The best thing to do is keep them on a year-round oral or topical prevention from your veterinarian.
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There are a lot. I'll just go through some of the most common ones....
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Definitely—mostly the ticks; depending on which tick it is and where you live, you will see Lyme ticks even in January, even in the snow....
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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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That's a tricky one to answer because there are so many medical conditions that can happen to a dog....
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If you suspect an eye issue, have it looked at....
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That comes up a lot these days. Some remedies supposedly have an effect on killing fleas....
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Not at all. I have a chocolate lab myself, and whenever I give him his flea and tick preventative, he thinks it's the best treat ever.
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You're going to have them feeling better, looking better and extending their life by quite a while by keeping them active throughout the years....
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Yes, is the answer; both....
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Yes. Any pet can pick up fleas; any pet can have fleas....
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It depends on the life stage that they're in. Maybe as a puppy, they'll get liquid formulations, like Panacur or Nemex....
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Yes. We can completely treat and cure your dog of all intestinal parasites.
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So, yes and no. Some worms are going to be pretty easily visible....
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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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They can....
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Can dogs get cavities? The short answer, yes. The long answer, very infrequently. Dog's teeth are shaped differently than ours....
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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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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......