You may have heard of the “new” dog virus making the rounds. It is impacting dogs especially on the east coast, including the Northeast. It’s called Canine Infectious Respiratory Disease Complex (CIRDC). Just as we are experiencing with COVID, CIRDC is multiple viruses and bacteria that affect the dog’s respiratory tract causing symptoms such as […]
Fireworks & dogs
Dos and don’ts to protect your dog. I have no idea what the celebration was a couple of weeks ago in early June, when one of my neighbors set off fireworks. Larry my nine-year-old Chinook is terrified of loud bangs. It is really stressful to him—and his stress stresses me. Almost every year, usually after […]
Ticks … Ick!
Non-toxic ideas to prevent & kill those suckers! Having recently taken a few ticks off Brio, my basset fauve de Bretagne, and found one walking on my hand after petting Larry, my Chinook, this feels like a good time to write about ticks. There are some common misunderstandings about ticks. They don’t float in the […]
