The things your dog uses every day can harbor mold and bacteria. Here’s how to clean your dog’s collar. Shellie Sutera Items Needed Bowl or bucket Rubber gloves Baking soda Toothbrush or similar brush Lavender oil Towel Step 1: Fill the bowl or bucket with warm water and add 2 teaspoons of baking soda. Stir until the baking soda has been melted by the...

by Juliette Goodrich and Molly McCrea One of the world’s top veterinary hospitals is testing out a new strategy to stop multiple types of cancer in dogs with a groundbreaking vaccine study. Cancer is the leading cause of death in dogs. An estimated one in three of our furry pet canines will develop the disease at one point in their lives, especially as they...

By Allen Kim, CNN A vaccine against cancer? These dogs are the first patients For video, please visit this link. https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/14/health/dog-aging-project-scn-trnd/index.html (CNN)On this we can all agree: The lifespan of a dog is far too short. The Dog Aging Project hopes to change that. Researchers are hoping to study a group of 10,000 dogs over the course of 10 years to see whether they...

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...