Blog: Dog
Why Is My Dog Drinking So Much Water?
There are over twenty common (and less common) causes of polydipsia (drinking too much). From diabetes and Cushings disease to compulsive behavioral overdrinking. Some are easily treated while others can only be maintained. But it is important to not restrict the dog’s water until a cause can be found. Some...
Heartworm – What You Really Need to Know
Seriously…do we even have heartworm in Ontario? Unfortunately, we do. There are several hundred cases in Canada each year, with the bulk of them (about 70-75%) being in Ontario – that means over 150 cases within 100 miles of Clappison Animal Hospital were reported in 2014. Don’t forget, these are...
Ziggy's Story by Dr. Maegan Melillo
Ziggy is a 5 year old Golden Retriever that came to see us for feeling very under the weather. Ziggy had no appetite and had been vomiting. He was very dehydrated and for normally rambunctious dog, Ziggy was absolutely listless. Ziggy was immediately admitted in hospital and we started to...
Lessons from a Leashed Dog
We live in frustrating times. For dogs and humans. Regulations, rules, laws and restrictions abound; in many ways, like our dogs, we are tied up. What can our leashed dogs teach us? The cure for our frustrations. The fourth century Stoic Roman philosopher Seneca believed that anger, and thus frustration, can...
