It’s not painful, per se, but they feel sick, uncomfortable, and they're likely having difficulty breathing....
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The risks are pretty significant because if heartworm disease is left untreated and essentially unprevented, it's probably not going to end well fo...
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Typically, yes. We recommend a heartworm test every year for monitoring. We want to make sure our products are continuing to be effective....
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The actual components or the medical components of it may differ, depending on the type of prevention that you're giving....
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That's a great question. Having your dog vaccinated for grooming is essential on a couple of fronts....
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It is a parasite that is transmitted through a mosquito. The mosquito will have the larval or the microfilaria stage....
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Great question. Yes. All the dogs should be current on their vaccinations for that area in Maryland or wherever you are....
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It's a little bit of blood that we take from your dog, sometimes out of the front leg and other times out of the neck....
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Great question....
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We test with blood, so we draw a couple of drops of blood from your pet. Many of them don't tend to mind it one bit....
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ASPCA has a poison control hotline that you can call. You would need to know what the dog ingested....
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Yes, you can bathe a dog too often. Dogs naturally have some oil production in their skin and their hair coat to keep them nice and healthy....
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As a whole, I would not recommend you as owners giving your dog CPR....
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There are so many things being sold out there that are utter nonsense....
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We get that question a lot. It depends on what you call pink eye....
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Generally speaking, no. If you have a severe tick infestation and you have to manually peel ticks off, that could get uncomfortable....
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Flea dirt is digested blood, and so we have a fun trick here that we'll do in the clinic where, if we're suspicious of it, we'll put that dirt on a...
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Generally, the answer to that is yes. Fleas don't discriminate, so you want to make sure that all your pets are protected.
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We've got Simparica TRIO, which is my favorite, as it protects against everything, such as fleas, ticks, heartworms, and intestinal parasites....
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Certainly if they go outdoors it increases the risk because your dog is going to get it there....