"Dr. Fogle's advice is so easy to understand that pet owners should need to visit the vet only to buy the special toothpaste he recommends" DAILYTELEGRAPH

Provide your dog with the best possible care, from puppyhood to old age.

Practising vet and bestselling author Bruce Fogle gives essential advice on everything you need to know, from nutrition and common health problems to first aid and when to consult a vet.

If your dog is a typical family dog it relishes your presence, revels in activities with you, thrives on your touch, delights in hearing your voice, regrets your absence and probably warns you if it thinks there is imminent danger. Your dog treats you as a member of its very own family. Your dog cares for you - truly, deeply cares for you. I've lived with dogs since the day I was born, and as a practising vet I've attended to their medical welfare for over 30 years. Personally, I don't have any problems calling their behaviour "love".

Clinical signs rapid reference

Introduction

YOUR FAMILY DOG

Selecting a dog

  Which breed?

A successful partnership

Responsible breeding

DISEASES AND

DISORDERS

The healthy dog

  Challenges to good health

Natural defences

  The immune response

  Pain as an early warning system

Balanced nutrition

  Ingredients of a healthy diet

  Energy needs throughout life

  Diet and health

Diagnosing illness

  Diagnostic aids

Medical intervention

  Vaccines and antibiotics

  Painkillers and anaesthetics

  Hormonal and other drugs

  Over-the-counter medicines

  Complementary pain

  therapies

  Giving drugs and nursing

  Surgery and aftercare

Immune system

  Influences on immune

  response

  Immune system disorders

  Allergies

  Autoimmune disorders

  Immunodeficiency

  conditions

Tumours

  Investigation and treatment

  Diagnosing tumours

  Assessing the dangers of

  tumours

  Treating tumours

  Skin tumours

  Skin growths that

  resemble tumours

  Tumours of the male

  reproductive system

  Tumours of the female

  reproductive system