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| Introduction | |
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| Preventive Health Care | |
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| Choosing a Healthy Dog or Puppy | |
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| Puppy or Adult? | |
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| Purebred vs. Mixed Breed | |
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| Allergic to Dogs | |
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| Children and Dogs | |
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| Screening for Health Problems | |
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| Temperament Testing | |
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| Puppy Lemon Laws | |
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| Health Checklist for 130 Popular Breeds | |
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| Raising a Healthy Puppy | |
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| Puppy Vaccines | |
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| Puppy Nutrition | |
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| Feeding to Prevent Hip Dysplasia | |
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| Puppy Health Hazards | |
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| Housebreaking | |
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| Puppy Warts | |
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| Baby Teeth | |
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| Spaying and Neutering | |
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| Keeping Your Adult and Senior Dog Healthy | |
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| Choosing a Vet | |
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| The Vaccine Controversy | |
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| How Old Is That in People Years? | |
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| Reading Dog-Food Labels | |
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| Bones and Raw Food Diet | |
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| Dangerous Foods | |
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| Weight Loss | |
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| Seasonal Health Hazards | |
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| Dental Care | |
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| Tennis-Ball Mouth | |
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| Travel Tips | |
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| Car Sickness | |
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| The Healthy, Happy Senior Dog | |
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| Common Canine Illnesses | |
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| Allergies, Itching, and Other Skin Diseases | |
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| Paw Licking | |
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| Allergies | |
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| Hot Spots | |
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| Food Allergies | |
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| Anal Glands | |
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| Skin Infections | |
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| Debunking Bathing Myths | |
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| Splitting Nails | |
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| The Dandruffy Dog | |
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| Lumps, Bumps, and Growths | |
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| Shedding | |
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| Dudley Nose | |
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| Vomiting, Diarrhea, and Other Digestive Ailments | |
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| Why Do Dogs Get Diarrhea? | |
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| Flatulence | |
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| Home Care for Diarrhea | |
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| The Dreaded Parvovirus | |
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| Another Bad Bloody-Diarrhea Disease | |
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| Irritable Bowel Disease | |
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| Digestive Enzyme Deficiencies | |
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| Pancreatitis | |
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| Why Do Dogs Vomit? | |
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| Regurgitating Puppies | |
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| Home Care for Vomiting | |
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| Bloat | |
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| Eating the Inedible | |
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| Liver Problems | |
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| Worms, Fleas, Ticks, and Other Creepy-Crawlers | |
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| Roundworms, Hookworms, and Whipworms | |
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| Children and Worms | |
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| Tapeworms | |
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| Other Intestinal Parasites | |
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| Heartworms | |
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| Picking a Heartworm Preventive | |
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| Collie Cautions | |
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| Fleas | |
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| Sorting Out Spot-ons | |
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| Natural Flea Prevention | |
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| Demodectic Mange | |
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| Scabies | |
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| Getting Rid of Ticks | |
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| Lyme and Other Diseases Transmitted by Ticks | |
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| Mental Health and Behavior Problems | |
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| Thunderstorms and Fireworks | |
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| Unlearning Fears and Phobias | |
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| Separation Anxiety | |
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| Canine Alzheimer's Disease | |
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| Dominance Aggression | |
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| Puppies on Prozac | |
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| Fear Aggression | |
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| Territorial Aggression | |
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| Bringing Home Baby | |
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| Sibling Rivalry | |
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| Dog Smarts | |
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| Submissive Peeing | |
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| Obsessive Licking | |
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| Rescue Remedy and Other Holistic Helps | |
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| Eye and Ear Diseases | |
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| Lash and Lid Problems | |
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| Tearstaining | |
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| Conjunctivitis | |
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| Eye Injuries | |
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| Cherry Eye | |
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| Dry Eye | |
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| Glaucoma | |
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| Applying Eye Medications | |
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| Blindness | |
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| Cataracts | |
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| Inherited Eye Problems | |
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| Ear Cleaning 101 | |
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| Recurring Ear Infections | |
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| A Swollen Ear | |
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| Deafness | |
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| Bones, Joints, and Arthritis | |
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| Causes of Hip Dysplasia | |
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| Treating Hip Dysplasia | |
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| Treating Arthritis | |
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| Knee Injuries | |
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| Wobbly Kneecaps | |
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| "Growing Pains" | |
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| Wobbly Necks in Little Dogs | |
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| Wobbler Syndrome in Big Dogs | |
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| Spinal Disk Disease | |
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| Foot-Dragging and Paralysis | |
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| The Heart and Circulation | |
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| Holes in the Heart | |
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| Other Birth Defects | |
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| Making Sense of Murmurs | |
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| Arrhythmias | |
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| Symptoms of Heart Disease | |
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| Valve Disease in Older Dogs | |
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| Portosystemic Shunt | |
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| A Big-Dog, Big-Heart Disease | |
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| Congestive Heart Failure | |
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| Heart Tumors | |
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| Treating Heart Disease | |
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| Supplements for Heart Disease | |
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| Colds, Coughs, and Other Respiratory Problems | |
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| Kennel Cough | |
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| Distemper | |
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| Snores, Honks, and Snorts | |
