Tartar, excess weight and ear infections develop slowly and can be spotted early.
You can recognise constipation in your dog by unsuccessful straining or the absence of faeces for over 24–48 hours.
Cataracts cloud the lens over weeks, while glaucoma acutely increases intraocular pressure. With glaucoma, hours determine your dog's vision.
Finally it’s here, summer time. Great weather, cooling off in the lake, long evening walks – who doesn’t like that?
Is the due date for the pregnant female dog approaching soon?
After removing a tick, you must reliably kill it, otherwise it can lay up to 4,000 eggs.
A haematoma auris in a dog is usually caused by vigorous head shaking during ear infections.
Dogs often explore unknown objects with their mouths and sometimes swallow foreign bodies.
Essential oils can be toxic to dogs, causing anything from breathing difficulties to liver damage.
Soft lumps under a dog's skin are usually harmless lipomas, but not always.
Blood poisoning in dogs is a life-threatening emergency. Recognising these symptoms and acting immediately saves lives.
Dog saliva contains over 600 types of bacteria, most of which are harmless to healthy people.
A dog allergy does not automatically mean the end of the human-dog relationship.
Tartar, excess weight and ear infections develop slowly and can be spotted early. If you keep an eye on your dog's teeth, weight, coat and behaviour, you will notice the warning signs in time. This section brings together preventive care, the most common conditions and first aid.
