By Kate Harveston Most dogs love being free to run in the yard, especially if they’ve spent all day inside. It’s good exercise for them, but unfortunately, it could also but hurting them too. Could your yard — or your neighbors’ — be killing your dog? Many homeowners use fertilizers to give their yard a bright green hue. The same fertilizers that keep grass...

[This article was original published in 2018 but is worth reprinting.] Saturday night I got home late and my dog didn’t recognize me. Being a nanny I thought I woke him up and he was having a night terror. Sunday, he was still acting weird. I realized that I had been running my new diffuser and decided to turn it off. Sunday afternoon, he...

This 9-year-old MN Maltese initially presented with hypersalivation and dysphagia to the emergency service at SAGE Veterinary Centers’ location in Campbell, California. On oral exam, a mass was found that was filling the right side of his throat involving the right tonsil and obstructing the view of his airway. A rapidly growing, large and invasive Tonsillar Squamous Cell Carcinoma was diagnosed. The pet owners were...

By Christy Caplan   Can dogs get sick and even die from eating candy canes? The answer is yes. A pet owner in Texas shares a warning with a local news station after her dog, Harleigh, ate sugar-free candy canes and the next day passed away. She was limp and sick after ingesting Xylitol which causes liver failure and hypoglycemia. What is Xylitol? It’s the sugar-free...

From Veterinary Medical News A pioneering bladder cancer study launching at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine will compare the origins and characteristics of the disease in dogs and humans, a promising approach to developing earlier diagnosis and improved therapies for both species. The two-year project, which recently received funding from the V Foundation for Cancer Research, will explore the genetic similarities between...

Analysis by Dr. Karen Shaw Becker As I discuss often here at Mercola Healthy Pets, there’s a growing body of research that indicates spaying and neutering dogs, especially large and giant breeds, and especially at an early age, increases the risk for a wide range of long-term health problems, as outlined in the following table: Condition Effect of Spay on Female Large/Giant Breeds Effect...

Echo Menges From Nemo News Missouri law mandates that local county health departments respond, along with or under order from the Missouri Department of Health, to any animal to human bite.  In Knox County the predominate animal bite reported is that of dog to human.  With dog to human bites comes the potential for rabies and other bacterial infections (Capnocytophaga canimorsus, Pasteurella multocida and...

“Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends.” Alexander Pope In This Issue: November is Pet Cancer Awareness Month – Here’s What You Should Know; Upcoming PuppyUp Walks in November; Are These Thanksgiving Foods Safe For Dogs?; From The Founders; Pup of the Month ― Bridgit D’Angelo. November is Pet Cancer Awareness Month — Here’s What You Should...

College to welcome first class in fall 2020 By Hannah Tiede TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD News 13) – To help alleviate the veterinarian shortage across the country, the University of Arizona will open the state’s first public college of veterinary medicine next school year. To celebrate this achievement, on Wednesday, Nov. 13, UArizona invited community members to see it for themselves. Among the dozens that...