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Fleas don't discriminate. They don't mind getting on your other dog and start biting them. Or sometimes, if they're bad enough, they'll bite you....
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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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If you suspect an eye issue, have it looked at....
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If your dog has fleas or ticks, the most important thing to do is to get a recommendation from your veterinarian regarding which product would be g...
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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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The most common things we see—especially here in South Louisiana in the spring and summer—is allergic dermatitis....
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The different imaging tools listed out would be x-ray, ultrasound, ultrasound of heart versus the abdomen, and then procedures that we would refer ...
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Dermatitis is a very broad, general term, and it just means inflammation of the skin. It can be caused by innumerable different things....
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Dogs can get cavities. It's a rarer type of dental disease, but they can still get cavities just like humans can.
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They can, in a sense. It's not what you think about you or I getting a cavity, and we don't do fillings here....
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Not necessarily. So, perhaps if people haven't seen......
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We can usually see some GI issues—vomiting, diarrhea, inappetence, things like that—that tell you that your dog has an upset stomach....
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Just like in us, we get a minor cut or abrasion, we may clean it up a little bit, and it heals fine on itself....
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Parasite prevention is a great thing to do for everybody....
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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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Depending on the type of image that we're looking at, for instance, x-rays, we would specifically look at the problem we are x-raying....
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Depending on the severity, dermatitis can be anywhere from uncomfortable to very painful....
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Often, it depends on what we're looking for and what's going on with the pet....
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Fish oils would be the first one that comes to my mind....