Multidrug Sensitivity: What You Need to Know
If you live with a herding breed, you probably know that your dog may be sensitive to certain parasite-control products, antibiotics, sedatives, chemotherapy drugs and pain medications. Many Collies, Australian Shepherds and related breeds can suffer life-threatening...
MDR1 FAQs
Australian Shepherds, along with several other mostly collie-type breeds, can carry a genetic mutation that makes them sensitive to certain drugs. Use of those drugs can cause serious neurological illness or death. Fortunately, there is a DNA test that will let you...
Multidrug Sensitivity in Dogs
Many herding breed dogs have a genetic predisposition to adverse drug reactions involving over a dozen different drugs. The most serious adverse drug reactions involve several antiparasitic agents (ivermectin, milbemycin and related drugs), the antidiarrheal agent...
Pet Obesity
It is estimated that over half of the dogs in the United States are overweight or obese. With these staggering statistics, it is more important than ever to focus on pet obesity, how to prevent it, and how to help your pet lose weight if he is in the overweight or...
Adopting a Pet From a Rescue (And Why the Rules Sometimes Seem Wacky)
Have you ever wondered why pet rescues rules are often so weird? Here’s the reason for all the red tape and how you can navigate it. Adopting a pet from a rescue is startlingly similar to adopting a human baby from an adoption agency. In both cases, the groups require...