Head Pressing – Rhodes 2 Safety
Head Pressing: Have you ever noticed your dog (or cat) sitting or standing with his head pressed against the wall? Perhaps he presses it against the floor or other solid […]
Dog Sports – Rhodes 2 Safety
If like me, you will find any excuse to spend time with your dogs, then I’m sure you’ve probably considered taking up dog sports to do with them as a hobby. There are lots […]
Head Injuries – Rhodes 2 Safety
Head injuries in dogs can be caused in a number of ways from road traffic accidents, falls from a height say from a cliff top, collisions perhaps during normal […]
Muzzle Acceptance – Rhodes 2 Safety
How and why to introduce Muzzle Acceptance: The first thing to consider in any first aid situation is your own personal safety, be that from road traffic, electricity, fast flowing water, or […]
Storing Medication Safely – Rhodes 2 Safety
Today I received a message from one of our followers asking me to do a blog as a reminder about safely storing medication. She wrote that “one of my clients […]
Tea Tree Oil – Rhodes 2 Safety
There have been a number of occasions where I’ve read on various forums of people (and in some cases as advised by their vets) advocating the use of Tea Tree […]
Activated Charcoal – Rhodes 2 Safety
Activated Charcoal: Charcoal is amazing stuff with many uses. I’ve always used it with my dogs in the form of charcoal biscuits, as it’s great for stopping unwanted odours when […]
Phantom Pregnancies – Rhodes 2 Safety
Sometimes a bitch may appear to be pregnant, but then not produce any puppies. This can be something that is referred to as a false or “Phantom” pregnancy. As we […]
Bitches, their Cycle & Seasons – Rhodes 2 Safety
Bitches, their Cycle and Seasons: When you first get a female puppy, any thoughts of them reaching sexual maturity is way off in the distance but from the age of […]
Haemorrhagic Gastroenteritis –
I recently received this message from one of our Rhodes 2 Safety followers:- “Hi Kerry, my Greyhound Josie was recently hospitalised with haemorrhagic gastroenteritis – it was awful, we almost […]
Purging & Toxic Plants – Rhodes 2 Safety
Purging & Toxic Plants – so to start with, exactly WHAT IS purging? Well, according to the boffins who write the dictionaries, purging is:- a. To free from impurities; purify. b. […]
Keeping teeth clean
We all know that oral hygiene and keeping our teeth clean is very important, but what about your dog’s teeth? Some dog’s suffer terribly with a build up of tartar […]
Keeping a Paw Dressing Dry
Why is it, whenever your dog damages his or her paw, the weather always seems to be wet, snowy or muddy? In England, we call this sod’s law! If your […]
Bladder Problems – Rhodes 2 Safety
What pointers might you see to indicate a bladder or urinary tract infection? Well, there are several questions you might ask yourself when considering bladder problems – the same ones […]
Discharge from the penis
Having girl dogs means that unless the bitch is spayed, you will have to contend with hormones, seasons, phantom pregnancies and the like. My house is only big enough for […]
Licking wounds or stitches – Rhodes 2 Safety
Licking wounds/stitches: When a dog has an injury, be that an irritation, a wound or stitches after surgery, the natural thing for him to do is to try to lick […]
Happy New Year
. Well, it looks like we made it …. 2014 just around the corner. To All our Customers and Followers we’ve never met (and the loonies I’ve had the pleasure […]
Christmas Considerations – Rhodes 2 Safety
Christmas Considerations: There’s lots of great advice, suggestions and reminders floating about on the net and on FB so I thought Id try to group them all together into […]
Chemical Burns – Rhodes 2 Safety
Chemical burns come in all sorts of guises – from our dogs sticking their noses into substances in the garage or garden shed, finding “dumped” chemicals in the undergrowth on our […]
Cold Burns – Rhodes 2 Safety
Cold Burns: There are 5 main categories of burn that we need to be aware of, not just the ones caused by flames or hot cups of tea and in […]