Category Archives: health

Why be normal

Because in this case normal is excellent! As each one of our dogs turns a year old, I make an appointment for them to see our “local” (104 miles one way) veterinary ophthalmologist for an eye exam. The doctor checks … Continue reading

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Assurance

I love the vets that take care of my dogs. But I still like to get the Cavalier hearts double checked by a cardiologist. And Monday found Faith and I headed to Pullman and  Washington State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital … Continue reading

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Was it worth it?

Yesterday I got up early, did my morning chores (and bathed two dogs) and headed out the door around 7:45 am heading to Pullman and Washington State University Veterinary Hospital. No worries, nobody was sick or injured. It was a … Continue reading

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Eye see you!

Back in March I posted about some of our young adults going to the eye specialist for testing. https://pinewoodcavapoos.com/2016/03/08/testing-testing/ This is just a routine thing we do with all the adult dogs to make sure they have no signs of … Continue reading

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All clean!

I’m fortunate that a lot of my dogs will let me use a dental scaler on them to help keep their teeth nice. But sometimes that is not enough, and the teeth need to be professionally cleaned. The dog must … Continue reading

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Testing, testing..

We have several dogs that we are growing up for our Cavapoo program. Some are “home grown” and some we acquired from other breeders. And it was time for a few of them to head to the veterinary ophthalmologist to … Continue reading

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On the road again

Yesterday I loaded up some more of our adult dogs and took them into the eye specialist for eye exams. It was another long day. I had to stop at my regular vet for a couple things first, then down … Continue reading

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“Normal”

That’s what we like to hear or see.  Normal in this context means no abnormalities. And that’s a good thing when we’re talking about a dog’s health. One thing we do to try and produce healthy puppies is to have … Continue reading

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The search may be over.

I’ve still been searching, hoping to find some more quality Poodles to add to the Pinewood family. Some days I think I’ve found one, then something doesn’t work out for some reason. Like the other day. I spotted this beautiful … Continue reading

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Are those cookies, mom?!

If you haven’t yet heard about NuVet supplement, please check it out under our “Health” heading on our website. I highly recommend it and hope all our puppies are started on it. Anything we can do to help our puppies … Continue reading

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