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Tag Archives: health
Obesity – is my pet overweight?
There are various methods of finding out whether your pet is overweight or not, including the obvious route of simply weighing your pet, but the most accurate and reliable technique is what’s known as condition scoring. This process has the … Continue reading
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Tagged cat, dog, health, obesity, overweight
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Obesity – why are pets overweight?
There are two main contributing factors to obesity in pets, and they are both directly related to their owners – too much food and not enough exercise. Pet owners always bring up other mitigating factors such as neutering or ‘genetics’, … Continue reading
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Obesity – the biggest pet health challenge
Official figures from animal welfare organisations suggest that between a third and half of all dogs are now either overweight or obese, and from my personal experience in the surgery, I would suggest that these may even be conservative estimates. … Continue reading
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Tagged cat, diet, dog, fat, health, obesity, overweight
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What is diabetes?
There are various forms of diabetes but the most common type is diabetes mellitus which is also known as ‘sugar diabetes’. This disease affects the body’s system for regulating the level of sugar or glucose in the bloodstream. The main … Continue reading
Pet obesity on the rise in the US
Pet obesity has been increasing at an alarming rate across the developed world, and the scale of the problem has now reached a signifciant milestone. The latest report from the Association for Pet Obesity prevention shows more than 50% of US … Continue reading
Looking after your pets in the cold: Dogs
Dogs are generally tough animals with the majority of breeds having thick well-insulated coats that are very effective at keeping out the worst of the winter weather. However that doesn’t mean that you can take their wellbeing for granted in … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, cold, dog, health, ice, snow, winter
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It's raining slugs!
I never quite know what’s round the corner in my career, both as a vet and in the media, but even so I was pretty surprised when I got a request which involved having my photo taken with a dog … Continue reading
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Tagged advice, dog, health, Lungworm, rain, slugs, snails
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Dog with swollen knuckle
Via D for Dog, Colleen Swift asked: My little Jack Russell has, what appears to be a fluid swelling on his hind right leg around the ‘knuckle’ bone. It has a squelchy feel to it, not a lumpy feel. It … Continue reading
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Tagged bone, dog, health, knuckle, lump, question
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Winter tips for dogs
While dogs generally cope much better with the cold than we do – they after all descended from wolves – it’s still worth giving some thought to the comfort and welfare of your dog during particularly cold and snowy spells … Continue reading
Winter tips for your cat
Cats are independent animals and there’s only such much you can do – or need to do – to help them through this cold weather as they are pretty good at looking after themselves. But having said that, there are … Continue reading
