Greetings!
Depending how well I know you I either shake your hand or give you a hug. Perfectly polite. And depending on your state of health, I might have just picked up a cold, the flu or worse.
If we were two dogs, we'd sniff each other, nose to tail, to exchange our greetings. Perfectly good dog manners. And in doing so I might have
Read MoreTags: giardia, giardia canis, Pet Care Tips, Thirty pet safety tips in thirty days, pet safety month
Giardia are a scurge all year round. But they are especially active in Spring and Fall when there are nice puddles to play in and drink and damp earth to roll on and enjoy. We caught up with Dr. Chris Gaylord of North Slope Veterinary to get some background on this parasite that loves to cause tummy aches and worse.
Brooklyn Bark: What is Giardia and how is it transmitted?
Dr. Chris: Giardia (Giardia duodenalis) is a gastrointestinal parasite. It is a type of single celled organism called a protozoa. Both dogs and cats are susceptible although we see it more in dogs, likely because they are inveterate poop sniffers and always out on the streets.
Infected dogs shed Giardia cysts, which are like eggs, in their feces and the cysts can live for many months in the environment and are often found in
Tags: Dog walkers, Dog walking, dog health, giardia, giardia canis, cat health
Meet, Starbuck, an all-star on BBark's roster, on any Brooklyn dog walking company's roster. This pup can sniff out a discarded chicken bone about a block away in Downtown Brooklyn. And while Starbuck's precision-guided schnozz is quite impressive, it can --and has-- led him into some iffy scenarios of "insert in mouth first, ask questions later."
Read MoreTags: Brooklyn Dog Walker Tips, Brooklyn Bark, Dog walking, dog health, goldendoodle, giardia, giardia canis, intestinal parasite in dogs
