Intestinal worms are a fact of life for your dog – dogs and worms go together – and worms do not only influence the health of your dog, but the health of your family as well! Deworming your dog is thus a vital step (although not the only one by any means!) in ensuring that [...]

Dog worms are a fact of life. Our canine friends can experience several varieties of worms that need to be identified and treated. Heartworms are the one most people have heard of and are familiar with. The pharmaceutical companies market heart worm prevention and curative medications aggressively. There are however home remedies that are just [...]

Dog roundworms are just one of the types of dog intestinal worms that can cause dog health issues. The people who study worms full time take great delight in classifying dog worms into all sorts of groups and classes – and then revising those groups and classes, and even the scientific names given to worms, [...]

The canine heartworm is a mosquito-borne parasite that kills countless numbers of dogs each year. As adults, heartworms occupy the heart and surrounding blood vessels, placing a tremendous strain on the heart and lungs. In addition, their effects can wreak havoc on other organs as well, such as the liver and kidneys. In some cases, [...]

There are diseases in pets that can be fatal, left undetected and untreated, like heartworm disease – but it’s a disease that can be prevented, completely. It was not in jest when your vet must have mentioned something about heartworm testing as something routinely done, or at least it should be. If your pet has [...]