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Dogs Cats and Fur Battles – Pet Tip 251
Cats and dogs have plenty of fur and the battle of the fur and the household never seems to end. Cats and dogs don’t seem to care much about losing a bit of fur but it does bother many humans. Given that the fur problem for humans is not likely to end anytime soon is there anything we can do to reduce the amount of fur that cats and dogs shed?
The answer is ‘yes and no’ and has a lot to do with the personality of the human not the cat or dog. Dogs and cats shed and that is a fact of life. They can no more stop shedding than we humans can stop shedding. (Humans shed skin cells and lose body/head hair every single day).
Hedgehogs
Want to time-travel into the past? Amazingly, you don’t even need a time-travel machine to do so. The hedgehog is a portal to the past; the present day hedgehog looks almost identical to the hedgehog that lived 15 million years …
Purebred Dogs
Purebred Dogs and Genetics – Are We Breeding Misfits?
Since their domestication about 12000 years ago, dogs have been selected and bred for a wide variety of traits and characteristics. We have bred them for size, appearance, temperament, skill, and …
IBD – Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Dogs – Pet tip 120
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in dogs, just as in humans, is responsible for causing chronic diarrhea and vomiting in afflicted individuals. While the cause of IBD remains unknown, its mechanism has been well documented. IBD results when cells from the …
Checklist For Pet Travel
It’s hard enough to pack for you and your kids when you go away as a family, let alone remembering what to bring for your pet. If you take what’s on this list, you’re sure to be in good shape.…
Tip – 7- Dog boredom and inappropriate chewing
These days many of us are busier than ever and leave our dogs completely alone for long periods of time, sometimes for 12 hours or more. Then we come home to find that the dog has been chewing on all …
Myasthenia Gravis in Dogs
Perhaps it started when your dog stopped wanting to go for long walks. You thought that maybe it was just getting old. But then it started having trouble even walking around the house, and began to look exhausted and shaky …
RAO in Pet Horses
One of the more common problems affecting horses is a condition known as Recurrent Airway Obstruction (RAO); it can also be referred to as heaves or COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). This is a respiratory disease that is characterized by coughing, increased rate and effort of breathing, and often, nasal discharge. Severely affected horses can also have what is known as a “heaves line” – this is a visible line on the horse’s side, between the lungs and the abdomen, caused by the increased effort of the abdominal muscles to help with breathing; the line is really the increased definition of those abdominal muscles. Other than the respiratory difficulties, horses are otherwise normal. There does not seem to be a breed or gender preference, although older horses are more commonly affected.
Aquarium Setup
Aquariums are a low-maintenance, allergy-free, and elegant approach to keeping pets. Before you run out and buy a bag of fish, however, it’s important to understand and set up the tank and its equipment. Currently there are a wide variety …
