Archive for the ‘dog’ Category
Dogs in Flight: Slow-Mo Video
Friday, October 15th, 2010Record Breaking Animals
Thursday, September 16th, 2010From sad to magestic, check out this gallery of animals that hold records in the Guiness Book, 2011… Read more
Canine Tetanus: a Facial Expression to Remember
Thursday, September 9th, 2010Here’s a facial expression you should commit to memory. A vet may only see it a few times during their career, and a pet owner only once if unlucky. No, it’s not Rabies or ferocious aggression;… Read more
Advantage? Not for Bees, Perhaps
Sunday, August 8th, 2010A recent study published in the Journal of Toxicology has revealed higher levels of environmental persistence and sensitivity of bees to Imidacloprid, the active in Advantage and Advantix, than… Read more
Gulf Oil Spill: Now Killing Pets Too
Sunday, July 25th, 2010If the grotesque images of oil-soaked wildlife weren’t depressing enough, now the economic impact of the BP oil spill is landing large numbers of pets on welfare death row. Full article in the New… Read more
Parvo Transmission by Human Hand
Friday, July 9th, 2010The Parvo Outbreak, Ocean Shores (aka P.O.O.) continues to hit the fan, having now infected 8 and killed 2. It’s over two months since a newly-purchased pup carried the virus into the area. The… Read more
Interspecies Affection
Sunday, July 4th, 2010When the Oxidant is Onion, and Effect is Anaemia
Thursday, July 1st, 2010The humble onion has always seemed the most unlikely of toxins but, it’s true, they can kill both dog and cat. Yet many pet owners have long fed onion-bearing leftovers to dogs with no apparent… Read more