I want to provide my dog with the best possible protection. What diseases should it be vaccinated against?
on Nov 21, 2009 in Dog Supplies Q&A Dog Supplies Tips Dog Dog Advice dog care Dog Health Dog Infectious Diseases dog Q&A dog supplies dog supplies advice Dog Vaccination Infectious Diseases Pet Supplies Vaccination I want to provide my dog with the best possible protection. What diseases should it be vaccinated against? At present there are commercial vaccines specifically produced against eight important diseases of dogs. These are canine distemper, infectiou...

Can I have my dog vaccinated against rabies?
on Nov 20, 2009 in Dog Supplies Q&A Dog Supplies Tips Dog Dog Advice dog care Dog Health Dog Infectious Diseases dog Q&A dog supplies dog supplies advice Dog Vaccination Infectious Diseases Pet Supplies Vaccination Can I have my dog vaccinated against rabies? In some countries, or parts of some countries where rabies is prevalent, canine vaccination against rabies is required by law. This is the case in all but seven states of the USA (the regulations for the...

If my dog has been vaccinated against rabies abroad, will it have to go into quarantine?
on Nov 19, 2009 in Dog Supplies Q&A Dog Supplies Tips Dog Dog Advice dog care Dog Health Dog Infectious Diseases dog Q&A dog supplies dog supplies advice Dog Vaccination Infectious Diseases Pet Supplies Vaccination If my dog has been vaccinated against rabies abroad, will it have to go into quarantine? This depends upon the countries between which you intend to transfer your dog. As a general rule, countries where rabies is already well-established in the wild...

Why should a dog showing signs of rabies be destroyed?
on Nov 18, 2009 in Dog Supplies Q&A Dog Supplies Tips Dog Dog Advice dog care Dog Health Dog Infectious Diseases dog Q&A dog supplies dog supplies advice Dog Vaccination Infectious Diseases Pet Supplies Vaccination Why should a dog showing signs of rabies be destroyed? In essence, once clinical signs of rabies are present in a dog, or in man, no treatment is effective and the disease is always fatal. (There are two recorded cases of humans recovering, one havi...

How would I know if my dog had rabies?
on Nov 17, 2009 in Dog Supplies Q&A Dog Supplies Tips Dog Dog Advice dog care Dog Health Dog Infectious Diseases dog Q&A dog supplies dog supplies advice Dog Vaccination Infectious Diseases Pet Supplies Vaccination How would I know if my dog had rabies? The disease characteristically has three phases. First, there is a prodromal stage, usually lasting less than two days (sometimes only a few hours) in which the dog shows a personality change. It may become mor...

How could my dog get rabies?
on Nov 16, 2009 in Dog Supplies Q&A Dog Supplies Tips Dog Dog Advice dog care Dog Health Dog Infectious Diseases dog Q&A dog supplies dog supplies advice Dog Vaccination Infectious Diseases Pet Supplies Vaccination How could my dog get rabies? Rabies is generally transmitted through the bite of an infected animal, by virus particles in the saliva of that animal being implanted in the bite wound. Other routes of infection are possible but much less common; for...

How should ringworm be treated?
on Nov 15, 2009 in Dog Supplies Q&A Dog Supplies Tips Dog Dog Advice dog care Dog Health Dog Infectious Diseases dog Q&A dog supplies dog supplies advice Dog Vaccination Infectious Diseases Pet Supplies Vaccination How should ringworm be treated? In dealing with an infection, it is important to have all dogs and cats on the premises checked, and to isolate infected individuals. All contaminated articles should preferably be burned, and all surfaces should be d...

Is ringworm really caused by a worm?
on Nov 14, 2009 in Dog Supplies Q&A Dog Supplies Tips Dog Dog Advice dog care Dog Health Dog Infectious Diseases dog Q&A dog supplies dog supplies advice Dog Vaccination Infectious Diseases Pet Supplies Vaccination Is ringworm really caused by a worm? No, although in the past this was believed to be the case. In fact this skin condition has nothing to do with worms. It is due to the effect of parasitic fungi (dermatophytes) and the one which is most commonly r...

Is it a fact that dogs acquire toxoplasmosis from cats?
on Nov 13, 2009 in Dog Supplies Q&A Dog Supplies Tips Dog Dog Advice dog care Dog Health Dog Infectious Diseases dog Q&A dog supplies dog supplies advice Dog Vaccination Infectious Diseases Pet Supplies Vaccination Is it a fact that dogs acquire toxoplasmosis from cats? Yes, the cat is certainly the source of the minute protozoal parasite responsible for toxoplasmosis, called Toxoplasma gondii, which can infect the dog and many other species. In all of them so...

I have heard dog breeders speak about fading puppies. What sort of puppies are these?
on Nov 12, 2009 in Dog Supplies Q&A Dog Supplies Tips Dog Dog Advice dog care Dog Health Dog Infectious Diseases dog Q&A dog supplies dog supplies advice Dog Vaccination Infectious Diseases Pet Supplies Vaccination I have heard dog breeders speak about fading puppies. What sort of puppies are these? The term ‘fading puppies’ is used to describe puppies that become ill, and often die, from the effects of infectious diseases soon after birth, that is...