Dog Health

My husband Virgil and I have three retired racing greyhounds. We know something about their racing lives, and we’ve realized that there’s inspiration here for dogs in any active dog sport, like agility. On race day, a greyhound starts out with a very small breakfast. The small meal cues the dog that it’s a race […]

As if there weren’t enough reasons to be cautious when giving your pet a prescription drug, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) comes out with yet another reason. Uninformed people sometimes seek out prescription drugs for their pets that suffer from illness and disease such as pet joint degeneration. The FDA has started to crack […]

Urinary incontinence is an involuntary leakage of urine occurring in spayed female dogs. It can occur months or years after the dog has been spayed. Most of the time the leakage occurs due to low hormone (estrogen) levels. While dogs can urinate normally, they cannot control leakage due to loss of estrogen and muscle tone. […]

The following is an article from the FDA on the danger of buying pet medications online and how to safely do so. “Discount pet drugs—no prescription required” may appeal to pet owners surfing the Web, but FDA experts say it can be risky to buy drugs online from sites that tout this message and others […]

We may think it’s disgusting, but dogs like their water straight from the toilet. Once you know the reasons for this behavior, you’ll understand why they think it’s so good. We all love our dogs and try to be the best parents to them, but sometimes we forget little things. Like how often we change […]

Urinary Incontinence Urinary incontinence is the uncontrollable leaking of urine. It is involuntary and usually occurs while the dog is resting or sleeping. There is muscular tissue at the base of the bladder like a valve which the dog controls. Hormones strengthen the muscular tissue. While urinary incontinence can occur in both male and female […]

Many of us allow our dogs to sleep with us on our bed or at least close by our bed. Because of their complete trust in us, dogs fall easily asleep reaching a stage known as REM. REM means Rapid Eye Movement and is the stage of intense brain activity when we dream. When your […]

Dogs with arthritis and dog joint pain have to go through similar stages as people with arthritis and joint pain. There are a lot of similarities between the symptoms, treatment plans, supplements to help alleviate dog arthritis, surgical procedures and other forms of arthritis remedy. Like humans, diet, nutrition and exercise habits are central to […]

If you smoke at home, you could be putting your pets at risk for cancer. A 2002 study showed that cats exposed to second-hand smoke were twice as likely to develop the disease. If they were exposed for five years or more, the risk tripled. Cats are at risk because the smoke clings to their […]

All animals shed to a degree. The amount of shedding and regrowth of hair varies with age, breed, environment and health. Dogs normally shed twice a year, in spring and fall. Shedding is a normal process that rids the coat of dead hair. Shedding in the spring allows the dog to rid itself of its […]