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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Demodectic Mange
Demodectic Mange is caused by the Demodex Mite that ALL dogs have and lives in the hair follicles in the skin. These mites are transferred to them as puppies from their mother […]
Mange
Sarcoptic Mange (Scabies) As per a request, today’s and tomorrow’s info is about mange (and can I just say that typing this for you all is making me itch like […]