It’s that time of year again. Yesterday alone we saw several cases where an owner complained their dog was having some type of “breathing attack”… where they looked like they were gasping for air, snorting, and in distress. When any of us doctors try to imitate the episode ourselves (because of course the dogs never [...]

Cats are territorial animals. It is in their genetic make-up to want to mark their territoral boundaries. They not only use their claws to capture and manipulate prey, but the claw marks they leave behind is a visual sign they want you to see. It’s just a fact of nature for the species.
As we have [...]