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What I tell people is you've got to make it fun....

Usually very effective....

It depends on the life stage that they're in. Maybe as a puppy, they'll get liquid formulations, like Panacur or Nemex....

So, yes and no. Some worms are going to be pretty easily visible....

Yes, and, unfortunately, some parasites can cause blindness in children. They can also cause skin problems. We take parasites very seriously....

Sure, they go in hand in hand. One of the frustrating syndromes we deal with is called lick granulomas, where dogs focus on an area....

They can....

Baseline diagnostic images are basically just what it says. It gives us the baseline of what is normal versus what may be abnormal....

Can dogs get cavities? The short answer, yes. The long answer, very infrequently. Dog's teeth are shaped differently than ours....

Flea allergy dermatitis, fortunately, is becoming a lesser concern for us because flea products nowadays are so good....

There's a ton on the market that you can find, and the question is, are they effective?...

It's a pretty simple, straightforward diagnostic. We collect some stool, whether you bring it here or we collect it in-house....

That's a reasonable question. All the veterinarians in our practice are perfectly capable of working through skin cases....

Far and away, the best way is to brush the dog’s teeth....

Again, because we're talking about four or five, potentially different modalities of imaging, it's hard to answer that question with one answer....

At home, it's probably just good, simple hygiene. Make sure the dog's coat is cared for and that there are no significant mats....

They can. Certain ones can be caught by humans....

The effectiveness would depend on the quality of the image we get. Some of that could be the technology used....

First off, I'm not a huge fan of topicals in dogs. We use them periodically....

It's possible that it might....