I guess starting as young as possible. So when they're a puppy, getting them used to the action of brushing their teeth....
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It smells better to you, but it doesn't taste good to the dogs. They don't like that foamy, frothy stuff that happens with the toothpaste....
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The x-rays themselves don't help your dog, but they can help your dog by potentially providing a diagnosis so that we know what the best treatment ...
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From a preventative standpoint, your dog should be dewormed year-round....
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By having them treated for parasites as soon as possible and having a preventative program in place.
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We offer imaging x-rays, an ultrasound of the abdomen, and an echocardiogram of the heart....
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Chewing and itching are the number one cause of us seeing pets for skin issues....
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So they can certainly be upsetting to their stomach. Many of them live in the dog’s intestinal tract and can feed on their intestinal lining....
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The different imaging tools listed out would be x-ray, ultrasound, ultrasound of heart versus the abdomen, and then procedures that we would refer ...
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Dermatitis is a very broad, general term, and it just means inflammation of the skin. It can be caused by innumerable different things....
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The most common things we see—especially here in South Louisiana in the spring and summer—is allergic dermatitis....
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Dogs can get cavities. It's a rarer type of dental disease, but they can still get cavities just like humans can.
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They can, in a sense. It's not what you think about you or I getting a cavity, and we don't do fillings here....
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Just like in us, we get a minor cut or abrasion, we may clean it up a little bit, and it heals fine on itself....
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Not necessarily. So, perhaps if people haven't seen......
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We can usually see some GI issues—vomiting, diarrhea, inappetence, things like that—that tell you that your dog has an upset stomach....
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Yes, unless your indoor dog never goes outside, although I don't think any dogs are like that.
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Depending on the type of image that we're looking at, for instance, x-rays, we would specifically look at the problem we are x-raying....
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Depending on the severity, dermatitis can be anywhere from uncomfortable to very painful....
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Parasite prevention is a great thing to do for everybody....