Monday, March 22, 2010

Dog Chocolate Chart

December 27, 2007 by Daniel Beatty, DVM · 1 Comment 

Well I am back from vacation, so back to posting! Here is a cool interactive chart I found on Chocolate Toxicity in dogs!
Chocolate Chart
Chocolate is toxic to dogs because it contains theobromine, a compound similar to caffeine. It causes very similar side effects however in the dog much more pronounced such as vomiting, seizures, rapid [...]

A chilly dip for a dog

December 13, 2007 by Daniel Beatty, DVM · Leave a Comment 

Here is a great story about a life threatening event that this one courageous dog endured!
After dog falls through ice, a bone-chilling rescue 
What this shows me is that a dog has an uncanny ability to survive, a human trying to swim in a frozen pond for an hour would certainly not fair so well! Excellent [...]

Xmas for Alex

December 7, 2007 by Daniel Beatty, DVM · 1 Comment 

All I want for Chirstmas is my two front teeth, my two front teeth, my two front teeth…

Here is Alex coming home from school when his Mom shot this picture. He lost three teeth this past week, this last one, his other front tooth, makes him sing the Christmas song but makes him look like [...]

Dog brain health

December 7, 2007 by Daniel Beatty, DVM · 1 Comment 

You are now going to have to be sure to support the health your dog’s brain. Why? Well how cool is this – Using new methods of study 4 dogs have demonstrated cognitive reasoning skills. Meaning they actually could see a picture and group it together with similar pictures.
Before it was quite difficult to do [...]