Skip to main content
Rectangle 8sprite-icon-confetti-crosssprite-icon-confetti-heartCross Iconsprite-icon-decoration-crosssprite-icon-downloadablesprite-icon-dropdown-darksprite-icon-dropdown-lightsprite-icon-dropdownsprite-icon-emailsprite-icon-facebookHamburger Iconsprite-icon-heightsprite-icon-infosprite-icon-location-pinsprite-icon-map-pointersprite-icon-pausesprite-icon-pawsprite-icon-pinterestArtboard 1sprite-icon-poundsprite-icon-referencesprite-icon-scrollsprite-icon-searchsprite-icon-service-educationsprite-icon-service-pet-behavioursprite-icon-service-pet-bereavement-supportsprite-icon-service-rehomingsprite-icon-service-veterinarysprite-icon-sexsprite-icon-slider-nav-leftsprite-icon-slider-nav-rightsprite-icon-social-facebooksprite-icon-social-instagramsprite-icon-social-twittersprite-icon-social-youtubesprite-icon-solid-arrow-right-whitesprite-icon-solid-arrow-rightsprite-icon-ticksprite-icon-time-keylinesprite-icon-timesprite-icon-twitter-favsprite-icon-twitter-replysprite-icon-twitter-retweetsprite-icon-twittersprite-logo

Search form

Main navigation

Search form

  • How we help

    How we help

    • Rehoming
    • Veterinary
    • Education
    • Our stories
    • Our campaigns
    • Pet Bereavement and Pet Loss
    • About Blue Cross
    • Our Impact Framework
  • Support us

    Support us

    • Donate
    • Fundraising and events
    • Sponsor a pet
    • Volunteer
    • A gift in your will
    • Appeals
    • Remember a Pet
    • Remember a Person
    • Our Supporter Charter
    • Corporate partnerships
    • Work at Blue Cross
    • Philanthropy
    • Charitable Trusts and Foundations
    • Other ways to help
    • Payroll Giving
  • Rehome a pet

    Rehome a pet

    • Rehome a pet
    • Why rehome a pet?
    • Our rehoming process
    • Finding the right pet
    • Giving a horse a home
    • Home Direct Scheme
    • What if I need to give up my pet?
    • Foster a pet
  • Sponsor a pet

    Sponsor a pet

    • Sponsor a dog
    • Sponsor a cat
    • Why sponsor
    • Sponsorship FAQ
    • Sponsor a pet as a gift
  • Pet advice

    Pet advice

    • Cat advice
    • Dog advice
    • Chinchilla advice
    • Degu advice
    • Hamster advice
    • Horse advice
    • Rabbit advice
    • Rat advice
    • Guinea Pig advice
    • Gerbil advice
  • Find us
  • Shop
  • Donate

Dog advice

Advice category

  • Behaviour
  • Bereavement
  • Dangers
  • Essentials
  • General knowledge
  • Getting a dog
  • Getting a pet
  • (-)Health
  • How to
  • Older dogs
  • Out and about
  • Pet care on a budget
  • Puppy
  • Safety around dogs
  • Safety around horses
  • Seasonal
  • Training and games
  • Travel
  • Walks

Advice sub category

  • At home
  • Care
  • Dangers
  • Diseases
  • Out and about
  • Parasites
  • Toxins
  • Weight
Reset filters
Staffordshire bull terrier on sofa

Health

Why do dogs cough?

Flora the Jack Russell, who suffered a phantom pregnancy, looking into the camera

Health

Phantom pregnancies in dogs

Elderly dog lying on its bed

Health, Older dogs

Arthritis in dogs

Dog lies down on a sofa

Health

Why has my dog been sick?

White English bull terrier in a garden

Health

Skin cancer in dogs

Dog bee wasp

Dangers, Health

What to do if your dog is stung by a bee or wasp

Conjuntivitis in dogs

Health

Conjunctivitis in dogs

Dog for mange

Health

Mange in dogs

Eye worm slice

Health

Eye worm danger to dogs

xylitol

Dangers, Health

Xylitol poisoning in dogs

Distemper slice

Health

Canine distemper

Ear mites

Health

Ear mites in dogs

Dogs Playing

Health

Intestinal worms in dogs

Dog for flea advice

Health

Dog flea advice

Frank prep surgery

Health

Cherry eye in dogs

Kidney disease in dogs main image

Health

Kidney failure and disease in dogs

  • 16 of 76 - Show more

Social links

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Twitter
  • Youtube

Show your #suppawt

Hear our stories

The best way to stay up to date with whats going on at Blue Cross is to join our mailing list.

Sign up to our mailing list

Footer navigation

  • Contact us
  • Careers and volunteering
  • Modern slavery
  • News
  • Our associates
  • Press
  • Privacy and cookie policy
  • Publications
  • Terms and conditions

Blue Cross is a registered charity in England and Wales (224392) and in Scotland (SC040154). A company limited by guarantee. Registered company in England and Wales under company number 00363197. Registered address Shilton Road, Burford, Oxfordshire, OX18 4PF.

Fundraising Standards Board