STUDY FINDS POPULAR SHORT-NOSED BREED AT INCREASED RISK OF HEALTH PROBLEMS
A study published in the journal of Canine Medicine and Genetics proves what common sense has dictated for years: French Bulldogs, a...
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tinypawssanctuary
- Dec 2, 2021
- 4 min
URINARY STONES IN DOGS AND CATS: Two Very Different Outcomes
Both dogs and cats can develop urinary stones, but they often have very different results. They can be dramatically large, like the...
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tinypawssanctuary
- Nov 28, 2021
- 4 min
IMMUNITY: Breaking It Down Into Simple and Fun Terms
Immunity is everything to humans and animal alike. Immunity is what keeps us healthy. A good working animal immune system comes from...
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tinypawssanctuary
- Nov 27, 2021
- 3 min
CHILDREN, DOGS & AGGRESSION: Understand Your Dog's Warning Signs Before It's Too Late
In an earlier article, I wrote about the controversy regarding rescues adopting out dogs with a bite history. Here's the next question....
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tinypawssanctuary
- Nov 24, 2021
- 3 min
DESIGNER DOG BREEDERS: Exploiting Mixed Breeds and Cheating You Out of Your Money $$
In 1989, Wally Conron, puppy breeding manager for the Royal Guide Dog Association of Australia, was asked by a woman in Hawaii for a...
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tinypawssanctuary
- Nov 23, 2021
- 3 min
BREEDING UNHEALTHY DOGS IN THE NAME OF "CUTENESS"
In order to create some of the most appealing dog and cat breeds, humans have bred animals to have traits that are not in the best...
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tinypawssanctuary
- Nov 22, 2021
- 2 min
YOU COULD BE KILLING YOUR PET: The Effects of Second-Hand Smoke on Their Health
Sometimes, what we won't do for ourselves, we will do for our pet. Hopefully, giving up smoking is one of them. Living with a smoker puts...
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tinypawssanctuary
- Nov 21, 2021
- 7 min
EUTHANASIA: Determining Quality of Life, Making the Decision, and What to Expect
With the improved vet care we have today, it seems few animals pass on their own with dignity and without suffering. Most pet parents...
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tinypawssanctuary
- Nov 19, 2021
- 2 min
PILLOW FOOT: Not As Comfortable As It Sounds
A few years ago, I received a message from a young woman asking if we could take her cat, Reggie, who had deformed paws. We had room at...
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tinypawssanctuary
- Nov 17, 2021
- 2 min
ENTROPION: How Eyelashes Can Cause Vision Loss
A stray cat kept coming to our sanctuary several years ago, as many stray and feral cats do. We named him Ze. His eyes got worse by the...
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tinypawssanctuary
- Nov 16, 2021
- 4 min
SHOULD DOGS WITH A BITE HISTORY BE ADOPTED?
I've been in animal rescue and worked professionally with animals since the mid nineties. I fought to save as many animals as I could and...
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tinypawssanctuary
- Nov 15, 2021
- 2 min
ELECTRICAL CORD BITE INJURIES: How To Recognize It and What to Do
Several years ago, Onyx, one of our Chihuahuas who is always a mischief maker, bit the cord of an electric fan. Before we could get there...
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tinypawssanctuary
- Nov 13, 2021
- 3 min
FAKE ANIMAL RESCUE ORGANIZATIONS: How They Began and How to Spot Them
Public opinion has helped transformed the way people acquire pets. At one time, we asked "how much is that doggie in the window?" Our...
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tinypawssanctuary
- Nov 9, 2021
- 3 min
BONE REMODELING FOR JEFFERY AFTER ABUSE
The body does remarkable things to heal itself. While it can't grow a new limb, it can do, what is called, "bone remodeling". Jeffery and...
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tinypawssanctuary
- Nov 8, 2021
- 3 min
PANCREATITIS: The Inevitability of the Holiday Season
With the holidays coming, veterinarians always prepare their staff to deal with an influx of pancreatitis. Our pets are part of the...
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tinypawssanctuary
- Nov 7, 2021
- 5 min
ARE "NO KILL" SHELTERS REALLY MORE HUMANE?
Its the dream in animal rescue that all pets have a good home and no healthy animal be euthanized because there's no space left in the...
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tinypawssanctuary
- Nov 6, 2021
- 2 min
MICRO-TRACHEA, BRADYCARDIA, SYNCOPE AND A DOG WHO REFUSES TO GIVE UP
Panda has been at our sanctuary, Tiny Paws Sanctuary for Special Needs Animals since he was a puppy. He was a very hyper puppy. He would...
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tinypawssanctuary
- Nov 5, 2021
- 3 min
CHOKING, THE HEIMLICH MANEUVER, AND CPR FOR DOGS AND CATS
There's not many things more terrifying for a pet parent than to see their pet choking. I experienced it myself a few weeks ago when our...
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tinypawssanctuary
- Nov 5, 2021
- 4 min
DOG-ON DANGERS OF FENCES & OTHER CONFINEMENT METHODS
in most areas of the United States there are city or county ordinances that require that a pet be confined to your property and not...
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tinypawssanctuary
- Nov 4, 2021
- 3 min
SEIZURES: What it looks like and what you can do when a doctor is not available
There are different types of seizures and different causes. Generalized/Grand mal seizures are the most common. They are also, without a...
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