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| What's Wrong with My Dog?: A Pet Owner's Guide to 150 Symptoms - and What to Do about Them | 
 enlarge | Author: Jake Tedaldi
Publisher: Fair Winds Press
Category: Book
List Price: $19.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 215838
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.2
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 7.3 x 1.2
ISBN: 1592332498
Dewey Decimal Number: 636.7089
EAN: 9781592332496
ASIN: 1592332498
Publication Date: August 1, 2007
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Product Description
When something's wrong with your pet, you need to know what to do -- now!Your dog is limping. He's suddenly drooling heavily without any apparent cause. She's scratched herself raw -- and she's on a good flea-preventive. He's started vomiting. She's inexplicably losing weight. His ears smell funny. What's wrong with your dog -- and what should you be doing about it? In What's Wrong with My Dog?, acclaimed vet Jake Tedaldi, DVM, gives you the answers. More than a first-aid book but as easy to follow and use, What's Wrong with My Dog? is organized by symptom. Each of the 150 symptoms is clearly described (and illustrated if needed). Once dog owners have keyed out their pet's problem using the Symptom Finder at the front of the book, they can turn to the relevant pages and quickly verify their pet's problem, see what's causing it, and determine what they should do. They'll find clear explanations (again supplemented by illustrations if needed) of how to treat their dogs, whether they need to take the dog to the vet or to an emergency care clinic, if their dog will get better without supplemental care, and what they should do long-term to prevent the problem from happening again. Remedies cover a broad spectrum, from cutting-edge conventional medicine to alternative therapies to home remedies that really work. There's even a section on putting together a home first-aid kit for your dog. Indexes by symptom and by problem provide quick reference.
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| Customer Reviews:
A beautiful book by an extraordinary vet October 24, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Jake Tedaldi is without a doubt the best veterinarian our family has ever known. This book is a great contribution to human-dog communication. If our dogs could speak to us they would tell us many of these things, but instead Dr. Tedaldi speaks for them, in clear and reassuring language, not flinching from the sometimes startling or upsetting things our dogs are going through, but always giving their humans great guidance on how to be their best friend. This is the kind of book you can pick up in the middle of the night to find out what to do if your dog has just been sprayed by a skunk. Or maybe you just can't figure out why "my dog keeps smacking her lips." It's organized into sections such as "my dog has something stuck" and "my dog seems sick." It is a very practical book written with affection and compassion for both sides of the human-dog equation.
Well written October 11, 2007
This is a Tuft's-trained vet that cuts to the chase on how to care for your ailing dog. I think that this works much in the same way as a good first-aid book would. No dog owner should be without it and all dog owners would benefit from reading it. After all, you want to know more before taking your puppy to the vet. This book does just that.
The missing guide to having a dog has finally been found September 1, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have had a dog since 1992 and have often searched for a book to consult when my dog seems a little "off," acts a little sick, gets a little hurt -- especially because it typically costs $150 to $200 just to visit a vet, and then if a bunch of tests are performed, the bill grows. Hundreds or thousands of dollars later, you are told that everything is going to be okay. Or worse, I don't go to the vet right away when my dog has had a little something wrong for a while that I ignored because I thought it was "no big deal" etc. and I could not identify a book or a website that gave me any productive information.
Instead, I found many books over the years that (1) provide a few pages of information that are applicable to my dog, and me or (2) provide me with indecipherable technical information suitable for veterinary student. For some reason there has never been any book in which the ENTIRE book is useful and understandable and applicable to my dog or my friends' dogs. Even an online search reveals the same polar extremes of information, unless you are "feeling lucky," which I never am. Perhaps this is because some vets rely on those stupid little questions that turn out to be nothing for their income or they are just a little too cautious, or they understandably don't want to give advice over the phone without seeing your dog? (I don't know the answer.)
However! When I discovered What's Wrong with My Dog?, I thought to myself: "This is the book I've been looking for--for more than 15 years!!! I love it. It's easy to read, written with a sense of humor, AND totally provides professional advice from an ACTUAL VET who was willing to potentially give up some easy office visits to provide dog owners with answers to simple questions. Oh, but apparently, he doesn't have an office; he makes house calls (you'll see his mode of transport in a picture in the back of the book. If I said words like "hoot," I would say it is one!). So...maybe he was hoping to avoid a few extra trips??? I don't know, but it was a generous endeavor--a gift of accessible information. Thank you, Dr. Tedaldi, for finally writing this book.
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