Dog Breed Health:
Dog health care, dog breeds and health issues. Learn how to do dog training while caring for health of your pet.
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How much is that purebred dog in the window? Chances are he or she is considerably more than the price tag you see, because purebred dogs frequently have hereditary conditions that can put a significant emotional and financial strain on pet owners/pet parents.
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For many dogs, thunderstorms are traumatic events. When the large clouds roll in, and even before the first crash of thunder hits, dogs with storm anxiety may panic, running in search of a safe place to hide. Behind a toilet, under a bed, in a closet—dogs with this fear may even bolt out of the house, running in a futile attempt to escape the noise.
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Man’s best friend has lived up to its honorary title in many ways, not least of which is the critical role dogs played in diabetes in 1922. That’s the year insulin was isolated from canines, which then started the cascade of development in human medicine that has made diabetes a treatable condition today.
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How does your dog’s lifestyle affect its health? Is Fluffy getting enough exercise? What impact does your dog’s diet have on its susceptibility to disease? The Dogslife study has decided to tackle these and other questions by evaluating the lifestyle of thousands of Labrador Retrievers.
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New York authorities confirm H1N1 swin flu virus in a dog who lives in Bedford Hills in NY.
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Variants in just three genes acting in different combinations account for the wide range of coat textures seen in dogs — from the poodle's tight curls to the beagle's stick-straight fur.
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A single evolutionary event appears to explain the short, curved legs that characterize all of today’s dachshunds, corgis, basset hounds and at least 16 other breeds of dogs.
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FDA announced the approval of Palladia (toceranib phosphate), the first drug developed specifically for the treatment of cancer in dogs.
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In a preliminary study of pet dogs with naturally occurring cancer, researchers have developed a way to target delivery of a gene to tumor blood vessels, where the gene product damages the vessels, disrupting blood flow to the tumors but not to the surrounding tissue.
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Levi, the family dog in Oregon stricken with salmonella is thankfully doing fine. Levi ate multi flavor dog biscuits from Happy Tails, which were apparently tainted with Salmonella. The first reported salmonella case in a pet was found in Oregon.
