This guide will help determine causes, symptoms, and treatment. Coughing is as common in dogs as it is in people. It could occur due to a number of reasons, but most often, the body can naturally recover. In some cases though, if the coughing persists (for over a week) or is severe (when the dog […]
Monthly Archives: February 2020
Bhutan’s Prime Minister Lotay Tshering has recently asked people to adopt a stray dog as a gift for his birthday. His birthday is on the 10th of May. He has urged people to adopt a stray dog or plant a tree or commit to managing waste in their neighborhood. With Humane Society International intervention Bhutan has […]
The kingdom of Bhutan sets a good example. Bhutan’s Prime Minister Lotay Tshering has recently asked people to adopt a stray dog as a gift for his birthday. His birthday is on the 10th of May. He has urged people to adopt a stray dog, or plant a tree. or commit to managing waste in their […]
Bloat is technically called Gastric Dilation and Volvulus syndrome (GDV) but will be referred to as bloat in this article. VOSD has treated hundreds of dogs with bloat as part of our rescue and for the dogs that live at the VOSD Sanctuary & Hospital. This article shares the accepted medical understanding as well as […]
Learn about a common but oft-ignored issue that dogs face- gastric bloat. Bloat is technically called Gastric Dilation and Volvulus syndrome (GDV) but will be referred to as bloat in this article. VOSD has treated hundreds of dogs with bloat as part of our rescue and for the dogs that live at the VOSD Sanctuary […]
Is your dog suffering from snakebite? Are you in an area with a lot of snakes? Non-venomous snake bites are painful and can cause infection, but venomous snake bites can kill a dog within only an hour unless you give first aid for snakebite. Most of the time snakes do not want to confront any […]
If the dog is not eating it can be a symptom of one of many things and can be simply that the dog overate or is not hungry or has mild indigestion or can be that it has a fever etc. The only way you will know is if you notice the food pattern of […]
Is your dog’s temperature too high or too low? As a dog parent, it’s important to know how to be able to adequately care for your dog even if a veterinarian isn’t accessible. Especially now, when it’s hard to get medical care, it is useful to have an understanding of our dogs’ health. We have […]