Most people will be shocked to read that approximately one in four of all euthanasias in dogs are due to behavioural problems and the rate is even higher in dogs less than one year old. A dog's behaviour is influenced by three main factors - environment, genetics and learning.
In the summer months temperatures inside closed cars can soar to 40 degrees very quickly. Unaware owners, who leave their pets in locked cars with minimal or no fresh air, can arrive back to the car to find their pet with severe heat stroke.
A flea can suck your pet's blood within a minute of jumping onto it. Fleas will mate on your pet within 8 hours of feeding and start laying eggs at 24 hours. One flea today can result in 760 fleas in a month and over 1.5 million fleas in two months.
Tetanus is
an uncommon but invariably fatal disease in horses. Any horse can develop
tetanus at any time from a wound so small you may not even be aware it exists. Every horse should be vaccinated against tetanus from three months of age. The vaccintaion programme requires