by Dr Greg on October 29, 2009
With a title like that, I have to be selling something…right? Do I want to draw people to my website to buy my book? You betcha! Can the info in the book prevent tumors? I believe so. Let’s talk about it.
Dogs have several classes or different types of “masses” or growths that grow on the skin or under it. The most
sucking cells out of tumor or mass
common type is a papilloma or warty growth that slowly grows on the skin in middle-aged to older dogs. Next is the lipoma, or fatty growth underneath the skin or between the muscle layers. The nastiest and most dangerous skin tumor spreads locally and internally (metastasis= Meta (change) + stasis (stays in one place)). Its name is the mast cell tumor. This is the skin tumor vets want to rule out by aspirating a suspicious lump or mass. Looking at the cells we suck out of the mass often lets us know what we need to do. I say often because [click to continue…]
by Dr Greg on October 23, 2009
Does your dog hold his or her head to one side? Scratch at his ears? Shake her head from side to side? Have a moist yeasty smell and grayish yellow gunk coming out of the ear? 
These symptoms are some of the most common ones that veterinarians see daily, and they can be the hardest to [click to continue…]
by Dr Greg on October 21, 2009
Dry cat food would be easier!!
The ancestors of your fluffy cat by the window, lying in the sun, also liked their down time, but they were busy hunting when they weren’t napping. Their diet consisted of small mammals, birds, reptiles, and bugs. These “crunchy packages” supplied the nutrients and moisture they needed to [click to continue…]
by Dr Greg on October 14, 2009
Here I am with the first copy of Dog Dish Diet. I'll soon have books for sale here on the site
I suppose one doesn’t actually CELEBRATE National Pet Obesity Awareness Day. Overweight dogs and cats are becoming as common as overweight people. And that’s not a good thing. Furthermore, we’re seeing increases in diseases that are related to obesity–most particularly diabetes and joint injury/arthritis. [click to continue…]
by Dr Greg on October 11, 2009
Einstein spent a great deal of time looking for the universal theory that would unite the theories of the very large things around us (universe, galaxies, black holes) and the very small things (neutrinos, quarks, leptons) inside and around us. His well known [click to continue…]
by Dr Greg on October 4, 2009
This tick is engorged with the dog's blood
Tick-borne diseases are those carried and spread by blood-sucking ticks, which inadvertently ingest these “hitchhikers” and transfer them to the next victim. If the immune system of the new host doesn’t fight them off, a tick-borne disease can cause the animal to become ill. [click to continue…]
