Failure In Your Dog

Redonyl Ultra

Retained Testicle Or Cryptorchidism In Your Dog Or Cat

Ringworm In Your Dog, Cat And Other Pets

Sarcoptic Mange In Your Dog “Scabies”

SDMA Owner Comments Page

Separation Anxiety In Your Dog And How To Treat It

Should I Become A Veterinarian – How Do I Become A Veterinarian?

Should I Buy My Dog And Cat Health Insurance?

Should I Give My Allergic Dog Apoquel® To Stop Its Itching And Scratching?

Should My Pet’s Blood Samples Be Analyzed “In Office ” Or Sent To A Laboratory?

Should My Vet Test My Dog And Cat For Allergies?

Spaying Your Dog And Cat Too Young

Struvite Bladder & Kidney Stones In Your Dog

Subaortic Stenosis – When The Left Side Exit From Your Puppy’s Heart Is Too Narrow

Tapeworms in Your Dog And Cat And What To Do About Them

Ten Rules For Finding The Right Pet

Ten Ways To Have A Good Relationship With Your Veterinarian

The Best Dog Breeds For You And Your Family

The Creatinine Level Of Your Dog And Cat’s Urine And Why It Is Important

The Great Theriac Elixer And What You See Online Today – Some Things Never Change

The History Of Dog And Cat Food What’s In The Cans And Sacks?

The Meat In Pet Food – Where It Comes From – What’s Really In It?

The Sodium Level Of Your Dog And Cat’s Blood = Na+

The Special Needs Of Older Dogs Caring For Your Elderly Canine

The Stages Of Canine Labor – When Your Dog Is About To Give Birth

The SureFeed Microchip Pet Feeder

The Vegan Dog And Cat Owner’s Paradox

Tick Borne Diseases In Your Dog – Babesia, Ehrlichia, Anaplasma

Trypsin-like Immunoreactivity Levels In Your Dog And Cat = cTLI and fTLI

Vaccination And Vaccine Reactions In My Dog And Cat

Veterinary Weights Measure And Conversions

Von Willebrand Factor Deficiency In Your Dog Or Even Your Cat

Well-Trained Dog & Cat Veterinarians In India

What Am I Feeding My Pet ? – Pet Food Companies – Packaging Profits

What Can Cause Increased Sediment In My Dog Or Cat’s Urine?

What Does my Dog’s Breed Tell Me About Its Health? – Nature Versus Nurture

What Does Your Dog or Cat’s Antibody Titer Tell You?

What Is New In Heartworm Prevention, Diagnosis And Treatment?

What Is Vitamin D And Why Do All Animals And People Need It?

What To Do When Your Dog And Cat Won’t Eat

What To Do When Your Dog Has Heartworms

What To Do When Your Dog Is Aggressive Growls Or Bites

What To Do When Your Dog Or Cat’s Liver Tests Are High

When Gastric Bloat Strikes Your Dog

When Your Dog Faces Hip Dysplasia

When Your Dog Has Diabetes – Care For Your Diabetic Dog

Why Are My Cat Or Dog’s Blood Fructosamine Level High?

Why Are My Dog And Cat’s Blood And Urine Uric Acid Levels Abnormally High?

Why Are My Dog And Cat’s Blood GDH / GLDH Levels High?

Why Are My Dog And Cat’s Blood GGT Levels High Or Low?

Why Are My Dog And Cat’s Blood Triglyceride Levels High Or Low?

Why Are My Dog And Cat’s Respiratory Rates Faster Or Slower Than They Should Be?

Why Are My Dog And Cat’s T3 Thyroid Hormone Levels Low Or High?

Why Are My Dog And Cat’s Trypsin-like Immunoreactivity Test Results High Or Low?

Why Are My Dog And Cat’s TSH Test Results High or Low?

Why Are My Dog Or Cat’s ALT Blood Levels Abnormal

Why Are My Dog Or Cat’s Blood CO2 Levels High Or Low?

