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Easy, At Home Check Up  Tucker and Beau Glossner As your dog’s loving guardian and bi ggest fan, I know you want to keep tabs on his day-to-day health and happiness so you can take quick action if he ADR ( ain't doin' right ). After all, since you spend more time with your four-legged family member than anyone else, you’re in the best position to know when something’s “off” with his well-being or behavior. Of course, to know what’s abnormal, you first have to establish what’s normal for your dog. This is best done at home when he’s relaxing in his own environment. The first step is to simply observe him — how he looks standing, sitting, lying down and moving around. Once you have a mental picture of how your dog looks when he’s calm and comfortable, you’ll be able to quickly notice when he’s not, which is the goal. Do-It-Yourself At-Home Dog Checkup Dr. Shea Cox of Bridge Veterinary Services in northern California, writing for The Bark, offers a do-it-yourself (DIY) dog checkup...

Itchy, smelly dog? It may be a yeast infection Marco Both people and dogs have a normal amount of healthy levels of yeast that occur naturally on the body. The typical normal, healthy flora of dogs is a naturally occurring staph, as well as a light layer of naturally occurring yeast. These healthy levels of flora are possible thanks to a balanced immune system. How a Yeast Infection Occurs On the immune system spectrum, balance is in the middle, and that's what you want your dog's immune function to be – balanced. An underactive immune system can lead to yeast overgrowth, because it can't control the balance. The other end of the spectrum is an overactive immune response where allergies are present. This can also lead to problems with yeast. When a traditional veterinarian sees a dog with allergies – a sign of an overactive immune system – he or she will typically prescribe  steroid therapy  to shut off the immune response. (This improves symptoms but does not fix the under...

Why Don't Dogs Live Forever?  Justin Covert "30-40% of all cancers can be prevented simply by implementing diet change"  Rodney Habib on cancer research, prevention and reversal of cancer. Yes, reversal! This 15 minute long video will blow your mind and will change the way you feed your dog, even small changes will make a HUGE difference!  Watch it here Please watch and then share it with everyone you know that has a dog (or cat! You'll see why if you watch to the end!)

  Canine Vasectomies Reuben  Do you know that vasectomy surgery can be performed on dogs? Indeed this is true, and, as we learn more and more about the   impacts of traditional canine neutering   (castration), vasectomy surgery is becoming increasingly popular. What exactly is a vasectomy? Whether performed on a human or a dog, vasectomy surgery involves clamping, cutting, or ligating (tying off) the vas deferens, the duct that transports sperm out of the testicle and into the semen. Local anesthesia is all that is needed to accomplish this surgery in men. (Most men will lie still when told to do so.) Vasectomy surgery is performed in dogs using general anesthesia. Vasectomy versus castration Castration is referred to as “neutering” because the reproductive organs (testicles) are removed. With vasectomy surgery, the testicles remain in place, so the dog is not considered to be “neutered.” Whether castrated or vasectomized, the end result is a sterile dog. And, there ...