It's important to have your dog’s nails trimmed because they continually grow. Some dogs will kind of chew on them, but that's rare....
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It can be tempting to want to punish your dog when they misbehave, but really, it means that your dog is not trained appropriately....
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A sanitary haircut makes me think of Bubby, one of my in-laws’ dogs. He's a golden retriever and he's got this beautiful long cut....
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Your veterinarian's going to be the best help with that....
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Anything that's not working for you in a lot of ways. So you and your dog have a relationship. You live in the same house....
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Those two things we just mentioned are significant....
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Of course, I don't know human medicine that well. But human allergies are mainly of the inhalant variety....
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We mentioned itching being the most common thing we see....
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Yes, and we have a way to assess that and a grading system that grades the risk of anesthesia of each pet, whether there is little to no risk or hi...
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A contact allergy is whenever your dog touches something that they have an allergic reaction to....
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I'm not a human doctor, but the biggest difference is that when we think of allergies in humans, we think of sinus problems and pollens, among othe...
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Contact allergies refer to the primary allergies that dogs have when they're walking around or laying down in your house....
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One of the most important things is to keep them in a quiet, less stressful environment. You staying calm will help them stay calm....
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Yes, that depends on the type of procedure we're doing....
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Contact allergies are things that a dog comes into contact with within the environment that triggers a certain reaction....
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We don't take anesthesia risk lightly, so we would only recommend that if necessary, and that might be in the procedures that we talked about, whet...
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Food allergies are relatively common. We'll go over the detailed history and see if your dog has had skin and ear issues before....
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The most common would either be injectable, where we give an injection in the vein, or inhalant, general anesthesia, where they are intubated.
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The only way to test for a food allergy is to do an elimination diet trial....
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I think that the breathing rate is a big one. You want to make sure the dog isn’t having any difficulty or labored breathing....