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Dog Vaccination Schedule – Conventional or Alternative

You thought that reading about a schedule for vaccinating your dog was going to be simple. Sorry to disappoint you but it’s a complex area of debate with much controversy surrounding the issue. Yes, I’m sorry you are about to be confused and have to make decisions that you probably thought was simple and consensus was all agreed by the professionals.

There is much talk of over vaccination being harmful to your dog and that vets have …

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Cat Vomiting – Common Occurrence

Cat vomiting is not an uncommon thing. Knowing when it’s something to be concerned about is always a difficult call. If every time your cat vomited you rushed her to the vet it would prove to be very expensive.

It could be a relatively simple problem like hairballs or even eating too fast. Assuming that your cat is not showing other signs of illness like diarrhea weight loss or dehydration then it could be a good …

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Senior Dog Food – Right Selection

There are many different breed, age and condition specific dog foods on the market and senior dog food is among them. The sad thing is that legally there is no legal standard laid down by the Association of American Feed Control Officials and the National Research Council as to what should go into a product labeled as senior dog food.

Subsequently, any variation between senior dog food and any other category of dog food tends to …

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Cat Diabetes – Management

Diabetes in a cat is a serious concern but can be effectively managed. The earlier the diagnosis then the easier it will be to control the cat’s condition in the future.

It is a complex disease far too complex to give you enough information here but we can guide you to informative links that will enable you to understand the condition in more detail.

Creeping Disease

It is unlikely that a cat will develop diabetes before 7 …

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Cheap Pet Meds – Discount Savings Safely

Medicines for your pet can be expensive especially if your pet has an ongoing problem. Not surprisingly many turn to online pet medication supplies online to reduce the cost.

Are they safe? Well mostly yes but you do need to be a little cautious as to the credibility of the supplier. What is the procedure to obtain prescription pet meds cheaply? This and other questions we shall set out to answer for your peace of mind.

Safety

Without …

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Dog Diabetes – Understanding the Disease

Diabetes in dogs is a manageable condition although by no means is it not a serious condition. However the key for a dog owner is understanding and knowledge.

With humans diabetes is often misunderstood and beliefs like having too much sugar in your drink is a cause and other such fables abound, and are no different with dogs. Until you encounter it yourself then naturally enough you will not seek out knowledge.

A good basic understanding …

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Dog Flu – No Real Concern

Otherwise known as Canine Influenza, H3N8, is rarely life threatening. In general dog population the mortality rate from this illness is 1% with a higher rate for greyhounds at 5% to 8%. It was found to be the cause of deaths at a Florida greyhound/horse track. It’s a recently emerged virus that causes respiratory infection in any dog regardless of age or breed.

There have been no cases of contamination in humans even though it jumped …

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Cat Flu – What To Do

Cat flu is not actually influenza in reality. It is the name given to upper respiratory tract disease. These are Feline Calicivirus and Feline Herpes Virus. Virtually all unvaccinated cats will suffer an outbreak at some point in its life and is not fatal unless in small kittens and in some cases immune deficient and elder cats.

Avoidance

Vaccination will not totally eliminate the possibility of catching either of these viruses but will greatly reduce the severity of …

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Dog Symptom Checker – Educational Tool and Not a Vet

The downside of a dog symptom checker is it can guile a good too many into suddenly thinking they are a vet, and believe they have no use of their services again.

What we should all remember is that if diagnosing a condition in a dog was as easy as putting in a few observed symptoms into a spell checker, then training to be a vet would be a 3 month correspondence course and not 5 …

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Dog Allergies Symptoms – What To Watch For

Dogs cause allergic reactions in some people but people don’t directly cause any allergic reactions in dogs. But we do feed them foods that could be causing allergic reactions and our carpets may be the cause of some. So recognizing the signs of allergic reactions in our dogs can spare him a lot of unnecessary scratching and skin nibbling and more.

Puppies don’t often suffer allergic reactions although some do. If this is your pup that …

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Dog Vaccination Schedule – Conventional or Alternative

Cat Vomiting – Common Occurrence

Senior Dog Food – Right Selection

Cat Diabetes – Management

Cheap Pet Meds – Discount Savings Safely

Dog Diabetes – Understanding the Disease

Dog Flu – No Real Concern

Cat Flu – What To Do

Dog Symptom Checker – Educational Tool and Not a Vet

Dog Allergies Symptoms – What To Watch For

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