Amputation Of A Limb – Helping Your Dog Get Used To Having 3 Limbs by Jerry Mace	Topic: Dog Health
Depending upon the cause of your dog's amputation surgery, and whether or not there was an underlying disease or other condition at fault, you are going to have to work with your veterinarian or o...

Amputation Of A Limb – Why Your Dog Needs an Amputation by Jerry Mace	Topic: Dog Health
My wife and I recently adopted a dog from our local animal shelter. This dog was of an unknown mixed breed that needed lots of affection and love from a good family. He had no aggression and was extre...

Canine Cardiac Disease – How Common Heart Murmurs In Dogs Could Be The Result Of CCD by Jerry Mace	Topic: Dog Health
If your dog gets diagnosed with a common heart murmur problem, it may be a sign of canine cardiac disease. According to the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine, a heart murmur results fr...

Canine Hip Dysplasia (1) by Jerry Mace	Topic: Dog Health
The growing popularity of larger breeds of dogs has brought with it a threat of a crippling disease of the hip joints known as hip dysplasia. This disease was first described in the United States bac...

Canine Hip Dysplasia (2): Treatment & Prevention by Jerry Mace	Topic: Dog Health
One of the most difficult tasks facing a veterinarian is how to manage hip dysplasia. There are several modes of therapy available, but only the most commonly accepted techniques will be discussed. 1....

Canine Hip Dysplasia: The Cause Is Still A Mystery To Veterinarians by Jerry Mace	Topic: Dog Health
In the early seventies, many young dogs were put to sleep after being diagnosed with hip dysplasia. It was practical choice in the old days and dog owners would agree with the decision from the veteri...

Canine Hip Dysplasia: The Connection Between Hip Dysplasia In Dogs & Arthritis In Humans by Jerry Mace	Topic: Dog Health
Canine hip dysplasia is a developmental malformation of the hip joint in dogs. The same condition was recognized in humans by Hippocrates in the year 370 B.C. In the past six decades, a lot of money, ...

Canine Hip Dysplasia: Unexplained Canine Hip Dysplasia Occurrences by Jerry Mace	Topic: Dog Health
It is believed that canine hip dysplasia has increased since large breeds of dogs evolved into companion dogs from the hunting or guard functions for which they were bred and kept for in the past. One...

Commercial Dog Food – Do You Know The Truth About Dog Food Yet? by Jerry Mace	Topic: Dog Health
As a kid growing up in a family full of dogs, I remember the old days when mom and pop used to feed our dogs any type of table scraps that we had from our meals. And sometimes, the dogs would all have...

Commercial Dog Food – Is The Recent Pet Food Recall Finally Smartening People Up? by Jerry Mace	Topic: Dog Health
Commercial pet food is a multi-billion-dollar industry that seems to grow in sales each year that goes by. What is happening here, are more animals being adopted or are more pet owners being sold on t...

Commercial Dog Food – You Might Not Like What Is REALLY In Your Dog's Food by Jerry Mace	Topic: Dog Health
With the recent pet food recall causing all sorts of discussions between dog owners about the quality of the food they feed their dogs, it seems that very little of these conversations are actually as...

Death By Flea Collars (1) by Jerry Mace	Topic: Dog Health
When I was younger and living in San Diego, California, a mixed breed lab died a painful death which was eventually traced to the flea collar it was wearing. Years later, in a small town in Texas, a ...

Death By Flea Collars (2) by Jerry Mace	Topic: Dog Health
Most packages containing flea collars or other similar-type pest-fighting devices usually carry a printed caution on the front: "Do not allow children to play with this collar". The purchase...

Death By Flea Collars (3) by Jerry Mace	Topic: Dog Health
Most unnecessary deaths of dogs that occur due to flea collar poisoning are the result of an allergic reaction to the active ingredient. Even if your dog is perfectly well at the time the device place...

Declaring War On Ticks Part 1 by Jerry Mace	Topic: Dog Health
Each year as the warm weather approaches, dog owners should be increasingly apprehensive about those gluttonous, disease-carrying "Rhipicephalus Sanquineus". This dangerous creature can infe...

Declaring War On Ticks Part 2 by Jerry Mace	Topic: Dog Health
Once on a dog, a female tick buries her head beneath the skin tissues, extends her barbed "tongue" and is then clamped on tight. Once the head and barbed probe are beneath the skin, no amoun...

Declaring War On Ticks Part 3 by Jerry Mace	Topic: Dog Health
Ticks are amazingly efficient at surviving almost any attack. The rate of propagation and resistance to insecticides is phenomenal to say the least. In heated kennels and homes, ticks breed all year r...

Diabetes – 3 Ways To Keep Your Dog From Getting Diabetes by Jerry Mace	Topic: Dog Health
There are essentially three ways that you can help prevent your dog from getting diabetes. This disease is one that you want your dog to avoid so that he lives as long and healthy as possible. And alt...

Diabetes – How Your Dog May Become A Diabetic by Jerry Mace	Topic: Dog Health
Did you know that diabetes is becoming increasingly more common in our household pets? The latest research shows that 1 in every 100 dogs gets diagnosed with diabetes. Therefore it is only reasonable ...

Diabetes – Treatment Options For Your Diabetic Dog by Jerry Mace	Topic: Dog Health
If your dog has been diagnosed with diabetes, early treatment by your veterinarian will help prevent further complications from this disease. Your pet may be saved from the painful experience of nerve...