Sentences with phrase «sometimes dog diseases»

While sometimes dog diseases and particular canine cancer have other causes, it is worth looking into the ingredients in your dog food, and understanding the brand and how the company's factory manufactures that food.

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Against a background of war, terrorism, disease and unbearable uncertainty about the future, this story of how a foreign correspondent and his wife fought to adopt a Zimbabwean baby emerges as an inspiring testament to the miracles that love and dogged determination can sometimes achieve.

Against a background of war, terrorism, disease, and unbearable uncertainty about the future, Chipo's story emerges as an inspiring testament to the miracles that love — and dogged determination — can sometimes achieve.

Because your dog or cat can't communicate to you when he isn't feeling well, and because animals are sometimes able to mask symptoms of illness until a disease is advanced, an annual exam conducted by your veterinarian is an important part of...

Because your dog or cat can't communicate to you when he isn't feeling well, and because animals are sometimes able to mask symptoms of illness until a disease is advanced, an annual exam conducted by your veterinarian is an important part of maintaining the health and happiness of your pet.

These parasites sometimes carry bacteria that can make dogs sick with Lyme disease, which can cause inflammation of the joints and lameness.

Importantly, while worms can sometimes not cause a problem for the dog itself, some worms can also be passed on to humans and on rare occasions can be a cause of serious human disease.

In Southeastern Pennsylvania, the Deer Tick is primarily a concern because of Lyme disease, but Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, Ehrlichia, and sometimes even Anaplasmosis can all affect your dog's well - being.

«Every dog I've necropsied (similar to doing a human autopsy), most after living out a normal life after suffering the disease many years ago, showed evidence of permanent lung damage, sometimes significant,» Jones notes.

They are not subject to any health problems related to their coat color, such as Color Mutant Alopecia (sometimes known as Blue Dog Disease or Blue Doberman Disease), any more than Gray Weims.

His average lifespan is quite long — up to 14 years, and it is a generally healthy dog but they are sometimes prone to certain hereditary diseases such as hip or elbow dysplasia.

Generally healthy little dogs, Norfolk Terriers sometimes suffer from allergies, heart disease, patellar luxation (kneecaps slipping out of place), and hip dysplasia.

Canine parvovirus is a highly contagious, sometimes deadly disease that can affect any dog or puppy.

While this is rare among healthy pets, sick dogs can sometimes pass on diseases to humans when dog and master share the covers.

Although some dogs live comfortably with the disease, many affected dogs die of congestive heart failure and sometimes sudden death due to left atrial rupture.

It takes time, effort and — sometimes — more money, but depending on how good of a dog treat recipe you get, these DIY options can be healthier for your dog, and also be better for your pup's specific condition, age, potential diseases and more.

Sometimes a dog will not have any signs of a primary infection in the lungs, such as coughing, but will only develop symptoms of disseminated disease, e.g., lameness, seizures.

Many dog owners, especially new dog owners are likely to hear about distemper and how their dogs should be vaccinated against it because it has the potential to be a dangerous, sometimes fatal disease.

A disorder sometimes easily mistaken for hip dysplasia is Legg Calvé Perthes disease, perhaps more frequently referred to by the dog fancier as Legg Perthes.

All dogs need a series of two to four injections to provide them with the necessary immunity to these serious and sometimes fatal diseases.

Other dogs have entirely the opposite problem — they lose weight as they age, sometimes as the result of heart or periodontal disease or diabetes.

Look for your dog to have physical or mental sluggishness, obesity, and sometimes increased susceptibility to infectious disease.

As well as the respiratory problems these animals suffer severe dental problems because their jaws and teeth are deformed, they may struggle to pick up and eat food, have exposed eyes that are prone to injury, skin folds on their face that cause inflammation, infection and sometimes trauma to their eyes, spinal problems in the dogs bred for a curly tail as well as inherited diseases due to the narrow gene pool.

These include Rocky Mountain spotted fever, anaplasmosis (sometimes known as «dog fever»), ehrlichiosis and some emerging diseases with potentially devastating effects.

They spread diseases that can pose a real threat to the health of your dog and sometimes humans, too.

Sometimes, even though an owner is anxious to contribute, a dog passes on before a research project focusing on its disease is initiated.

Use of this drug can also lower thyroid measurements in treated dogs, thus sometimes leading vets to mistakingly diagnose low thyroid levels or hypothyroidism, which is a disease that pets are treated for life.

Numerous infections, as well as the Lyme disease, might be caused to your dog and sometimes, the consequences are both: scary and irreversible.

Learn about infectious respiratory disease in dogs (sometimes called «kennel cough»), one of the most common medical concerns in animal shelters.

Note that sometimes dogs can contract the disease without showing any symptoms.

Sometimes, excessive shedding can be a sign of certain diseases in dogs.

Low folate and cobalamin levels are sometimes seen in chronic GI diseases in both dogs and cats

If your dog is over 10 years of age and has not been diagnosed with Addison's disease, we can perform a simple blood test (called a basal cortisol) that sometimes can prove that a dog is normal, and we can obtain a blood sample for DNA analysis at the same time.

Sometimes the dogs we save have conditions or diseases that we can't cure, but they feel good!

I can't explain that but when the clinical signs are highly suggestive (and your dog's clinical signs are highly suggestive) of the disease, it is sometimes necessary just to treat for the condition to see if it is present.

Sometimes dogs develop an offensive smell also from illnesses such as cancer, diabetes and kidney disease, explains veterinarian Karen Becker.

Sometimes dog stomach problems are confused with problems that affect the different places along the digestive tract (GI disease), such as in the small intestine, large intestine and colon.

The dogs have worsened vision under bed light conditions and sometimes as the disease progresses even under good light conditions.

For example, many shelters have «dog walker boards» to track how often and for how long each animal has been outside, or, the shelter may require that latex gloves be worn (and sometimes changed) between the cleaning of each cat cage to stop any spread of disease.

We are going to discuss diseases that can affect cats, dogs and sometimes their owners and what you can do to protect the entire family.

Scottie cramp in dogs is an autosomal - recessive, neurological disease, which affects Scottish Terriers (Scottie) and sometimes the Cesky Terriers.

Sometimes it may be because the dogs owners fears the risk of the dog getting out and, in the absence of stock on his own farm, may wander onto neighbours property and spread the disease.

Most dogs have potential for genetic disease, often not showing up until you have become completely attached to the dog - older than two, sometimes much older.

NCL, sometimes called canine ceroid lipofuscinosis in dogs, is a storage disease; toxins that the body normally would eliminate as waste build up in certain tissues.

Dogs infected with CIV often have clinical signs similar to those caused by canine infectious respiratory disease complex (CIRDC), sometimes also called canine infectious tracheobronchitis and «kennel cough.»

The development of such pedigree dog breeds can be both a blessing and a curse: desirable features are rigidly retained, but sometimes, undesirable disease - causing genes can be inadvertently fixed within the breed.

This serious disease usually shows up in a dog's early adolescence, potentially blinding a pup by the time he's 8 months, although sometimes the condition presents later in a dog's life.

Whether Fido tangles with a car and loses, or Barky contracts a blood - damaging disease, dogs — like their people — sometimes need transfusions.

Giardiasis, sometimes called «beaver fever,» is the disease caused by infection with tiny parasites that live in the gastrointestinal (GI) tract of most mammals, including dogs and humans.

Owners of dogs with myasthenia gravis should recognize that while the disease often is treatable, sometimes it can't be cured.