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Banfield Pet Hospital – the nation’s leading provider of preventive veterinary care and part of the Mars Veterinary Health family of practices – surveyed 1,000 U.S. dog and cat owners and analyzed its pet medical record database to gain insights on the state of heartworm prevalence in pets, including seasonal and local trends. According to the [...]

Mars Veterinary Health, through its UK veterinary group Linnaeus and in partnership with Waltham Petcare Science Institute, today announced a first-of-its-kind partnership with SageTech Veterinary to pilot an innovative anaesthetic gas capture solution to help prevent harmful greenhouse gases from entering the atmosphere. During a typical anaesthetic procedure, less than five percent of the volatile anaesthetic agent delivered to a [...]

We want to see our readers #NextGeneration photos to be shared on The #CanineChronicle! Thank you to one of our readers for for sharing this sweet photo of Kai and Jack – best friends! Do your children train the puppies? Do they love to groom the dogs and get them show ready? Do they help whelp [...]

What breed of dog am I? I am a breed in the Non-Sporting group; the oldest and smallest of Japan’s dogs. I was originally developed for hunting by sight and scent in the dense undergrowth of Japan’s mountainous areas. I am alert and agile with keen senses, I am also an excellent watchdog and companion. My frame [...]

By Amy Fernandez Auburn, Mass., about an hour’s drive outside of Boston, is no major metropolis. Auburn’s K9 Unit consists of Officer David Ljunggren and a four-year-old German Shepherd, Biza. Not much, but they have truly done their share to solve cases. Their latest success story took place on the evening of January 31. It [...]

Did you correctly answer this week’s #ThrowbackThursday Canine Chronicle Cover edition? Answer: Era, GCH GrandCru Clos Erasmus. Owned by Melanie Steele, Rindi Gaudet & Rose Tomlin. Era was bred by Melanie Steele, Rindi Gaudet & Clint Livingston and shown by Rindi. Don’t forget! Do you have a fun photo that you would like to share [...]

By Amy Fernandez For some strange reason, dogs are constantly popping up in the news these days. In one sense, I would say that this media interest is long overdue. But like I said before, the best place to start making amends is by getting the facts straight. The latest big buzz I’m referring to is [...]

by Peter Baynes From the archives of The Canine Chronicle, October, 2010 The original Mentor is a character in Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey. When Odysseus, King of Ithaca went to fight in the Trojan War, he entrusted the care of his kingdom to Mentor. Mentor served as the teacher and overseer of Odysseuss’ son, [...]

The top Agility dogs in the nation were crowned from an overall combined entry of 1,330 competitors at the AKC National Agility Championship presented by YuMOVE. The high energy competition was held March 14-17 at the Georgia National Fairgrounds & Agricenter in Perry, GA. “We had a stellar competition this year,” said Carrie DeYoung, Director [...]