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The last post talked about hormone replacement therapies, available as a cream. Those sex hormones do affect our pets, and we should be cognizant when we use these products (or if our parents or even grandparents are using this stuff).
But that’s not really the bad stuff.
Enter the devil – Efudex,
Baby Boomers are getting older, and an increasing number of people (mainly women, but men as well) are using topical hormonal creams and lotions to ease the changes that life brings. What doctors and pharmacists forget to tell you, though, is that pets can be exposed to these drugs by
Xylitol is an artificial sweetener, used in everything from sugar-free gum to toothpaste. Deadly, really? Yes, really.
The beautiful thing about xylitol for people is that it is much sweeter than sugar, and has an extremely low glycemic index (meaning that your body does not secrete insulin in response). Unfortunately, this
Caffeine can be a pretty powerful stimulant, whether you are a person or a poodle. The trick here is weight (most of us outweigh our dogs). If you have a source of caffeine that causes effects in people, you can believe it will cause effects in dogs, especially little ones.
Caffeine
From an anatomy and physiology perspective, most mammals are pretty similar.
But that doesn’t mean that people, cats, and dogs are the same thing, right?
When it comes to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), the differences are potentially fatal. This class of drugs can be especially useful, but very dangerous.
Several weeks ago,
If you live here in North Texas, I don’t have to tell you it gets brutally hot.
Yes, it’s hot for us – but it is much worse for our dogs. Because they do not sweat, dogs are dependent on breathing/panting to help them transfer excess heat. This works reasonably well
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