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July Heatwave Warning: How Sub-Clinical Dehydration Is Quietly Damaging Your Dog's Kidneys
Vets are calling it "thermal-induced renal stress," and most dogs showing it look completely fine to their owners.
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Vets are calling it "thermal-induced renal stress," and most dogs showing it look completely fine to their owners.
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Your dog doesn't need more space. According to research covered by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram on July 8, 2026, what actually reduces anxiety in dogs is a yard with more smells, not more square footage.
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On July 6, 2026, a recall was issued for two specific lots of Pedigree High Protein Chopped Chicken & Duck Flavor canned dog food due to potential contamination with metal and plastic fragments.
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A University of Pennsylvania and Guide Dogs for the Blind study published July 1st found that structured, consent-based socialisation up to 20 weeks of age reduces adult fear and reactivity by 62%. Not 6 weeks. Not 12. Twenty.
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The Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association published a warning on June 26, 2026 that a lot of dog owners haven't seen yet, and it's about a drug that's become quietly routine in arthritis treatment.
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North Carolina State University published research on June 24, 2026 in Frontiers in Veterinary Science showing that dogs in cognitive decline take measurably shorter strides with their front limbs, and that this gait change may appear before the behavioural symptoms most owners think to watch for.
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A study published this week found something that will probably annoy a lot of dog owners: stroking your dog lifts your mood, but it doesn't reduce your stress.
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A dog in Massachusetts tested positive for New World Screwworm in mid-June 2026. If you haven't heard of this parasite before, that's not surprising. Most vets practising today have never seen a case. The US declared it eradicated domestically back in 1966, and until a recent outbreak began spreading northward through Mexico and parts of Central America, it was largely considered someone else's problem.
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Most dogs have a paw preference. We just haven't been paying attention.
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Forbes Advisor's analysis of over 670,000 dogs, published June 10, 2026, put the French Bulldog at the top of the breed popularity rankings. Again. For owners who love the breed, that's probably unsurprising. For vets, it's the kind of statistic that lands with a quiet grimace.
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The Dog Aging Project published findings on June 8, 2026, through Texas A&M, showing that the metabolic signals tied to lifespan are shared between dogs and humans. Not similar. Shared. The same biological markers that predict healthy aging in people show up in dogs too.
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Hunter-gatherers were feeding and burying dogs at least 15,000 years ago, according to ancient DNA analysis published in early June 2026. That predates farming. It predates settled villages. It means the dog-human relationship is older than almost every other thing we think of as civilisation.
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