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Why Is My Dog Drinking So Much Water?

Dogs normally drink around 1 ounce of water per pound of body weight per day. Drinking roughly double that amount or more, espe...

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Wobbler syndrome, also called cervical spondylomyelopathy, compresses the spinal cord in the neck of large and giant breed dogs...

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Door dashing is rarely defiance, it's a dog racing toward whatever has always happened on the other side of a door: a walk, a v...

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Vaccine titer testing measures antibody levels in a blood sample to check whether a dog is still protected against core disease...

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The old rule of one dog year equals seven human years was always a guess, not a measurement. A 2020 DNA-methylation study found...

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Titer testing measures a dog's existing antibody levels for core vaccines through a blood test, while an annual booster revacci...

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Deaf dogs learn the same commands hearing dogs do, just through hand signals, touch, and vibration instead of sound. A consiste...

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Train a dog to ring a bell by hanging it at nose height by the potty door, ringing it yourself every time you open that door, t...

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Puppies can start carefully controlled outings around 7-8 weeks old, about a week after their first vaccine and deworming, avoi...

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Clipper blade numbers run opposite to intuition -- a lower number like #3 or #4 leaves more coat, while a higher number like #1...

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Apoquel (oclacitinib) is a daily pill that blocks the immune signals behind allergic itching within hours, while Cytopoint (lok...

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The Lyme disease vaccine is a non-core vaccine, meaning it's recommended based on your dog's risk of tick exposure rather than ...