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Animal Skin and Allergy Clinic | Not So Fun in the Sun: Dog Skin Issues You May Encounter This Summer
Hound scratching.

Skin challenges can occur any time of the 12 months, but our veterinarians at Animal Pores and skin and Allergy Clinic tend to see more of them during the warmer months of the yr. Find out what pores and skin troubles may plague your pooch this season, what to do about them, and in some scenarios, how to protect against them.

The Significant 5

There are numerous different challenges that influence our pets’ pores and skin. Quite a few can show up similarly and demand diagnostic testing and an qualified eye to pinpoint. Here are a number of skin problems that we see a whole lot of in the summer months. 

The large five incorporate:

  1. Flea allergy dermatitis–Fleas are at their peak exercise degrees in the course of the summer months, and though these tiny parasites can be annoying in and of them selves, some animals experience an precise
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Flyball: A fast-paced, fun, noisy sport for dogs and the owners who love them (video)

It’s all about dogs and their owners working as a team – a relay team.

The sport is flyball. It’s noisy, fast-actioned and fun.

Flyball entails teams of four dogs racing against each other on the clock over a flat, 51-foot course. Each dog runs from a starting line, over four hurdles to reach a box with a slanted surface that releases a tennis ball when the dog hits a plate on the lower part of the slated surface.

The dog grabs the ball in its mouth and then does a quick turnaround, similar to a turn made by a competitive human swimmer hitting the edge of a swimming pool..

With the ball in its mouth, the dog then re-traces the route back over the hurdles and past the starting line and to its handler. Just as the one dog crosses the line, the next one takes off.

Two flyball

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