Dogs in general suffer common ailments that affect their health individually. Although not all dogs necessarily fall victim to these diseases, some do. Some breeds, however, are more prone to a few diseases in particular. It is important to keep in main that many of these afflictions tend to appear as if directed towards breeds of dog in particular, when ...

A common growing disease, which affects dogs of almost every breed is hip dysplasia. This disease is characterized by the poor formation of the hip joints on younger, developing dogs. It is common place to find unsteady hip joints on larger adult dogs. However, hip dysplasia is a more serious ailment that may seriously hinder the physical activity of a ...

A common ailment among the Golden Retriever breed of dogs, is eye disease. A great number of these dogs may be affected by cataracts, as a hereditary trait in their genes. You can tell at a very early stage, if your dog has been affected with hereditary cataracts. Although the presence of this disease does not have to necessarily affect ...