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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
Posted in exam, health, vet
Tagged abnormalties, animals, appointment, Australian Shepherd, awesome, CERF, certified, certify, Clancy, disease, dogs, exam, excellant, eyes, foundation, health, hereditary, local, normal, Oakley, OFA, ophthalmologist, orthopedic, pass, poodle, test, tests, track, vet, veterinarian, veterinary, year
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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
Posted in Cavaliers, health
Tagged assurance, cardiologist, Cavalier, cavaliers, checked, coordinate, cycles, dogs, Faith, females, happy, health, heart, heart checked, hearts, hospital, normal, OFA, Pullman, teaching, tested, time, trip, vet, veterinarian, veterinary, WSU
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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
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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Tagged adult, application, appointment, CERF, certification, doctor, dogs, exam room, exams, eye diseases, eye exams, eye specialist, eye tests, eyes, forms, health tests, hereditary, Lucy, normal, OFA, official, purebred dog, routine, Sundae
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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
Posted in dogs, health, Uncategorized
Tagged appointment, Blessing, broken, Cavalier, check up, cleaned, cleaning, dental, dental disease, dental scaler, dentist, dogs, exam, healthy, heart, mouth, Noah, poodle, professionally, pulp, Reba, slab fracture, surprises, teeth, tooth, vet, veterinarian, vital organs
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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
Posted in health, Uncategorized
Tagged appointments, cavaliers, cavapoo, clear, clinic, dogs, exam room, eye chart, eye exam, eye exams, Flower, girl, health tests, hereditary eye diseases, normal, poodle, rosie, Treasure, veterinary ophthalmologist
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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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Tagged cavaliers, certification, clear, doctor, dogs, eye exams, healthy, normal, OFA, poodles, students, veterinary
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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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Tagged appointment, certification, disease, doctor, dog, exam, eyes, health, healthy, hereditary, normal, OFA, specialist, tests
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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
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