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The Veterinarians' Guide to Your Dog's Symptoms (Veterinarians Guide) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Michael S. Dvm Garvey, Anne E. Dvm Hohenhaus, John E. Dvm Pinckney, Katherine A. Dvm Houpt, Elizabeth Randolph
Publisher: Villard
Category: Book
List Price: $18.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 234111
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 240
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 7.3 x 0.6
ISBN: 0375752269
Dewey Decimal Number: 636.7089
EAN: 9780375752261
ASIN: 0375752269
Publication Date: June 1, 1999
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Product Description
The experts reveal how to interpret and understand your dog's symptoms
and what steps to take to ensure its health.
This comprehensive and practical book is designed to assist dog owners in understanding their pets' bodies and health based on signs and symptoms of disease, and in determining the most common medical problems that might cause particular symptoms.
Adopting the "decision chart" format from popular symptom guides for human ailments, such as the American Medical Association's Guide to Your Family's Symptoms and Take Care of Yourself, five leading veterinarians have designed a user-friendly chart system that will guide a pet owner from noting the symptom and observing the dog's behavior to understanding the associated signs of an illness, the possible conditions, and the best steps to take. Filled with more than two hundred charts in an easy-to-follow two-color format and medical drawings, The Veterinarians' Guide to Your Dog's Symptoms is the indispensable reference for dog owners. It not only considers the problems of sick and injured pets, but also addresses the needs of healthy animals. It has all the information a dog owner needs:
What a healthy dog should look like
Flow charts to the 150 most common symptoms
Training and behavior issues, such as housebreaking and aggression
Emergency first aid, including how to apply bandages and create
a makeshift muzzle
A glossary of veterinary diagnostic tests and medical terms
With this unique combination of medical information and advice, plus an innovative chart system, The Veterinarians' Guide to Your Dog's Symptoms will enable pet owners to help their dogs live long, healthy, and happy lives.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 4 more reviews...
 Most used book January 28, 2008
We have had 7 Danes, my son has two labs, my daughter one yorkie and we have one pit.. needless to say this is the most used book in my house.. if something happens before we can call a vet.. we all use this.. in fact I bought a copy for my daughter...
 Perhaps for the beginner dog owner. December 16, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I had high hopes for this book, however, the flow charts often end in "call your veterinarian". Even in cases when home remedies are available, it often suggests you call your vet for a home remedy! Calling my vet is what I was trying to avoid (hmmm...I guess I should have expected this, since it is a "veterinarian's guide")! I would leave this one for beginner-level dog owners.
 Good basic book. May 29, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is a nice basic guide to figuring out symptoms with your dog. Easy to find symptoms & to understand. A good book to have in your addition along with other dog books one may have.
very useful January 17, 2006
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
If you read all the reviews, you will see that one misguided person entered a low ranking 4 times to unfairly negatively impact the results. (It appears that that person may be a self-styled expert, but not a veterinarian.) Other reviews attest to how useful a book like this can be.
Quick answers to urgent questions March 18, 2005
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
Other veterinary guides to canine health are more comprehensive, but this one is perfect for those times when you need to know something right away. The chapters are organized broadly by symptom; within each chapter, charts enable you to quickly determine 1) the possible cause(s) of your dog's problem and 2) if this is a condition that needs immediate or eventual vet care. The information is organized to help you narrow the field of possible conditions by evaluating associated symptoms. A previous reviewer has apparently tried to decrease the overall rating of this book by submitting their negative review repeatedly, an unfair practice in itself, but I think the reveiw itself is off base as well. Many conditions are described as non-urgent, and for those, useful home remedies are suggested. (The remedies I've tried work.) This book doesn't offer in-depth information on canine illnesses or disorders, but it is very helpful as a first-aid, first-place-to-look resource. It's possible that there are better guides out there--I haven't read them all. But this is the best one I've seen for quickly answering the questions, What do my dog's symptoms mean? and Do I need to see the vet?
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