If your dog gets a cough, you might be tempted to dismiss it. After all, when we humans get a cough, it doesn’t always mean much. It’s not like that for dogs, though. If you find your dog coughing and it’s more than the odd hairball, you’ll want to pay close attention.

If you haven’t already found one, or worked with one in the past, you need to find a vet — but not just any vet. How do you find one who answers your questions in full, gives answers you can understand, and just plain makes you feel comfortable?

Your dog’s health is important to you. You show her how important by keeping her well fed and groomed, making sure she gets plenty of exercise and providing a collection of fun, safe toys for her entertainment. You don’t skimp on the quality of his food. And to reward good boys and girls, there are always lots of delicious treats in the cupboard. But if he has bad breath, you could be overlooking a serious problem with your dogs health.

Dogs and cats have been eating grass for a long time. In fact, grass is so popular among dogs that one species, dog grass, is named after them.

“Doggy breath” … that unpleasant odor emanating from the mouths of Rover and Boomer … can be a signal of serious health problems.

Once thought of as a mere harmless but annoying pest, ticks are of growing concern for their Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and Lyme Disease-carrying ability. Learn the facts, and keep your dog tick and disease-free.

Witnessing your precious dog or cat having a seizure can be a terribly frightening experience. During seizures pets often lose control, fall over, chomp their teeth, salivate or drool, whine, paddle with their feet, and begin to urinate or deficate on themselves. Their eyes become large (dilated) and unresponsive. A pet caregiver feels panicked and helpless while watching it all happen.

Rimadyl was hailed as a wonder arthritis treatment for pets when it came on the market in 1997. Over the next 3 years, due largely to an aggressive marketing campaign by the manufacturer, Pfizer, Rimadyl was prescribed for 5 million dogs. But it hadn’t been thoroughly tested.

There are natural alternatives to over the counter, chemical treatments for ordinary conditions in your pet.

You might think the most important bit of dog health advice would be to let your furry loved on spend all day enjoying the outdoors. But you’d only be half-right. You know we must protect our children and ourselves and from the sun. But do you know that leading canine health experts now say that the most important dog health advice they can give is to protect your dog from the sun, too?