Fleas are dark brown, fast, and like to jump. They're smaller, maybe around the size of a pinhead....
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Yes and no. If you're looking through your cabinet for things to give your dog, the answer is no....
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Again, start with the call. Talk to your veterinarian and their staff there and find out....
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That's a great question. So to get rid of that 95% of the population, daily vacuuming is essential....
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That’s a critical question because there are times where you might walk in with an emergency, and your veterinarian's already in surgery....
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People tend to think that ticks transmit diseases, which they do, but fleas also transmit diseases....
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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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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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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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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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We find ticks on dogs just the same way you guys do. Many times, we're looking for the tick themselves....
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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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There's a difference between pink eye and cherry eye....
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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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It depends on the product you are using....
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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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Just like in humans, you need to have them be up and active to keep everything going....
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They can, especially here in Kentucky—it's not like Alaska, where it gets super cold, so we see fleas and ticks all year round.
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