Sometimes it's as simple as running my finger against the growth of the hair to look at that skin deep down to see if I can see any....
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Just like in humans, you need to have them be up and active to keep everything going....
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If your dog's on medication, first, bring the medications with you. I know typically, in an emergency, nobody's thinking clearly....
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The best thing to do is keep them on a year-round oral or topical prevention from your veterinarian.
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If your dog is spending a lot of time outside or in the woods, maybe in fields with tall grass or things like that, and they're not on prevention, ...
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The answer's typically going to be no. The word infection might be a bit tricky because we're not necessarily seeing a lot of infections....
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The reason that the flea life cycle is important to understand is that knowing where the products work within this cycle is helpful....
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Risks are very minimal. Sometimes I've seen some GI upset, but usually, if you give the flea and tick medication with food, that prevents that....
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No, they're not painful for your pet, but what might be more painful are some of the secondary things we see from fleas and ticks like skin infecti...
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Not always, but there may be certain situations like we mentioned with the certifications of PennHip or OFA, those are required to have anesthesia....
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Yes. Any pet can pick up fleas; any pet can have fleas....
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CPR, much like in humans, is cardiopulmonary resuscitation....
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When fleas bite, the dog can get irritated skin, including dogs with allergies who may have flea allergy dermatitis....
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There is a vaccine for Lyme disease that is available that we even carry here in the clinic that we can administer to your pet, but they haven't do...
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That's a great question because it comes up a lot when a pet is diagnosed with fleas or ticks, and the owners are concerned that they have them in ...
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As a whole, I would not recommend you as owners giving your dog CPR....
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The big difference between them is their physical appearance. And the other big difference is going to be the diseases that fleas and ticks carry....
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We get that question a lot. It depends on what you call pink eye....
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We have great oral medications that we recommend....
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Not really, as long as you use a shampoo that's pH balanced for a dog....