When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images Dog gum diseases are extremely common. While the exact number of dogs ...

Ask any dog owner and they will probably tell you that the health of their dog is one of the most important things to them. Unfortunately, every dog is likely to get sick at some point in their life.

Dog owners often worry about ticks or fleas, but contagious diseases can sneak in from much more ordinary places, like shared water bowls, city parks, and even your neighbor’s lawn. Some of the most ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A veterinary professor has warned dog owners about the dangers of letting their pets share public water bowls. Allowing ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The type of disease that your dog might get depends on how big it is, according to a new study. These differing risk ...

Among dog breed populations that have been surveyed, it's been found that about a third of the dogs have joint diseases (1). We know that since they are genetic, the issues can eventually be ...

Many people love dogs and keep them as pets. But sometimes dogs carry diseases that spread to humans. Many people think only stray dogs carry these sicknesses which is not true. Even healthy pets ...

In late July 1980, a five-month-old Doberman pinscher puppy in Washington, D.C., started throwing up blood. It died the next day at an animal hospital, one of many pets that suffered that year from a ...

Dog poop isn’t just gross — it’s also potentially infectious. That’s why signs reminding pet owners to “curb your dog” and scoop their poop have been joined in some places by posted warnings that pet ...

The Dog Aging Project is working to help dogs live longer, healthier lives. The research results may help humans age well, too.

Third-year PhD student Jeanna Blake is excited about the role she’s playing in research aimed at eradicating specific genetic diseases within certain dog breeds. The work is led by anatomy and ...