Dog care fact sheets
Click on the fact sheets below to learn more about the ways you can keep your pooch healthy and happy. Dogs are man’s best friend, but they can’t always tell you precisely whats’s wrong with them. If you ever have a concern that your pet is poorly, please don’t leave it to chance – speak to the YourVets Clinic about arranging a check-up.
Addison’s disease
All about fleas
All about worms
Flea control
Anaemia
Anal furunculosis
Anal sac disease
Arthritis
Basic training for dogs
Birth control in the bitch
Bone problems in young dogs
Brain tumour or cancer
Bromide
BVA/KC elbow dysplasia scoring scheme
BVA/Kennel Club hip dysplasia scoring scheme
Cancer in your dog – possible options
Cancer treatment – chemotherapy
Cancer treatment – radiotherapy
Caring for your pet before and after surgery
Cataract
Cauda equina diseases
Choosing a boarding kennel
Collecting a urine sample
Congenital heart diseases
Cruciate ligament rupture
Cryptorchidism
Cystitis
Dental disease
Diabetes mellitus
Dilated cardiomyopathy
Disease risks when travelling to continental Europe
Distemper disease
Ear disease in your dog
Ehrlichiosis
Elbow dysplasia
Endoscopy – the inside story
Epilepsy
Facial paralysis
False pregnancy
Feeding your dog
Feeding your puppy
Fever – is it serious?
Food allergy
Giving your dog medicines
Grass seeds – Down in the meadows
Heart disease
Heartworm disease
Hip dysplasia
How can periodontal disease be prevented?
How to give eye drops to your dog
Hypertension
Hypothyroidism
Infectious hepatitis
Inflammatory CNS disease
Injecting your dog
Insect stings
Insurance
Intervertebral disc herniation or slipped disc
Investigating heart disease
Ischaemic myelopathy
It’s an emergency
Joint problems in young dogs
Kennel cough
Leaving your pet behind
Leishmaniasis
Leptospirosis
Lumps and bumps
Luxating patella
Lyme disease
Mitral valve disease
Myasthenia gravis
Myositis
Neuro-diagnostic tests
Neurological examination
Neuromuscular disorders
Neutering
Noise phobias
Obesity
Paroxystic events
Parvovirus disease in your dog
Permanent identification of your dog
Pets passports
Phenobarbitone
Poisoning
Puppy care
Pyometra
Rabies
Removing a tick
Routine health care
Samples – how they help your vet
Saying goodbye – options for euthanasia
Scanning – the inside picture
Senior pet care
Separation anxiety
Skin fold pyoderma
Stroke
Syringohydromyelia in Cavalier King Charles Spaniels
Taking your pet abroad
Training your dog
Travelling with your dog
Urinary incontinence
Vaccinating your dog
Vaccination protocols and safety
Vestibular syndrome
Vomiting and diarrhoea
von Willebrand’s disease
Whelping – potential problems
Wobbler Syndrome
Worm control
X-rays and ultrasound