Welcome to dogs
For Value and Savings on everything for your dog, please visit Pet Essentials
For details on Dog Vitamins and Nutrients, please visit Cheap Dog Vitamins
For details on Pet Dental Health, please visit Pet Dental Health
Dogs Article
This is a selection made from among articles on Dogs. For a permanent link to this article, or to bookmark it for future reading, click here.
Everything You Need To Know About Heart Failure In Dogs
from:Heart failure in dogs occur when any kind of heart disease becomes so severe that a dog's heart is unable to circulate enough blood to meet all the needs of his body tissues. As a result of associated blood-pressure abnormalities, fluid may begin to pool in some of his tissues, and the blood supply decreases to those body tissues that are furthest away from the heart.
What can cause heart failure?
Any form of heart disease can cause this condition. A dog may be born with a defect that leads on to heart failure - such as a hole in the heart or a major blood vessel positioned wrongly - but in most cases heart failure is associated with an underlying heart disease that is not present at birth. These diseases include the following:
* Long-term disease of the major internal heart valves, making the valves ineffective as seals.
* Diseases of the heart muscle.
* An infestation of heartworms.
* Diseases of the tissues that surround the heart, leading to a build-up of fluid.
* Electrical disorders of the heart, affecting its beat rhythm and rate.
* Bacterial infections of the interior lining of the heart.
* Tumors of the heart.
Heart failure is obviously a very serious; life-threatening condition. For instance, heart-valve disorders are most common in middle-aged and older dogs, and in toy, miniature arid small breeds, especially the Cavalier King Charles spaniel, chihuahua, cocker spaniel, poodle and Yorkshire terrier. Heart-muscle disorders most commonly affect the boxer, cocker spaniel and doberman pinscher, as well as giant breeds, especially the Great Dane, Irish wolfhound, St Bernard and Newfoundland.
Early stages of heart failure: In the earliest stages of heart failure a dog may not show any symptoms, because changes that occur in his body will help to compensate for his failing heart. However, heart disease may still be detectable by a vet at an early stage. As the condition progresses, the dog will begin to exhibit symptoms. At first, this may only happen when his heart is under stress, such as on exercise, but later on his quality of life will deteriorate as he develops symptoms that are obvious on mild exercise or even at rest. Typical symptoms are mainly due to the build-up of fluid in the lungs and/or abdomen, to an increase in the size of the heart as it tries to compensate for its own failure, and to the inefficient pumping of blood around the body.
They may include the following: Exhaustion on exercise, Coughing, An increased breathing rate, Abdominal swelling, Weakness and lethargy, Cold extremities, Pale gums, Fainting, Weightloss, Reluctance to eat, and last but not least, Depression.
Dogs News
Chicago musher takes on Alaska's Iditarod - Chicago Sun-Times
 Telegraph.co.uk | Chicago musher takes on Alaska's Iditarod Chicago Sun-Times ANCHORAGE, Alaska — More than 1000 dogs barked and bounced with nervous energy in downtown Anchorage on Saturday, ... Iditarod launches drug testing of mushers | Sled-dog racing Iditarod launches drug testing of mushers Iditarod sled race struggles for sponsorship |
Dogs neglected, Navy says - Chicago Sun-Times
 WALA-TV FOX10 | Dogs neglected, Navy says Chicago Sun-Times A security firm whose bomb dogs came under scrutiny in a CBS2/Chicago Sun-Times investigation in 2006 is now ... Navy says 3 dogs died after contractor neglect Navy Rescues Dogs From Outfit Hired To Make Them Bomb-Sniffers |
Plan for danger dog orders met with scepticism in Leicestershire - Leicester Mercury
 Daily Mail | Plan for danger dog orders met with scepticism in Leicestershire Leicester Mercury Plans to force all owners to insure against their dogs attacking someone have met scepticism in Leicestershire. Government proposals to overhaul the ... Britain could force owners to microchip their dogs Dangerous dogs – a bone of contention since 1839 Dog owners: Bangor leash law 'making a big deal out of nothing' |
DeKalb Girl Recovering After Dog Attack - MyFox Atlanta
 MyFox Atlanta | DeKalb Girl Recovering After Dog Attack MyFox Atlanta A young DeKalb county girl is recovering in the hospital Wednesday morning after a vicious dog attack. The 8-year-old was playing in her front yard after ... Florida Girl, 7, in Critical Condition After Dog Attack Girl, 7, Attacked by 2 Dogs 8-Year-Old Girl Critical After Lithonia Dog Attack |
For Jim Calhoun and UConn Huskies, season has gone to dogs after getting ... - New York Daily News
 New York Daily News | For Jim Calhoun and UConn Huskies, season has gone to dogs after getting ... New York Daily News Jim Calhoun won't be able to wash his hand of this one too soon as St John's Red Storm rolls his Connecticut Huskies. Which team do you think will win the ... |