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Dr Mahaney Gives Pet Owners Tips on How to Perform Canine and Feline Acupressure

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Recently, petMD asked me to contribute to a series of helpful tips for pet owners interested in applying acupressure techniques to their canine and feline companions.   The tips are presented as a slideshow with photos of some of my patients receiving needle, laser, and moxibustion treatment: Acupuncture for Dogs and Cats. Here is the

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Five Top Veterinary Health Strategies Help Commemorate National Holistic Pet Day

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This article originally appeared on Dr. Mahaney’s The Daily Vet column on petMD. I’m teaming with Flexcin (makers of FlexPet joint supplement) to host a live video stream and chat on Flexcin’s Facebook page (<—sign up  and participate here) for National Holistic Pet Day on Thursday 8/30/12 at 12P and 3P EST (9A and 12P PST).  Join us

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How the Dog Days of Summer Put Your Pet’s Health at Risk

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This article originally appeared on Dr. Mahaney’s The Daily Vet column on petMD. The dog days of summer (or every day in regions that are balmy year-round) present numerous hazards and stressors associated with warm weather and summertime festivities for our pets. Summertime Climate Changes Increased heat creates a variety of health risks for pets. Unlike humans,

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Ticks: Opportunistic Bloodsuckers and Vectors for Disease Transmission

One of these Lyme Disease spreading ticks could end up on you or your pet.

This article originally appeared on Dr. Mahaney’s The Daily Vet column on petMD. Now that you’ve gotten up to speed on the Clinical Signs, Infectious Diseases, and Natural Treatment Options for Fleas, let’s move onto the flea’s fellow blood-sucking proverbial cousin, the tick. Tick Appropriate Environments and Situational Opportunism Like fleas, ticks require the right combination of environmental

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Top Ten Topics Veterinarians Wish Pet Owners Better Understood Part 2

Cardiff Could Be Considered a Lemon by Health Standards Correlating with Breeding

This article originally appeared on Dr Mahaney’s The Daily Vet column on petMD. How do thriving puppies and kittens become unhealthy dogs and cats in their adult and senior years? To further explore this topic, I created a list — Top Ten Topics Veterinarians Wish Pets Owners Better Understood. Last week I gave you the first five. Let’s

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