Dog Blood Work Why Do It on Young and Healthy Dogs

Question: Why would you routinely do dog blood work on young and seemingly healthy dogs? Answer: Because sometimes you find things and can catch them before the medical issue

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Canine Car Sickness An Update

When a puppy gets car sick, many tell you that the puppy will outgrow it. And, you hope. Then, reality sets in. With Tori's second birthday coming up

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Book Review Symptoms to Watch for in Your Dog by Jana Rade

Jana Rade is a dog blogger and moderator of a Dog Health Issues Group on Facebook with more than 10,000 members. She has written quick-reference guide that I

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Annual Cost of Having a Dog

My friends tease me about keeping a financial spreadsheet for how much I spend on my dogs each year. They argue it’s better NOT to know. Funny, right?

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Loose Leash Boot Camp for Dogs

Over the holidays, I went back to walking Clover and Tori separately. Since cold temps and icy roads kept us home, we mostly worked on our own driveway

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Common Disinfection Mistakes

I’ve been sick for 10+ days with my second major respiratory virus this winter. It reminded me that I’ve been wanting to share this cleaning advice for months. I

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New Pet Food Resources

A couple of my veterinary pals actively work on 2 new pet food resources I want you to know about. The first is called Petfoodology (a blog written

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Strength and Flexibility Therapy for an Agility Dog

In the last 9 months or so, we’ve seen a couple things in Clover’s body that we wanted to address right away. We’re doing physical therapy or canine rehabilitation

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Dog Etiquette – What to Say (and NOT Say) When You’ve Hit a Dog With Your Car

Yes, I feel a bit of a RANT coming on. Let’s call this Dead Dog Etiquette 101. Our rural mountain community features a not-very-efficient email distribution system when

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Champion of My Heart Announces Online Store – T-shirts for Dog Lovers

Big news!!! You can now buy T-shirts for dog lovers featuring 5 designs inspired by our award-winning dog blog Champion of My Heart and our first book Heart

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