Dog owners, beware!!! The Arizona Humane Society issued a valley-wide warning about two new strain of Distemper disease, a deadly disease for man’s best friend. If you want to help protect your dog, make sure his vaccination is up to date. Many people ignore their own annual checkups and biannual dentist visits. So, it is easy to ignore the recommended vet visits. But this can be dangerous especially since Distemper disease is very easily spread among pets.

According to the Arizona Humane Society, there is not known cure for this deadly disease, which starts as a respiratory infection and spreads quickly throughout the body. Distemper spreads among dogs just as fast as the flu spreads among humans, especially in communal areas for dogs like dog parks, dog spas, and more. Typically, an increased number of cases of the disease are observed during the spring due to increases in the number of puppy litters. However, signs of the condition have been appearing much sooner and cases have spread as far away as Ohio and Georgia.  Dr. Bradley, veterinary and member of the Arizona Humane Society stated that this was not considered an outbreak as of yet, but the number of cases is noticeably on the rise.

Pets are part of the family too, so it’s a natural instinct to want to keep them healthy and happy!  In doing so, it’s important for pet-owners to realize that when you purchase some Benadryl or Vicks Vapor Rub, you’re in fact buying medicine for your pet as well!  Yes, it’s true, pets can benefit from some of the same exact human medicines that you take for your health; but you always must confirm with your veterinarian before taking any risky action!

My friend is nowadays very upset regarding his cute pet Dalmatian. Even I think all the owners of their Dalmatians must be aware of the dog health issues. In general, the Dalmatian is a hardy, sound, healthy breed unaffected by many of the orthopedic, ocular, and cardiac problems affecting many other medium to large breeds.