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Dogs / Breeds

Adorable Dog Breeds with Long Ears

Long, floppy ears are not just an endearing look. In scent hound breeds especially, they evolved for a functional reason, sweeping scent particles up off the ground towards the nose as the dog tracks.

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Dogs / Health

Worst Dog Breeds for Allergies: Avoid These Triggers

Dog allergies are usually blamed on hair, but the real culprits are proteins found in dander, saliva and urine, which cling to loose fur and spread through a home. Breeds that shed heavily, drool a lo

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Dogs / Health

What to Do If Your Dog Has Hives

Hives, medically called urticaria, show up as raised, red, itchy welts on the skin, often appearing within minutes to hours of exposure to a trigger. They can look alarming, especially if they appear

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Dogs / Behaviour

They Can "Catch" Yawns

Contagious yawning — the phenomenon where seeing someone yawn triggers your own yawn — was long thought to be uniquely human or, at most, shared with great apes.

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Dogs / Health

Do Dogs Need Vitamins and Supplements?

Supplement aisles, whether online or in a pet store, are full of products promising better coats, stronger joints and longer lives. Whether your dog actually needs any of it depends heavily on what th

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Dogs / Health

Hookworms in Puppies: A Small Parasite With a Genuinely Serious Bite

Hookworms are tiny, rarely visible to the naked eye, and yet they are among the more dangerous intestinal parasites a puppy can pick up, precisely because they feed on blood rather than simply sharing

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