MicroChipping your dog: A Big Brother program
November 11, 2009 by Daniel Beatty, DVM · 1 Comment
Microchipping your dog is a Big Brother program I can definitely agree with. Injection of a small electronic chip into your dog is an excellent way to have it permanently identified. Now it is not without its problems, but the rewards outweigh the rare risks.
Healthwise there are minimal complications except for migration of the chip [...]
Allergies and Vaccines
November 9, 2009 by Daniel Beatty, DVM · 2 Comments
Is this a description of your dog?
She has been biting her sides, paws, tail, anything she can get her mouth to and creating red, bald spots, some to the point of bleeding. These are along the sides of her body and on her tail. The last time she had all of her shots she [...]
Helen King on Structure Evaluation
November 1, 2009 by Daniel Beatty, DVM · 1 Comment
I just read a blog post from Susan Garret’s blog by a guest blog writer Helen King on structure evaluation of performance dogs. When I read it, I was impressed by taking a complex issue such as dog conformation for performance dogs and making it simple. The take home message is look for a [...]
