Dog care, symptoms, health issues, and dog health advocacy from an owner's perspective. In loving memory of Jasmine.
Have you ever watched any of the funny dog video complications? Did that include footage of a dog or cat with their head stuck in a chip bag? Things like that are the reason I stopped watching these videos. A dog with a chip bag stuck over their head is not funny! It is a recipe for a disaster. Your…
Bad breath in dogs is usually a reflection of the state of their mouth. Dental disease does require veterinary attention but it usually is not an emergency unless your dog is in severe pain. Is there a circumstance in which bad breath could mean you need to see a vet immediately? Conditions that can cause bad breath Let’s start with…
My dog ate a candy, is he going to die? Ideally, you want to keep any candy away from your dog so they cannot decide to snack on any in the first place. Dogs do have a sweet tooth and can find candies attractive. Unfortunately, even if you do everything right, it doesn’t mean that your dog cannot get their…
Grape toxicity for dogs is poorly understood in a way that nobody knows why they are toxic to them. There are stories out there of people who insist that they give their dog the odd grape and their dogs are fine. Some dogs seem to handle that with no problems indeed. There are people who jumped or fell from great…
If your dog ingests xylitol it is an emergency. It takes substantially less xylitol than chocolate to be deadly. There is enough xylitol in just three pieces of sugar-free gum to kill a small dog. What is Xylitol? Xylitol is a sugar replacement, a sweetener, used more broadly every day because of low caloric density and lesser impact on tooth health. It…