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Published on many dog sites, this article was written by M. Christine Zink DVM, PhD, DACVSMR, renown for her work with performance dogs. I am a vet that works exclusively with performance dogs, developing rehabilitation… 
Published on many dog sites, this article was written by M. Christine Zink DVM, PhD, DACVSMR, renown for her work with performance dogs. I am a vet that works exclusively with performance dogs, developing rehabilitation…
When six-time Champion Hard Driving Bev started missing birds, professional trainer Joe McCarl attributed the changes to an aging dog starting to loose her senses. “She became really unsure around birds,” McCarl recalled. “This was…
Glucose (blood sugar) is the major source of metabolic energy in our canine athletes. The brain and red blood cells depend on glucose as their sole source of energy whereas many of the other body…
Achieving a Performance Edge. This was the general topic addressed during two days of presentations by four leading experts in the fields of canine nutrition, sports medicine, rehabilitation and performance to an audience of sporting…
The short grass prairie was tattered with an arroyo containing old rusty junk-cars and other weathered household artifacts such as washing machines that had seen better days. An orange and white setter locked up on…
October, in all her hues of autumn foliage, is a glorious time for travel to distant destinations for chasing birds with bird dogs. Two years ago I made my annual trip to southern Idaho to…
Thanks to Shawn K. Wayment, DVM for putting this First Aid Kit together for us! The following is a list of the things that I personally carry in my field dog first aid kit. Rarely…
As the snow recedes and the thermometer rises in the northeast to north central parts of the country, the training and trialing season begins anew. Many of us have been cooped up for much of…
Early this past summer, a field trial and hunting friend was diagnosed with chronic Lyme disease. This came after three years of misdiagnosis and ineffective treatment for what seemed like every illness known to man.…
The excitement of the 113th running of the National Championship at the famed Ames Plantation in Grand Junction, Tennessee draws attention to the tremendous athleticism and fitness of our canine athletes. Appropriate immunizations are as…