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8 Signs It’s Time to Bring Your Dog in for a Checkup

Keeping your canine companion happy and healthy is an absolute must. To prevent any health concerns, take your dog for regular checkups at a local veterinarian’s clinic. In addition to scheduling regular appointments, it is always important to stay cautious with any animal you’re raising. If you are a new dog owner, it is quite normal to tremble at the thought of uncertainties. Your pooch may be vaccinated, but you must watch out for signs of uncharacteristic behavior between regular medical visits. Here’s a simple checklist that should help you understand if you should take your beloved pet to the vet.

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Beyond the Veterinary Clinic: Caring for a Dog with Cancer

Our veterinary clinic will be your closest ally in the battle against cancer if your dog has been diagnosed. But you are still your dog’s primary caregiver, so you need to be armed with the knowledge on how you can help with managing and treating their condition.

Here are some essential and practical tips that can help give you a clear picture of what it takes to care for a dog diagnosed with, undergoing treatment for, and recovering from cancer.

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7 Tips to Get Your Dog to Stop Jumping on Guests

Most people like it when their dogs jump to greet them once they get home. But think of a case where your guest arrives and your dog jumps up on them; it may be frightening and uncomfortable to them. So what can you do to stop your dog from jumping on guests? How can you modify this behavior? You should begin by understanding why your dog jumps in the first place. The main reason it will continue jumping on your guests is because it has been rewarded for its behavior in the past like allowing it to jump or feeding it right after it has jumped. Other reasons include greeting and showing its dominance. You can now use the following 9 tips to prevent your dog from jumping on your guests.

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How To Prevent Most Common Dental Problems In Dogs

Like humans, pets experience dental problems. Dental disease is common in dogs and frequently occurs in dogs that are two-to-three years old. The good news is that there are different things you can do to correct these issues and prevent them from reoccurring. Here is a list of the most common dental problems in dogs, and how to correct them:

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How to Keep Your Dog Out of the Pet Hospital During the Holidays

The pet hospital is the last place you want to visit during the holidays. Considering the season’s festive décor and scrumptious feasts though, dogs tend to grow more curious and enterprising this time of the year and may often find themselves in situations that put their safety and health at risk.

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How to Care for Dogs Suffering from Separation Anxiety

Separation anxiety is a very real – and sometimes frustrating – problem that dogs of all different breeds, shapes, and sizes suffer from. As a pet owner, this can be extremely frustrating, for many different reasons. Dogs experiencing separation anxiety might urinate, defecate, bark, howl, chew, dig, or even try to escape your home when you are not there. Sure, these behaviors may also indicate that your dog could stand to go back to training and needs to be taught proper house manners, but they also can be symptoms of distress or separation anxiety.

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Best Food for Elderly Dogs: What to Give an Aging Pet

Caring for a dog in their golden years includes becoming familiar with the best food for elderly dogs available. What kind of food should be provided to them though, and how does it qualify as “the best”? Here’s what you need to know.

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Basic Tips on Heartworm and Flea Prevention for Dogs

As a responsible pet owner, one of your top priorities should be to seek out the right heartworm and flea preventative. Many people do not realize this, but fleas and heartworms can be extremely dangerous to your pup. If left untreated, these pests can end up being costly for you, the pet owner, and deadly to your beloved four-legged friend.

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Give Your Dog Happy Feet with Proper Dog Paw Care

One of the most important things to keep in mind when you become a canine owner is dog paw care. This is because the paws are some of the most hard-working parts of a dog’s body. Apart from walking, paws also protect the feet’s bones and joints, help with walking on rough and uneven ground, and keep the feet insulated during extreme weather.

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