So, what do you think? Is it a bad thing to put a muzzle on a dog? Most people would say, "it depends". It depends on whether or not you think the dog is going to bite you. It’s a little more complicated than that, though. First, you have to recognize the subliminal anti-muzzle feeling […]
Category Archives: Strange Beliefs
I started to post this under "internal medicine", but it’s in the right place. Dogs (in fact, all domestic animals) very rarely have a heart attack in the sense that we understand it in human medicine. Myocardial infarction (M.I.) is the technical term for "heart attack". Myocardium means heart muscle. Infarction means that the blood […]
I had a bit of a frustrating experience today. It’s a situation that is not uncommon. A client has purchased a new pet and brings it in for a check-up to get it off to a good start. So far, so good. They are excited about the new addition to the family (as who would […]
A reader of my post on Sand Colic wrote a comment asking for help with her pony, whom she believes has this problem. I e-mailed her with general information and she asked for more specific help, as in what dosage and how to give it. While I am very happy to answer your individual questions […]
I wonder about Lassie, myself. Aside from the question of whether Lassie being a boy (because male Collies don’t shed their neck ruff periodically like the females) has contributed to the gender confusion of the last decades, was Lassie really so smart? The character of Lassie, I mean, not the amazing, Weatherwax-trained collies. Sunday evening, […]
Actually, I never tell people that their dog looks weird. I also don’t tell them that their dog looks grotesque, strange or deformed, even when that’s what they are. The word I use is extreme, as in extreme conformation. Extreme is a very fashionable word these days. We are quite accustomed to seeing an incredible […]
Of all the strange beliefs of pet-owners, the notion that "a dog’s mouth is cleaner than a person’s" is one of the more surprising. I suppose it may arise from the fact that you can get a really nasty infection if a person were to bite you (those old "germs that cause bad breath" again). […]
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