Much of the time, dogs will get it from their environment....
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Baseline diagnostic images are basically just what it says. It gives us the baseline of what is normal versus what may be abnormal....
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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....
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What I tell people is that the chew toy has to be softer than the tooth. When things are harder than the tooth, the tooth loses....
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Flea allergy dermatitis, fortunately, is becoming a lesser concern for us because flea products nowadays are so good....
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There's a ton on the market that you can find, and the question is, are they effective?...
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Worms inside your dog can last for quite some time, especially without showing any symptoms....
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Yes, unless your indoor dog never goes outside, although I don't think any dogs are like that.
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As discussed, dental cleaning does require sedation, and it can be quite involved, but we put together a dentistry cleaning two-part video that goe...
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We don't want to use human toothpaste because the dogs will be ingesting the toothpaste when we put it on their teeth, and human toothpaste can be ...
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As far as tapeworms go, they often come from a dog ingesting a flea. Not all fleas carry them, but some fleas do carry tapeworm eggs....
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I wouldn't answer that in a way where I would say it could cause skin conditions, but I think it can exacerbate skin conditions....
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The effectiveness would depend on the quality of the image we get. Some of that could be the technology used....
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That's a reasonable question. All the veterinarians in our practice are perfectly capable of working through skin cases....
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All of these are so variable, but it's okay....
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From a preventative standpoint, your dog should be dewormed year-round....
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It's possible that it might....
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First off, I'm not a huge fan of topicals in dogs. We use them periodically....
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Yes, and, unfortunately, some parasites can cause blindness in children. They can also cause skin problems. We take parasites very seriously....
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It smells better to you, but it doesn't taste good to the dogs. They don't like that foamy, frothy stuff that happens with the toothpaste....