Flatulence (Farting!) – Rhodes 2 Safety
Flatulence (Farting!) – All dogs suffer with excessive wind or “gas” from time to time, just like humans do. For the most part it’s a bit whiffy, funny or possibly […]
Swallowing things they shouldn’t
Swallowing things they shouldn’t – and things “hanging out” the other end! Dogs do tend to wolf down anything and everything – and not all the things they try to […]
Cut Paw Pad – Rhodes 2 Safety
Cut Paw Pad: It’s not always obvious when a dog cut’s his paw and often it might not be unless you actually see him limping or spot blood on the […]
Poisoning – Rhodes 2 Safety
Poisoning is scary and it’s serious. There are five entry routes by which a poison can enter your dog’s system: * Ingested (swallowed) It might be that the poison is […]
Ocular Compression for Fits
Ocular Compression is a technique hoped to help dogs with epilepsy. We have covered fits and epilepsy in a previous blog (here’s the link to it:- Fits & Seizures) Many […]
Undescended Testicles – Rhodes 2 Safety
Undescended Testicles is also known as Cryptorchidism. When a male puppy is born, his testicles will still be within his abdomen. As he developes and grows, they will slowly start to […]
Eating Poo – Rhodes 2 Safety
Eating Poo (or coprophagia to give it its medical term) causes an awful lot of revulsion for the owners of dogs who, for whatever reason, like to eat poo. Because […]
Is Your Dog Too Fat?
A lot of problems with our dogs can be caused or exacerbated by our dog’s weight so, Is Your Dog Too Fat? As a rule, people who show their dogs in […]
Licking the Paws – Rhodes 2 Safety
Licking the paws …….. Why? . This is one of the most common questions I get asked and in all honesty, there is no simple straight-forward answer. First we need to […]
Drooling – Rhodes 2 Safety
Causes of Excessive Dog Drooling As the owner of a very “drooly” dog, I can tell you for sure that ALL dogs drool (its just that some do it a hell […]
Bad Breath – Rhodes 2 Safety
There’s not much of a worse insult than the term “dog breath”, but your dog really shouldn’t have bad breath just because he’s a dog. Bad breath may be a sign of […]
Hot Spots & Wet Eczema
Hot Spots & Wet Eczema are the same thing. Dermatitis is “doctor-speak”. If you break down the parts of the word you get derm which means skin and itis which […]
Diarrhoea After Eating
Diarrhoea After Eating: Usually, when your dog gets an upset stomach or a “runny bum” it’s down to them eating something undesirable that they’ve managed to find on a walk, picking up a […]
Heart Disease & Failure
Heart Disease & Failure: Seen in middle and old age, this is the most common problem to affect our beloved canine companions. This disease is particularly prevalent in small breeds […]
Vaginal Discharge & Pyometra
Vaginal Discharge & Pyometra: Vaginal discharge is not actually a condition in itself, but rather the indication that something is wrong with either the reproductive tract or the urinary tract. […]
Facial Paralysis – Rhodes 2 Safety
Facial Paralysis: Oh My Goodness! My dog has a droopy face on one side, whatever can have happened? Scary right? Sometimes, you may notice that your dog’s face is droopy […]
Hypothyroidism
The prefix "Hypo" is Latin and means low, under or not enough. Hypothyroidism then is a condition resulting when the thyroid gland is not producing enough hormone. It is a [...]
Walking Dandruff (Cheyletiella Mite)
Cheyletiella Mites (or walking dadruff as they are often known) are Zoonoses. Zoonoses are diseases that can be transmitted between vertibrate species, including man, which means they are not restricted […]
Harvest Mites
The most recent information suggests that there might well be a link between Harvest Mites and SCI (Seasonal Canine Illness). With that in mind, I thought we’d take a look […]
Conjunctivitis
Conjunctivitis can be caused by several different things including:- * allergies, * irritation (dust or smoke), * foreign bodies like grass seeds, * hairs or eyelashes facing the wrong way […]