I think that getting a good training relationship with your dog as early as possible is probably one of the most valuable things that you can ever ...
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It depends on what we're considering the issue to be....
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The best way to do that is to prepare ahead of time....
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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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Those two things we just mentioned are significant....
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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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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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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 only way to test for a food allergy is to do an elimination diet trial....
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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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They are a lot more common than you would think....
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This is really important because I see this a lot with clients. They think their dog might have food allergies, and they use Dr....
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Unfortunately, allergies are relatively common. I would say probably up to 30 or 40% of all dogs have some form of allergies. Some are super mild....
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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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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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They do. Most of the time, it will be spring and fall, but some animals also have problems all year long....
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For sure. We have dogs that I would notice in their chart that every September, they come in....
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Extremely common. Especially here in Fort Worth, Texas, we see allergies on a daily basis....
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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....