Vaccinations and Your Dog
Vaccinations can be a controversial topic. Some people do not believe in vaccinating their dogs, some give fewer vaccinations than the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) recommends, and some follow those recommendations completely.
Just as humans get vaccinations against certain diseases when young, it is recommended that puppies get a series of vaccinations against such diseases as adenovirus cough and…
Pet Insurance
Veterinary medicine has reached the point where almost any treatment available to humans is available to dogs. That is good and bad. Knowing there is something that can be done to help your pet if only you could afford it is worse, in many ways, than knowing there is nothing that can be done. Economic euthanasia is…
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Dogs are wonderful creatures who make loving companions when properly treated. They think, they feel, they love. Dogs have personalities that are as different from one another as human personalities are. One thing dogs all have in common is the instinct to survive. That means they will bite given the right circumstances. This is one…
Diseases to Vaccinate Your Dog Against
Dogs get viruses that can threaten their health as well as make them miserable. Vaccinations exist for many of these illnesses. Vaccination schedules vary and are discussed in a separate article. Here are the diseases for which vaccines exist.
Adenovirus cough is one of the causes of kennel cough. The dog’s trachea and bronchial tubes are inflamed. …
Five clicker training myths
Clicker training is fast becoming the method of choice when training a dog through positive means. But there are some widespread misunderstandings that could make it hard to know if it’s right for you and your dog. The following are five myths about clicker training, both negative and positive, as well as information you can use to decide if this…
