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Dogs / Behaviour
Almost every dog owner has watched their dog spin in circles — sometimes three, sometimes ten — before finally settling down to sleep. This is a deeply embedded ancestral behaviour from wild canids wh
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Dogs / Health
Vet clinics look calm from the waiting room, a few dogs, a receptionist, the occasional bark. Behind that door, a vet's day is usually a mix of routine, unpredictability and long hours that most pet p
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Dogs / Health
With cannabis use, in various forms, becoming more visible in urban India, marijuana ingestion is turning up more often in vet clinics than it used to. Dogs process THC very differently from humans, a
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Dogs / Health
Once the monsoon eases and overgrown grass begins to dry out, parks, fields and roadside verges across India fill with a small, easily missed hazard, sharp grass seeds and awns that latch onto a dog's
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Dogs / Health
Laryngeal paralysis affects the muscles that open and close the voice box, which normally moves out of the way to let air flow freely when a dog breathes in. When those muscles stop working, breathing
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Dogs / Nutrition
Nectarine flesh is safe for dogs in small amounts, and the fruit follows the same safety pattern as its close relative, the peach: the danger is almost entirely in the pit, not the fruit itself.
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