Having an emergency plan for your animals is important.  Part of that plan is knowing which veterinary emergency facilities are available during the storm and it's aftermath.  We've confirmed with several facilities that they plan to stay open 24 hours during the storm...

Canine influenza is a potentially deadly disease that causes high fever, coughing, and pneumonia in severe cases in dogs, and sometimes, even cats.  At this point, it is not known to cause infection in humans, although it is somewhat similar to human influenza viruses....

With the scorching heat wave across the United States the past few weeks, there’s a lot of talk out there on preventing heat injury in dogs.  One of the most common pieces of advice seen on working dog social media sites seems to be the advice to train indoors, or earl...

Active cooling during exercise, or between bouts of exercise, has been shown in a few studies to regulate body temperature and increase endurance in dogs during exercise.  One study from 1985 showed that dogs running while wearing ice packs demonstrated significantly b...

      You want to keep your dog healthy and fit for duty, but sometimes he is a little under the weather.  Stress of travel, hard work in unfamiliar places, and disruption of routine can all lead to some less-than-desirable consequences such as diarrhea or gastric ulce...