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What Is Rabies and How to Manage?

Rabies is a 100% fatal viral disease caused by bites of rabid animals. Rabies has global distribution, but countries like Japan, Ireland, UK, Spain, Norway, Portugal, Norway, and Sweden are considered to be free from rabies. It is prevalent in...

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Dog Bites- Preventing Infection After Dog Bite

I learned about Mint Julep Masque to prevent infection from the clerk at Sun Harvest. When I sustained dog bite wounds on my finger and hand, I knew I was at high risk for infection. The masque not only prevented infection, but my swelling and redness were gone in 48 hours and I regained full range of motion. I now use Mint Julep for puncture wounds, insect bites and other skin lesions.

11 comments    dog bite dog bites epsom salts
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Severe Dog Attacks and Pit Bulls

"How has the landscape of America and the mindset of Americans changed so dramatically in only a few decades? Is it canine behavior that has changed so drastically? Or have we, with our growing ignorance of dogs, become so unreasonable that any flaw...

94 comments    german shepherd pit bull cdc
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How to train your dog not to be food aggressive

How do you deal with a food aggressive dog? This hub tries to give some advice about the underlying issues, mainly dominance problems, and provides some, hopefully helpful, tips and tricks to get you and your dog "back on track" in your relationship ;-)And if you look at my avatar you can see that I am a "true" dog person!

109 comments    dogs dog dog training
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Course of action if you are bitten by a dog

Dog bites are pretty quick to happen. As a matter of fact most dog bites come unexpected mostly because many people of unaware of the dog's body language. If you were bit by a dog you are in very good company, according to the CDC (Centers for...

21 comments    dog law liability
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How To Prevent Dog Bites Involving Children

One of the worst situations a parent or a dog owner can experience is when a child is bitten. These traumatic events harm the child and the dog and cause needless pain and suffering. One of the saddest statistics regarding dog bites in children is...

25 comments    advice how to children
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Home Owners Insurance for Dog Owners

Even though they'd like you to think that dog bites make up at least 1/3 of insurance claims, dog bites really make up about 1% of the total insurance claims, which is a big difference. It's about three times less than theft claims. And, it's highly...

8 comments    dogs insurance dog
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How to Tell if Dogs are Playing or Fighting

Telling apart two dogs that are playing from two dogs that are fighting may be quite challenging especially for novice dog owners. Perhaps, the main issue derives from the fact that dog play often focuses on...

6 comments    play session rough playing dog
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Dachshunds Are More Aggressive - Dog Aggression Study

You may or may not have seen the dog bit study that was done by a University of Pennsylvania researcher. If you haven't, then you may be surprised at the top three dogs that are the biggest and most common to bite, and it wasn't the American Pit...

30 comments    dogs dog hubchallenge
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Signs a Dog is About to Bite

According to CDC statistics is is estimated that an average of 4.5 million Americans are bitten by dogs each year with one in five dog bites requiring medical attention. With these statistics in mind,...

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