Why Are My Dog Or Cat’s Blood Globulin Levels Low Or High?

Why Are My Dog Or Cat’s Blood Serum Samples Turbid Or Cloudy?

Why Are My Dog Or Cat’s Cholinesterase Blood Levels Low Or High?

Why Are My Dog Or Cat’s CK Levels High Or Low ? Creatine kinase

Why Are My Dog Or Cat’s Dexamethasone Suppression Test Results Abnormal?

Why Are My Dog Or Cat’s Free T4 Levels High or Low?

Why Are My Dog or Cat’s Red Blood Cell Numbers Lower or Higher Than Normal?

Why Are My Dog Or Cat’s Red Blood Cells Of Unequal Size = Anisocytosis?

Why Are My Dog Or Cat’s Resting Cortisol Levels High or Low?

Why Are My Dog Or Cat’s SDH Test Results High?

Why Are My Dog or Cat’s SDMA Test Results Abnormal?

Why Are My Dog Or Cat’s T4 Levels High Or Low?

Why Are My Dog or Cat’s Total Iron Binding Capacity Blood Test Results High Or Low?

Why Are My Dog Or Cat’s Urine Microalbumin Test Results High?

Why Are My Dog Or Cat’s Vitamin D3 Levels Too Low Or Too High?

Why Are My Dog’s cPL Test Results High?

Why Are The Number of Monocytes In My Dog Or Cat’s Blood High?

Why Are The Results Of My Cat Or Dog’s SSA Test For Urine Protein Leakage Abnormally High?

Why Are There Bacteria In My Dog Or Cat’s Urine?

Why Are There Crystals In My Dog Or Cat’s Urine?

Why Are There Microscopic Casts In My Dog Or Cat’s Urine?

Why Are There Struvite Crystals In My Dog Or Cat’s Urine?

Why Are There White Blood Cells In My Dog Or Cat’s Urine?

Why Did My Cat Or Dog Develop Digestive Tract Problems While Other Pets Didn’t

Why Does My Dog Or Cat Have Bad Breath And What Can I Do About It?

Why Does My Dog Or Cat Have Diarrhea?

Why Does My Dog Or Cat’s Urine Contain Oxalate Crystals?

Why Has A D-dimer Test Been Run On My Dog Or Cat’s Blood?

Why Is My Cat Or Dog’s Blood Albumin Level Low Or High?

Why Is My Cat or Dog’s Blood Amylase Level High?

Why Is My Cat or Dog’s Reticulocyte Count Low Or High?

Why Is My Cat Or My Dog Coughing?

Why Is My Cat or My Dog’s PLI (Pancreatic Lipase Immunoreactivity) High?

Why Is My Dog Licking Its Elbows And Legs? Acral Lick Dermatitis – Lick Granuloma

Why Is My Dog Licking Its Paws So Much?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat Azotemic?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat Breathing Abnormally Or Panting?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat Coombs Test Positive?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat Itching & Scratching? Allergies In Your Pet

Why Is My Dog Or Cat Limping?

Why Is My Dog or Cat Losing Its Hair?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat Running A Fever Or Why is It Cold?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat Sneezing?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat Vomiting?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s ANA Test Positive?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s AST Level High Or Low?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s Average Red Blood Cell MCV Value High Or Low?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s Band Neutrophil Count High Or Low?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s Bile Acid Level High or Low?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s Bleeding Time Increased?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s Blood Ammonia Level High?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s Blood Autoagglutination Test Positive?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s Blood Bicarbonate Level Low?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s Blood Bilirubin Level High Or Low?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s Blood Calcium Level High Or Low?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s Blood CBC Count Abnormal?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s Blood Chloride Level High Or Low?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s Blood Cholesterol Level High Or Low?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s Blood Clotting Time Delayed?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s Blood Cobalamin Vitamin B12 Level Low?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s Blood Creatinine Level High Or Low?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s Blood Electrolyte Balance Abnormal?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s Blood Folate Level Low?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s Blood Glucose Level High Or Low?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s Blood Hemoglobin Level Low Or High?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s Blood Icterus Index High?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s Blood Insulin Level Low Or High?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s Blood Lipase Level High?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s Blood Lipemia Index High?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s Blood Lymphocyte Count High Or Low?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s Blood Magnesium Level Low Or High?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s Blood Neutrophil Count High Or Low?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s Blood PCV Low Or High?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s Blood pH High Or Low?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s Blood Phosphorus Level High or Low?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s Blood Potassium Level High Or Low?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s Blood Pressure High or Low?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s Blood Prothrombin Time Increased?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s Blood Sample Hemolyzed?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s Blood Serum Iron Level Low Or High?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s Blood Sodium to Potassium Ratio Abnormal?

