Sentences with phrase «dogs hide illness»

Instinctively, cats and dogs hide illness well, turning veterinarians into detectives.

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Cats are no more or less healthy than dogs and are notorious for hiding illness.

While cats and dogs are prone to hiding their illnesses, and regular checkups are a necessity, sometimes your pet can not keep his or her symptoms a secret.

Because dogs are good at hiding their illness just by the nature of survival, you really have to watch out for signs of problems.

Usually, blood testing should be performed on an annual basis, especially with Older Dogs and Cats, which are prone to illnesses such as diabetes and kidney disease (among others), which are more easily revealed in their early stages by blood testing, and may otherwise be well hidden by your pet.

In fact, dogs often hide their illnesses as long as possible, acting like they feel fine when they really don't.

Dogs are pretty good at hiding pain and illness from humans.

Cats and dogs can hide illness well, which is a good thing if they're wild animals, as they need to trick predators who tend to prey on sick, injured, or weak animals into believing that they are healthy.

While many dogs appear healthy in their senior years, remember that many pets become skilled at hiding illness and pain.

Canine Senior Wellness: Dogs also age quickly and can be good at hiding signs of illness.

Dogs can be very good at hiding illnesses from their owners.

Dogs and cats have evolved to hide signs of illness and pain.

Dogs and especially cats extremely adept at hiding pain and illnesses until any underlying medical conditions are far advanced; making it extremely difficult to treat and cure.

Because pets are expert at hiding signs of illness, routine health checks for your senior dog should be scheduled with your veterinarian at least every 6 months.

Since both cats and dogs are extremely adept at hiding illness and pain as a survival strategy until the underlying reason for their discomfort reaches an unbearable point.