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Tonsillitis in Dogs: Signs and Treatment
Your dog keeps gagging not quite coughing, not quite vomiting, just an odd retching sound that ends with a bit of mucus. They’re eating less than usual, seem a little...
Cat Saddle Thrombus: Symptoms, Causes, and Emer...
Your cat was fine ten minutes ago. Now she's crying out, dragging her back legs, and her paws feel cold to the touch. Nothing led up to this. No injury,...
Rhinitis and Sinusitis in Dogs: Runny Nose and ...
Your dog can’t stop sneezing. There’s a clear discharge running from their nose, and lately they’ve started snoring even while awake, breathing through their mouth more than usual. It looks...
How Your Dog's Immune System Works
Your puppy just stepped in something questionable on a monsoon walk, licked a stranger's hand at the park, and is now happily gnawing on a stick that's clearly been on...
Lung and Airway Tumours in Dogs
Your older dog has developed a cough that just won't go away. Or he's lost weight without trying, or seems to run out of breath faster on walks than he...
Acquired Heart Disease in Cats: HCM, DCM, and A...
Your cat has never had a health scare in her life. She's five, healthy-looking, eats well, and plays like always. Then, at a routine annual check-up, your vet pauses with...
Congestive Heart Failure in Cats: Signs, Stages...
Your cat has always been the quiet, sleep-all-day type, so when she seems to be breathing a little faster while she naps, it's easy to assume she's just having a...
Bronchitis in Dogs: Acute and Chronic, Signs an...
Your dog coughs in fits sharp, harsh spasms, almost like something's stuck in the throat. It's worse first thing in the morning, or right after he gets up from a...
Allergic Pneumonitis in Dogs: When Dust and All...
Your dog has had a dry, nagging cough for weeks. It's not kennel cough that would have cleared up by now. Antibiotics didn't touch it. What your vet may be...
Congenital Heart Defects in Cats: Birth Defects...
Your vet listens to your eight-week-old kitten's chest during her first check-up, pauses, and listens again. "There's a murmur," she says. Your stomach drops. Before you spiral into worry, here's...
Fluid or Air in a Dog's Chest: Causes and Treat...
Your dog is breathing fast, shallow, and hard, elbows pushed out, belly pumping with every breath. Nothing else looks wrong on the outside. What's happening on the inside is that...
Treating Heart Disease in Cats: Medications & L...
Your cat has just been diagnosed with heart disease, and your vet has sent you home with a bag of medications, a folder of instructions, and a recheck appointment card....
Lung and Airway Disorders in Dogs: An Introduction
Your dog has been coughing for a few days, or breathing seems a little harder than usual, and you're not sure if this is something to watch or something to...
Diagnosing Heart Problems in Cats: Echo, X-Rays...
Your vet mentioned wanting to do an echocardiogram on your cat, and now you're picturing something complicated and intimidating. Or maybe you already have the results in hand, chamber measurements,...
Why Is My Dog Drinking So Much Water? Causes Ex...
You've refilled the water bowl three times today and your dog is still at it. Before you write it off as "just the heat," here's what your dog's water intake...
Heart Disease in Cats: Signs, Types, and What I...
You brought your cat in for a routine vaccination, and the vet paused mid-exam, stethoscope pressed to her chest, listening a little longer than usual. "I'm hearing a murmur," they...
Acute Kidney Failure in Dogs: Emergency Signs a...
Your dog was completely fine yesterday. Today they won't touch food, they're vomiting, and something about how they're standing looks wrong. This isn't the slow decline you might associate with...
Heart and Blood Vessel Disorders in Cats: An Ov...
Your cat seems completely fine, eating normally, sleeping in her usual sunny spot, showing no obvious sign of trouble. Then one day, seemingly out of nowhere, she's breathing hard, hiding...