Longer pieces about the things that decide what living with an animal is actually like — the emergency that kills a healthy dog in an afternoon, the four weeks a fish tank needs before any fish go in, why a rabbit that stops eating cannot wait until morning, and what to ask a breeder before any money changes hands.
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Ear infections turn up in profile after profile here — the spaniels, the retrievers, the swimming breeds, anything with a heavy drop ear. What most of those entries cannot fit is the single most useful fact about them: an ear that keeps getting infected usually has an underlying cause that has nothing to do with ears, and treating the ear alone is why it keeps coming back.
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General guidance, not veterinary advice. Anything about a specific animal — a symptom, a diet, a decision — is a question for a vet who has examined it.