Why Is My Dog or Cat’s Blood Thrombocyte/Platelet Count Low or High?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s BUN Blood Level High Or Low?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s BUN:Creatinine Ratio High Or Low?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s C-Reactive Protein Level High?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s Capillary Refill Time Prolonged?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s Coagulation Time Increased? = Slow To Clot

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s Differential WBC Count Abnormal?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s Eosinophil Count High Or Low?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate ESR Increased?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s Fibrinogen Level High Or Low?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s Glycosylated Hemoglobin Level High Or Low?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s Heart Rate Or Pulse Fast Or Slow?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s Hematocrit (Hct) Low Or High?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s LDH Blood Level High?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s ProBNP Test Abnormal

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s PTH Parathyroid Gland Hormone Level Too High Or Too Low?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s Pulse And Heart Rate Faster Or Slower Than It Should Be?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s Red Blood Cell MCH Value Low Or High?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s Red Blood Cell MCHC Value Low Or High?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s Thrombin Clot Time Increased?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s Total Blood Protein Level Low or High? TP

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s Urine Bilirubin Level High?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s Urine Cortisol:Creatinine Ratio Abnormal?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s Urine Glucose Positive?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s Urine Nitrite Positive?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s Urine pH Higher  Or Lower Than It Should Be?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s Urine Protein To Creatinine Ratio (UPC) High?

Why Is My Dog or Cat’s Urine Specific Gravity Too High or Too Low?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s White Blood Cell Count High Or Low?

Why Is My Dog Or Cat’s Basophil Count High Or Low?

Why Is My Dog Or Cats Blood Or Urine Myoglobin Level Elevated?

Why Is My Dog Shedding and What Can I Do About It?

Why Is My Dog’s Fca1-PL Test High?

Why Is My Puppy Or Kitten A Runt?

Why Is The Osmolality (or Osmolarity) Of My Dog Or Cat’s Blood Abnormal?

Why Is There Blood In My Dog Or Cat’s Urine?

Why Is There Ketone In My Dog Or Cat’s Urine?

Why Is There Urobilinogen In My Dog Or Cat’s Urine?

Why Might My Dog Or Cat’s APTT Time Be Delayed? Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time

Why Might My Dog Or Cat’s Blood Ionized Calcium Level Be Low Or High?

Why Might My Dog or Cat’s Red Cell Distribution Width Be Increased?

Why Might My Dog Or Cat’s Sed Rate Be Increased or Decreased?

Why Was Protein Found In My Dog Or Cat’s Urine?

Why Were Poikilocytes Seen In My Dog Or Cat’s Blood?

Why Would My Dog Or Cat’s Total Blood Iron Binding Capacity Be Low Or High?

Why Your Dog’s Anti-Thyroid Antibody Test Is Positive

Xylitol Sweetener – A Danger To Your Pet’s Health

Your Dog And Cat’s Alkaline Phosphatase Level

Your Dog And Cat’s Blood Anion Gap

Your Dog And Cat’s Blood Chemistry Panel

Your Dog And Cat’s ACTH Stimulation Test

Your Dog And Cat’s Albumin To Globulin Ratio – A:G Ratio

Your Dog Or Cat’s Bone Marrow Myeloid/Erythroid ME Ratio