Dog Medicine Shelf

How long can ticks live in your house?

The length of time ticks can live in your house varies by species. Some ticks will die in as little as 8 hours, while others can live for days and even lay eggs. According to Orkin, the Brown Dog tick can lay eggs indoors and their eggs can hatch, to then attack small house pets. For reference, Brown Dog ticks are ticks without any white markings on them.

I'm sure any of you who have owned animals throughout your lifetime have witnessed the toll time can take on our four legged friends. The joys of owning a dog can certainly outweigh the heartache you experience once things like arthritis and hip dysplasia set in. All we want to do as a responsible pet owner is fix everything and make it all better for those who we consider members of our family.

When an injury occurs on the field, the number one goal is to stabilize the dog until you can get professional treatment. Your canine first aid kit should be stocked so that you are confident you can achieve this goal. A first aid kit for a dog is similar to a first aid kit for a person Continue reading?

Have you recently brought home a new puppy or dog and now he needs some basic training, and you need a training aid? Try Pet Botanics Training Treats, these all natural low-calorie treats with a delicious Bacon flavor, and moist, not dry texture that dogs salivate over are perfectly sized for repetitive reward training. These Continue reading?

Two new puppies joined the Lion Country Supply team this week so we thought it might be appropriate to offer some Christmas gift recommendations for the new bird dog owner and hunter. Bird dog training requires some equipment investment, and although much of this equipment is considered essential by today's gun dog training standards, it's Continue reading?

This is our third blog post on Dr. Bob Rider's Sporting Dog First Aid session that was presented at the Lion Country Supply Bird Dog Days Customer Appreciation Event. The topic of this blog post is the treatment and prevention of Lyme disease and heart-worms, two very common threats to our canines. Lyme disease is one of the most common tick-transmitted diseases throughout the United States and Europe. A deer tick capable of transmitting Lyme disease must feed for 36 hours for the actual transmission to occur. If the tick has not actually attached and fed on the host, then the disease transmission has not occurred.

At the Bird Dog days Customer Appreciation Event Dr. Bob Rider gave a great session on sporting dog first aid, and the information proved to be so valuable that we decided to publish it into several blog posts for other dog owners to learn from. Our first blog post was about treatment of dog wounds, cuts, motion sickness and digestion issues. In this blog post the topic is the treatment of bee stings and venomous snake bites.

The Lion Country Supply Bird Dog Days event earlier this month was a great success with plenty of information shared by the professionals. And I personally thought the sporting dog first aid session given by Dr. Bob Rider of the Metzger Animal Hospital was invaluable to me as a dog owner. Dr. Rider shared information that would take any dog owner plenty of research and time to obtain, but he made information gathering a lot easier for those of us who were at the event. Also it's reassuring to hear it directly from a veterinarian associated with one of the most experienced animal hospitals in Pennsylvania.

Our gun dogs are constantly in cover that can be very hard on their eyes, and most of us at one time or another have to deal with and injury of some sort. I have found that flushing my dogs' eyes after running with the Vetericyn Eye Wash will Continue reading?

The first season has wound down and it's deer season here in PA. Arlo and I had a great season after a slow start with a cancelled trip to the Upper Peninsula (oh well!). Looking back on the dog work, I was cleaning up my gear bag and went through my canine first aid kit. Continue reading?

Here in North Central PA we are experiencing record low temps and with that, working hard to keep our dogs comfortable. In addition to a draft free box with plenty of dry fluffy straw, It is very important to make sure that the dogs stay hydrated and are given extra food to make up for Continue reading?

I was recently running my little squirrel dog when I heard him give a pretty good yelp as if he were in some pain. I started in his direction and got to him within a minute or two to see him limping towards me. When I picked him up there was the remnant of a Continue reading?