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Is a raw meat diet right for your pet?
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Story: Raw meat diet | Pet owners discuss: Do you feed your pet raw meat?
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The growing list of small nonprofits involved in training affordable assistance dogs for vets has created a Wild West-type atmosphere in the service dog world
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Story: Service dogs for vets
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Dot Com"She loved to play in water so much that on a daily basis she would lean her front paws on the side of the tub, push the curtain over with her snout and then let the spray soak her face and try to catch it on her tongue like a kid catching snow flakes." > More
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Q:What is a histiocytoma supposed to look like as it heals? Is the scabbing normal, or should we bring (our dog) back to the vet for more tests?PugsandKisses
A: These are benign growths that usually affect younger dogs and tend to resolve on their own within a couple of months. I'd recommend that an Aspirate always be done to rule out more serious tumors (e.g. Mast cell tumors) which closely resemble Histiocytoma. > Read more about Histiocytoma
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