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| Collapsing Trachea | |
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| The Hiccups | |
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| The Flat-Nosed, Smushed-Face Blues | |
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| Laryngeal Paralysis | |
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| Fungal Infections | |
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| Panting | |
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| Bronchitis | |
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| Cold Nose, Healthy Dog? | |
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| Secondhand Smoke | |
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| Diabetes and Other Endocrine Diseases | |
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| Diagnosing and Treating Diabetes Mellitus | |
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| How to Give an Insulin Injection | |
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| Low Blood Sugar in Puppies | |
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| Low Blood Sugar in Adult Dogs | |
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| Hypothyroidism | |
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| Cushing's Disease | |
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| Addison's Disease | |
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| Seizures and Other Neurological Diseases | |
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| What Causes Seizures? | |
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| Treating Seizures | |
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| What to Do When a Dog Has a Seizure | |
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| Suddenly Dizzy Old Dogs | |
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| Droopy Face | |
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| Little White Shakers | |
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| The "Down Dog" | |
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| Dancing Dobermans | |
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| High-Stepping Rottweilers | |
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| Rabies | |
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| Tick Paralysis | |
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| Coonhound Paralysis | |
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| Myasthenia Gravis | |
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| Meningitis and Encephalitis | |
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| The Bladder, Kidneys, and Reproductive Tract | |
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| Urinating All the Time | |
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| Urinary Tract Infections | |
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| Crystals and Stones | |
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| Kidney Failure | |
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| Incontinence | |
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| The Heat Cycle | |
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| When to Spay | |
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| An Infected Uterus | |
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| False Pregnancy | |
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| Neutering | |
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| Giving Birth | |
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| The Hunt for a Missing Testicle | |
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| Prostate Problems | |
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| Blood and Lymph Disorders | |
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| Causes of Anemia | |
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| Immune-Mediated Hemolytic Anemia | |
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| Blood Cell Toxins | |
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| Low Platelets | |
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| Blood Transfusions | |
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| Shock | |
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| Blood Clotting Problems | |
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| Hemophilia | |
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| Blood Clots in the Lungs | |
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| Cancer and Cancer Treatment | |
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| Signs of Cancer | |
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| Diagnosing Cancer | |
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| Treating Cancer | |
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| Tumors of the Brain and Spinal Cord | |
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| Tumors of the Respiratory Tract | |
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| Mouth Tumors | |
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| Lymphoma, the "Good Cancer" | |
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| Leukemia | |
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| Multiple Myeloma | |
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| Liver Tumors | |
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| Skin Cancer | |
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| Bone Cancer | |
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| Breast Cancer | |
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| Stomach and Intestinal Cancer | |
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| Tumors of the Urinary Tract | |
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| Deciding When to Treat and When to Let Go | |
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| When the End Is Near | |
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| When Your Dog Is Very Ill--When Is It Time? | |
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| Euthanasia | |
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| Sudden Death | |
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| Children and the Loss of a Pet | |
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| Finding Support When You're Grieving | |
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| Nine Ways to Remember a Wonderful Dog | |
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| Quick Reference | |
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| First Aid Basics and Poison Control | |
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| Taking Your Dog's Temperature, Heart Rate, and Respiratory Rate | |
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| The Canine First Aid Kit | |
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| Basic Wound Care | |
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| How to Pill Your Pup | |
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| Making a Muzzle | |
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| Moving an Injured Dog | |
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| Getting Rid of Goo | |
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| Trimming Broken Nails | |
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| When and How to Induce Vomiting | |
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| 13 Common Household Toxins | |
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| Poisonous Plants | |
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| Safe Gardening | |
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| ABC Guide to Injuries and Emergencies | |
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| Antifreeze Poisoning | |
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| Bandaging a Leg | |
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| Bee Sting | |
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| Bite Wounds | |
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| Bleeding | |
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| Bloat | |
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| Broken Bone | |
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| Broken Tooth | |
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| Burns | |
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| Choking | |
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| CPR | |
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| Drooling | |
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| Drowning | |
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| Electric Shock | |
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| Eye Out of the Socket | |
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| Fever | |
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| Frostbite | |
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| Heat Stroke | |
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| The Heimlich Maneuver | |
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| Hit by a Car | |
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| Hives | |
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| Nosebleed | |
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| Panting | |
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| Paralysis | |
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| Poisoning | |
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| Porcupine Quills | |
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| Scorpion Sting | |
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| Seizure | |
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| Shock | |
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| Skunk Spray | |
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| Smoke Inhalation | |
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| Snakebite | |
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| Swallowed Object | |
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| Swollen Face | |
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| Swollen Joint | |
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| Toad Poisoning | |
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| Unconsciousness | |
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| Vaccine Reaction | |
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| Worms in Vomit or Feces | |
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| Hound Health Resources | |
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| Pet Health Insurance | |
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| Alternative and Complementary Medicine | |
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| Finding a Veterinary Specialist | |
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| Helpful Websites for Dog Owners | |
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| Index | |