Pippa Elliot DVM, Author at The Labrador Site All about Labrador Retrievers Thu, 19 Jun 2025 13:43:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.4 Laryngeal Paralysis in Dogs – Our Vet Gives You the Information You Need https://www.thelabradorsite.com/laryngeal-paralysis-in-dogs/ https://www.thelabradorsite.com/laryngeal-paralysis-in-dogs/#comments Thu, 25 Jul 2024 13:25:00 +0000 https://www.thelabradorsite.com/?p=23582 We veterinarians see more laryngeal paralysis in more dogs than you might think. The most common breeds we see with it include the Black Russian Terrier, Rottweiler, Dalmatian, Siberian Husky, Bouvier de Flanders, Leonberger, or Great Pyrenees. But it can be an issue in other medium to large size breeds like Labradors, and any dog...

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]]> https://www.thelabradorsite.com/dog-scratching/feed/ 3 Pancreatitis in Dogs https://www.thelabradorsite.com/pancreatitis-in-dogs/ https://www.thelabradorsite.com/pancreatitis-in-dogs/#respond Fri, 21 Jul 2023 12:07:00 +0000 https://www.thelabradorsite.com/?p=22968 Canine pancreatitis is a common condition, often triggered by fatty foods. Canine pancreatitis symptoms mimic a stomach bug, but in reality they are much more serious. The word pancreatitis literally means inflammation of the pancreas. The dog’s pancreas is a small digestive organ lying alongside duodenum, the piece of gut that exits the stomach. Its...

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