Dog Health Insider Editorial Team You can safely do three things at home: gently clean the discharge away, protect the eye from rubbing, and watch specific signs closely. You cannot cure an eye infection at home, and the eye is one place where guessing wrong is expensive — the same red, goopy, squinty eye can be conjunctivitis, a corneal ulcer, … Read more
VetIQ Hip & Joint is a low-cost, chicken-flavored soft chew sold mainly through Walmart, Chewy and Sam’s Club. PetIQ’s own product page describes it as built on “glucosamine, omegas, and MSM,” and — importantly — publishes no per-serving amounts for any of them. Whether the product helps your dog depends far less on the brand … Read more
The classic dog yeast infection symptoms are itching, redness, a greasy or waxy film, and a distinctive musty smell, concentrated in warm folded areas like the ears, paws, armpits, groin and skin folds. Over weeks, the affected skin often thickens and darkens, and the coat thins where the dog has been licking or chewing. None … Read more
A dog safe toothpaste is one designed to be swallowed rather than spat out — which means it contains no xylitol, no added fluoride, and no high-foaming detergent load. That single difference is the whole reason human toothpaste is off-limits: your dog cannot rinse and spit, so every ingredient ends up in the stomach. The … Read more
Dog itching with no fleas? Allergies, yeast, mites and a damaged skin barrier are the usual causes. Learn how to tell them apart and what safely helps.
A dog eye ulcer causes sudden squinting, tearing and a cloudy spot on the eye. Learn the symptoms, causes, vet treatment and safe at-home aftercare.
The Wuffes joint supplement is a pork-liver-flavored soft chew sold by Wuffes, a US direct-to-consumer pet brand, built around glucosamine HCl, MSM, chondroitin sulfate and green-lipped mussel, with smaller amounts of vitamin C, hyaluronic acid, pollock-oil omega-3 and yucca schidigera. Whether it is worth buying depends almost entirely on which size version you are looking … Read more
ProDenta is a powdered dental supplement for dogs sold by Pup Labs, sprinkled onto food or added to water rather than brushed onto teeth. Its published ingredient panel is built around spirulina, oregano, peppermint, pumpkin and “flavonoid superfoods,” and the brand markets it for plaque, tartar and breath. Checked against the live VOHC Accepted Products … Read more
ProBright Advanced is PetLab Co.’s daily dog dental powder, built around a two-strain probiotic blend, brown algae (Ascophyllum nodosum), sodium hexametaphosphate, rosemary leaf extract and decaffeinated green tea, scooped onto food once a day. Two of those actives — the algae and the sodium hexametaphosphate — have genuine peer-reviewed backing in dogs, which puts the … Read more
A dog ear wash is a liquid solution poured into the ear canal to soften and float out wax and debris, then allowed to shake out — it cleans, it does not treat infection. Most healthy dogs need it rarely; dogs with allergies, floppy ears or a history of otitis need it far more often, … Read more