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The Journal
Getting More Out of a Fifteen-Minute Vet Appointment
A consultation is usually ten to fifteen minutes, and how much you get out of it depends heavily on what you bring to it.
Parasite Prevention Depends on Where You Live
Parasite prevention is one of the few areas of pet care where the right answer genuinely depends on where you live, and generic advice is worth very little.
Behaviour Changes That Mean "See a Vet"
Behaviour is data. A pet cannot report feeling unwell, so a change in what it does is often the first and sometimes the only sign that something is wrong.
What Belongs in a Pet First Aid Kit — and What Doesn't
A pet first aid kit is not a substitute for a vet. Its job is to let you manage the first fifteen minutes and get to one safely.
Dental Disease Is the One Owners Miss
Dental disease is the most common health problem in adult dogs and cats, and the most consistently overlooked — largely because the early stages are…
How to Read a Pet Food Label
Reading a pet food label is mostly a matter of knowing which numbers are meaningful and which are marketing. Three things on the bag actually matter.
How Much Exercise Does Your Pet Actually Need?
“Enough exercise” varies more between animals than almost any other care question, and getting it wrong in either direction causes problems.
How Much Water a Dog or Cat Should Drink
How much a pet drinks is one of the more useful things an owner can know, because a sustained change in it is an early sign of several conditions — and you…
Dog Years Are Not Seven to One
Multiplying by seven was always wrong, and it was wrong in an interesting way: it got the shape of ageing backwards as well as the scale.
Helping an Overweight Pet Lose Weight, Safely
Weight loss in a pet is arithmetic plus patience, and the arithmetic is more dramatic than most owners expect.
Body Condition Score: Reading Your Pet by Hand
The number on the scale means very little on its own, because a healthy weight depends entirely on the animal's frame. Body condition scoring is how vets…
How Many Calories Your Pet Actually Needs
Every feeding guideline on every bag of pet food is a starting point for an average animal. The arithmetic that produces a number for your animal is…