Health

When dogs get yeast infections on their feet, they tend to develop annoying signs such as licking and biting the paws. Not to mention, you may notice an unpleasant odor on your dog's paws. But why do dogs get yeast infections on their feet in the first place? And most of all, what can be done about it?

When dogs poop black, dog owners are often wondering where that black color is coming from. Let's face it: brown seems to be the universal color for stools and we therefore identify such color with normalcy, anything other than that may therefore send alarm bells ringing. Veterinarian Dr. Ivana Crnec discusses black stool in dogs along with potential causes for this abnormal color.

Dogs faint for a variety of reasons, but fainting after seeing blood or after winning the lottery, as it may happen in humans, is not one of them. Rather, in dogs fainting is, more often than not, not triggered by a strong emotional response, but sign of something not right in the health department. It goes without saying therefore that if your dog faints, a vet visit is in order to determine the underlying cause.

Your dog can choose to sleep in many areas, yet your feet seem to be your dog's favorite sleeping spot, but why do dogs sleep by their owner's feet?

Many dogs with heart failure cough and this coughing of course concerns many dog owners. Why do dogs with heart failure cough? In order to better understand coughing in dogs with heart failure, it helps understanding what happens exactly when dogs develop heart failure, and how it impacts the body to trigger coughing.

When dog ears smell, you need to put on your investigative hat and find out why. This means taking your dog to the vet to find out whether there may be an underlying medical cause to rule out or confirm. In the best case, you may be lucky and it turns out there's nothing wrong. In this article, veterinarian Dr. Ivana Crnec explains what may cause a dog's ears to develop a funky smell.

When dogs honk like geese, dog owners often wonder what's up with their dog.  A honking sounding cough in dogs is weird after all, as it may sound like nothing we have ever heard before. Hence, why many dog owners refer to it as a honking sound, almost as if dogs were geese.  Following are several potential causes for a honking sounding cough in dogs and what may cause it, by veterinarian Dr. Ivana Crnec.

When dogs vomit undigested food, dog owners are often concerned considering that the dog risks not obtaining many nutrients especially if the vomiting takes place quite often. An accurate diagnosis is therefore important to ensure the dog doesn't suffer any negative repercussions from such repeated vomiting. Following is information about dogs vomiting undigested food from veterinarian Dr. Ivana Crnec.