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As dental health is one of the most significant areas of health and wellbeing for your dog, the Bell & Bone Dental Sticks can help form part of your dog’s daily oral care regime. With four out of five dogs showing signs of gum disease by the age of three, which can lead to chronic pain and wide-ranging effects throughout the rest of their body,...

In this episode, find out the pet friendly travel ideas for caravanning with your dog to Castlemaine, Victoria. Learn about training a Border Collie and Border Collie health problems in this week’s dog breed profile. Dog trainer and pet behaviourist, Lara Shannon, provides her dog training tips for toilet training a puppy, advice on hiking with your dog and what to do if you lose...

Gyton and Lara explore all the useful information and advice that dog owners need to create a happy, healthy pooch. We meet the delightful and always funny Julia Morris and her gorgeous Portuguese Water Dog Tootsie, and social media sensations Maluka & Avalon as we talk about IVDD that affects many dachshunds. We find out why puppy school is so important to help set your...

The Blue Mountains and Kangaroo Valley, NSW, feature in this pet friendly travel episode. Learn more about the Staffordshire Bull Terrier breed in our dog breed profile. Expert dog trainer and pet behaviourist, Lara Shannon, demonstrates the benefits of playing brain games with your dog, as well as providing expert dog training tips for training puppies and how to prepare your pets emergencies, including bushfires....

In this episode of Pooches at Play Season 9, join Australian dog trainer and dog behaviourist, Lara Shannon, and Veterinarian, Dr Melissa Meehan and other pet experts, as they share their top dog training tips, dog health and dog grooming advice to help with everything you need to know to keep your dog happy and healthy. Topics covered in this episode include: Osteoarthritis in dogs-...

As we start the new year, I am already starting to receive calls from desperate pandemic puppy and rescue dog owners struggling with some of the most common dog behaviour problems including toileting inside, being destructive as well as reacting aggressively towards other dogs and people. Most of these dog behaviour problems can be attributed to COVID-19 lockdowns and a lack of proper socialisation, anxiety...

In a recent blog I discussed how dog behaviour problems in adult dogs often start due to a number of key reasons. These include: the dog having an aversive experience or series of events poor leadership and/or handler/owner inconsistency long standing behaviours that have been exhibited over an extended period of time (ie: from puppyhood) a lack of proper socialisation as a puppy genetics. The...

Spina Bifida in dogs can occur across many breeds, but most frequently presents in breeds with a corkscrew tail and those more commonly affected than others include the Chihuahua, French Bulldog, Collie, Doberman, Boston Terrier, Miniature Poodle and German Short Haired Pointer. Studies show the English Bulldog is also 3-times more likely to develop the condition than other breeds. Most puppies in Australia that display...

Some puppies are born deaf and other dogs can go deaf from a variety of causes, from chronic ear infections or injuries to drug toxicity and, just like us, old age.  Often people think that a deaf dog will have behavioural problems or will be too hard to train whilst, sadly, a lot of puppies that are born deaf are euthanised. However, a deaf dog...

Core vaccines, commonly known as the C3 vaccine, are given to puppies and adult dogs to protect them against highly contagious and potentially fatal diseases, while the C5 vaccine includes others such as Canine Cough. Here in Australia the core vaccination is for canine distemper virus, canine adenovirus – which causes hepatitis - and canine parvovirus. Fortunately, widespread, regular vaccination of our dogs and cats...