Top Pooch
Our special friends
that complete our lives
Great Pyrenees
The majestic ancient guardian.

Fame
BOB at the 2004 GPCA National Specialty, Portland, OR
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DEATH, GRIEF AND PET LOSS
GENETIC ISSUES
GPCA PAMPHLETS
LIVESTOCK GUARDIANS
MEDICAL ISSUES
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Addison's disease links.
- Recent Advances in
Veterinary Anethesia and Analgesia: Companions Animals
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Bloat Links and Information
- Bone Cancer Information
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Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania
- Cancer in the Canineby
Pamela Davol
- Canine Cardiology
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Cushings Disease
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Cruciate Ligament tear/rupture
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Debarking - Cruelty, or lifesaving surgery?
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Degenerative Mylopathy - GPCA Health Committee Report (requires
Adobe Reader)
- Degenerative Spinal
Mylopathy Resources
- Do
you know when your dog is sick?
- Ear
Cleaning Techiques by Joanne Howl, DVM
- Ears - Medical
Treatment of Otitis Externa
- Eye Diseases - CERF
- Canine Epilepsy Network
- Exercise
and the Dysplastic Pup
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Optimal Feeding of Large Breed Pups by Jennifer Bones Larsen, DVM
- Giardia - cause
and control
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Gait - normal and lame - Excellent videos
- Preventing
Heartworm in Your Dog
- American
Heartworm Society info on Heartworm
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Heartworm stats for California, by county - 2001
- Hip X-Ray
Without Anesthesia: One Owner's View
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Leptospirosis - New Form of an Old Disease - Cornell Univ.
- Lyme Disease
- Glossary of Canine
Medical Terms
- Merck
Veterinary Manual - on-line edition
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Mosquitoes - bites and repellants
- Neutering:
Benefits and Safety
- Neutering:Early
Spay/Neuter
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Neutering: Determining the optimal age for gonadectomy of dogs and cats
by Margaret V. Root Kustritz, DVM, PhD, DACT
- Pain - - Guidelines
for the Recognition and Assessment of Animal Pain
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List of canine parasites, their pictures, hosts and lifecycles
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Pharmaceutical information on common medications including effects, side
effects and warnings.
- Poisonous
Plants in Your Yard
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Polyneuropathy
- Portosystemic Shunt
("liver shunt")
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Storm Phobia Treatment Karen L. Overall, VMD, Ph.D.,
Dipl. ACVB
- Summary of
Tufts study on effect of dietary protein on canine aggression
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Tick-borne diseases, other than Lyme
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Urinary Incontinence in the bitch.
- Valley Fever
in Dogs
- West Nile Virus links below
- Why
is my dog Vomiting?
- Worms,
Worming - U of Penn Vet site; comprehensive
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Vaccination Guidelines for Dogs & Cats