Most of the dog health topics we write about here at Life In The Dog Lane are based on direct experience with our Lab. And while they range from the more obscure, like snow nose in dogs, to swimmer's tail in dogs, and what happens when your dog gets stung and you have no idea what to do, to the more ordinary like how to keep dog breath at bay and … [Read more...]
Ragweed Allergy In Dogs: When The Itching Won’t Stop
******** For more info, check out our follow-up posts: Ragweed Allergy in Dogs - Part 2: Mastering decisions about your dog's health and Ragweed Allergy in Dogs - Part 3: Dealing with medication side-effects. ******** Has hayfever gone to the dogs? It seems so. Dogs get seasonal allergies too. With summer winding down and fall quickly … [Read more...]
Why Dogs Snore…And Why It May Be Easier To Curb Than You Think
Does your dog snore like a freight train all night long? When Fido snores, we all lose sleep. And we all know how well we function on too little sleep, don't we? Answer: Not very well. We get more frustrated and less patient, and put ourselves at risk of injury or illness because we're more clumsy and less immune to viruses we come in contact … [Read more...]
Snow Nose In Dogs
Pretty in pink. Snow nose or winter nose; now known to no longer be just a winter condition, or one that happens just to dogs who live in northern climates, but one that affects northern and southern climate dogs equally and at any point during the year or their lifetime. Case in point, our light-coated Labrador Retriever, Juno. An … [Read more...]
Swimmer’s Tail In Dogs
Have you heard of this? Until last summer, we hadn't. I didn't even think it was real. It's very real. Our Lab, Juno, got it last year. Swimmer's Tail occurs when dogs swim in water that's either too warm or too cold, or when dogs simply swim for too long and aren't yet properly conditioned for that amount of activity. We don't know if it was … [Read more...]