Sentences with phrase «affects smaller breeds of dog»

It often affects smaller breeds of dog, including Maltese, poodles, Yorkshire terriers, and Pomeranians.

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Patellar luxation can affect either or both legs.The most common occurrence of luxating patella is the medial presentation in small or miniature dog breeds.

This disease most commonly affects small dog breeds at the age of five to eight months.

Wobbler syndrome is a conditions which affects large breed dogs due to compression of the spinal cord; in a smaller dog like a Chihuahua, I would be looking more at conditions like hydrocephalus which is a common problem in Chihuahuas and other toy breed dogs.

Chronic active hepatitis is and inflammatory disease of the liver common in small to medium breed dogs, but can occur in any breed of dog, male or female, can occur at any age, although most affected dogs fall in the middle age to senior age range.

The Small dog breeds may be attacked by tapeworms which are the common intestinal parasite affecting all breeds of dogs.

On May 18, 2012, Diamond announced it was instituting yet another recall, this time affecting samples, 6 - pound bags and 18 - pound bags of Diamond Naturals Small Breed Adult Dog Lamb & Rice Formula dry dog food manufactured on Aug. 26, 20Dog Lamb & Rice Formula dry dog food manufactured on Aug. 26, 20dog food manufactured on Aug. 26, 2011.

Large - breed dogs are affected more often than small dogs; and dogs that are overweight are more likely to experience symptoms because of the extra strain placed on ligaments and joints.

Usually, small size dog gets affected by Patellar Luxation including Chihuahua but the rate of getting knees problem among this dog breed is quite low.

The classical patient is a young to middle - aged small breed dog though any dog of any breed can be affected.

Small and toy breeds of dog are most commonly affected by mitral valve failure and thus CHF.

While small breed dogs like the Yorkie typically burn three times the daily calories as a large breed, activity level of your Yorkie will affect their nutritional requirements and amount fed daily significantly.

The good news is that we are still seeing just a small percentage of dogs affected, and almost all are large breed, outside dogs.

This has affected hundreds of small breed dogs.

A very small percentage of dogs and some breeds in particular are affected by gluten sensitivities.

In some breeds (Dobermans) the majority of dilute (blue and fawn) dogs are affected, but in IG's, only a small percentage of dilute dogs seem to be affected.

Bloat Bloat, or a twisting of the intestines and stomach, is said to affect larger dogs more so than smaller breeds and is also more common in young dogs as opposed to seniors.

Osteosarcoma commonly affects the appendicular skeleton (limbs) of large to giant breed dogs, but can also occur in the axial skeleton (skull, ribs, vertebrae, pelvis), which is a more common primary site in smaller dogs.

Smaller pets face much greater risk of chocolate toxicity than large breed dogs because it only takes a small amount of chocolate to negatively affect them.

Legg - Perthes disease is a painful condition affecting the hip joints of mainly young, small breeds of dogs.

We have included content that will serve owners, breeders and veterinarians as well; informational and in depth descriptions of the conditions that affect the mainly small breed dogs that exhibit characteristic symptoms and signs of cerebral / cerebellar compression and impaired CSF flow.

«The most common form of heart disease in dogs is valvular disease, which primarily affects small breed dogs over 5 years of age and makes up 70 - 75 % of heart disease in dogs.

Chronic degenerative valve disease most often affects older small breed dogs of all varieties.