You'd be shocked that your dog is losing or has lost its vision....
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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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If we are questioning things like perfusion, they've stopped breathing, maybe they've had a heart issue, et cetera, that will absolutely be determi...
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Fleas are dark brown, fast, and like to jump. They're smaller, maybe around the size of a pinhead....
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With eye medication, having a friend is helpful....
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There is....
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Certainly if they go outdoors it increases the risk because your dog is going to get it there....
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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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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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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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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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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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For x-rays, most of our patients are fairly cooperative in what we're asking them to do....
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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....