by Jon Slattery | Nov 19, 2024 | AeroDawg, Dog, Dog Asthma, Pet Owners
Canine chronic bronchitis is a lot more common than you might think. So, what is canine chronic bronchitis, what causes it and how can you manage it more effectively? Read on to discover … What is canine chronic bronchitis? Canine Chronic Bronchitis is a long-term...
by Jon Slattery | Mar 6, 2024 | Dog, Dog Asthma, Vets-News
Dog nebulisers are an underused therapeutic option for dogs with respiratory issues. While saline nebulisers may help to loosen mucus2, nebulisers can also be a valuable method of localised drug delivery. Corticosteroids are widely used to manage respiratory...
by Jon Slattery | Feb 7, 2024 | AeroDawg, Dog, Dog Asthma, News, Pet Owners
Currently, around 5.4 million people in the UK receive treatment for asthma. Additionally, many companion animals (dogs, cats and horses) are diagnosed with conditions requiring an inhaler. This makes for many households with at least one metered-dose inhaler. It’s a...
by Jon Slattery | Jan 24, 2024 | AeroDawg, Dog, Dog Asthma, News, Pet Owners
Respiratory tract disorders are common in both dogs and cats. Inhaled medications have long been used in the human world to treat non-infectious lung diseases, such as bronchitis and asthma. In veterinary care, medications such as bronchodilators and corticosteroids...
by Jon Slattery | Jan 10, 2024 | AeroDawg, Dog, Dog Asthma, News, Pet Owners
Most pet owners are familiar with the term ‘asthma’, either because they are a sufferer or because they have a friend or relative who is. But what might be less clear is whether our canine companions can also develop this condition. The answer to this isn’t...
by Jon Slattery | Dec 12, 2023 | AeroDawg, Dog, News, Pet Owners
Dogs can indeed get the flu, otherwise known as ‘canine influenza’. Canine influenza (dog flu) is different from human flu, so the canine influenza virus cannot spread to humans, and dogs cannot catch human flu. While there have been recent outbreaks of canine...