by petpack | Jun 18, 2024 | Companion Animals, FAQs
Whats the topic for today? Bones- Feeding of bones to dogs Dogs love bones don’t they. Is that a good thing for them? Bones are undoubtedly good for the teeth and also provide a lot of enjoyment for dogs but they can also cause problems too. What sort of problems?...
by petpack | Jun 18, 2024 | Companion Animals, FAQs
Whats the topic for today? Puerperal Tetany in the bitch. That’s a very technical name? Does it have a simpler name? Yes Eclampsia. Well that’s no better. What is it? It refers to a dangerous drop in blood calcium levels that can occur around the time of whelping....
by petpack | Jun 18, 2024 | Companion Animals, FAQs
Whats the topic for today? Dogs Urine Oh great! And what aspect of dogs urine are you going to talk about? Im going to talk about how it burns yellow patches on the lawn. Ah yes that is a very annoying problem isn’t it. Well its certainly a problem that we get lots of...
by petpack | Jun 18, 2024 | Companion Animals, FAQs
Whats the topic for today? A totally avoidable cause of injury and death in dogs What cause is that? Falling off the back of a moving vehicle Is that something that happens often? Too often! It shouldnt happen at all! I’ve dealt with 3 cases since Christmas which i...
by petpack | Jun 18, 2024 | Companion Animals, FAQs
Whats the topic for today? Well I talked about dogs urine last time so I couldn’t resist following that up with a talk about diarrhoea. Bring it on, I’m sure our listeners can cope! So what causes diarrhoea? Lots of things. I did a search on the web and came up with...
by petpack | Jun 17, 2024 | Companion Animals, FAQs
Whats the topic for today? I’m going to talk about colitis in dogs What exactly is colitis? It simply means inflammation of the colon I know the colon is part of the intestines but can you tell us a bit more about it? The colon is the last section of the...