Sentences with phrase «potential owners of small dogs»

This means that potential owners of small dogs must be prepared to provide tons of exercise options to their small pets while keeping them primarily indoors, such as biweekly training sessions with a Certified Animal Trainer.

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INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE (IBD) The inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are the most common causes of chronic vomiting and diarrhea in dogs, and refer to a group of idiopathic, chronic gastrointestinal tract disorders, characterized by infiltration of the lamina propria by lymphocytes, plasma cells, eosinophils, macrophages, neutrophils, or combinations of these cells.12 The diagnosis of IBD requires the comprehensive exclusion of potential causes of gastrointestinal inflammation, including intestinal parasites, small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, bacterial enterocolitis, dietary intolerances or allergies, and neoplasia.12 Failure to eliminate known causes of gastrointestinal inflammation which can mimic IBD can result in frustration for the owner and clinician due to poor responsiveness of the animal to dietary or pharmacologic therapy.

One veterinarian actually told the new owners of a 9 - week - old potential show puppy that the pup's small umbilical hernia (identified by the breeder and her attending veterinarian as being no problem)-RRB- would have to be repaired for the health of the dog even if it would disqualify the dog from showing because of the surgical alteration of appearance.