I’ll admit it – I don’t understand dogs. How is it that they have this incredibly well-developed sense of smell, but my dog feels it necessary to roll in the most disgusting smelling things he can find? I guess it’s not that he feels like he needs strong body odour, just that he has a
Brain-eating amoeba and dogs
Unfortunately, Naegleria fowleri, more popularly known as the "brain-eating amoeba," is in the news again. Sadly, the latest case is a 9-year-old Kansas girl that died recently from N. fowleri infection. It’s still an extremely rare disease but it’s still a significant concern because infection is almost always fatal.
Naegleria fowleri is a
So much for the “labour saving device”
So, Amy and I get home from soccer practice, and she gets in the house and yells “The dog pooped on the floor."
My thought: “That’s annoying.”
Amy: “..and it’s EVERYWHERE!”
My thought: “Great. One of the dogs has diarrhea.”
My next thought: “Oh crap… the Roomba.”
Merlin’s big day..hopefully no surgical site infection blog in my future
Merlin’s been a great dog so far, but despite that, there’s no need to propagate his genes. So, Monday was the big day… neuter time! As expected, since returning home he’s been feeling sorry for himself, but otherwise so far, so good.
Being someone who deals exclusively with infectious diseases and does surgical site infection
To lepto or not to lepto…
Life with Merlin has been busy but going pretty well. There’s been no pee on the floor in the past 48 hours so we’re making progress. Speaking of pee (which, sadly, I seem to do a lot), we need to decide about leptospirosis vaccination for Merlin.
A good preventive medicine program is important for every pet.
Fecal cytology in dogs. What does it mean?
Life with Merlin is going fairly well and the house training has been surprisingly good (so far). He was straining a bit to poop yesterday so I was wondering if diarrhea was on the way. Diarrhea wouldn’t be too surprising since he’s had a pretty good shock to his system with a big lifestyle change
What does a puppy have to do with herd health?
The new puppy, now named Merlin, is keeping things busy around here. (Note to self: avoid getting a new puppy during miserable weather. Standing in pouring, driving rain at 4 AM is not fun. Okay, enough whining.)
Yesterday, I wrote about the new puppy’s deworming plan. One thing I forgot to mention