{"id":14492,"date":"2020-05-24T04:16:31","date_gmt":"2020-05-24T07:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=14492"},"modified":"2020-05-24T04:16:31","modified_gmt":"2020-05-24T07:16:31","slug":"column-ask-the-vet-with-dr-juanita","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=14492","title":{"rendered":"COLUMN: Ask the Vet &#8211; with Dr. Juanita"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>ASK THE VET MAY 25<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fall River-area resident Melanie Roy sent in a few questions for Dr. Juanita to answer. In this column, she will answer two of the four questions submitted in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the next column, she will answer the two remaining questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Melanie asked:<\/em><\/strong> My municipal park just closed due to COVID19 where I loved the off-leash trails. How can I make a leashed walk in the neighborhood as interesting for my pup?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dr. Juanita said:<\/strong> \u201cNeighborhood walks can be made interesting to dogs when you help enhance their scent experiences. Dog&#8217;s enjoy smells! They really do see their world in smells as we use our sight primarily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHaving your pup exposed to a variety of new smells will keep his mind active, engaged and interested in his world around him. You can make this happen by taking him to new areas to walk even if it is not a park.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/Logos_Ads\/ColumnContributorAds\/askthevet.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13632\"\/><figcaption>Email your questions for Ask the Vet to reporter.PatHealey@gmail.com and we will get them answered for you.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Her second question was<\/em><\/strong>: My dog has broken off two off his front bottom teeth, what can I do to ensure this does not continue happening. Is there a toy or product I can use to strengthen his teeth?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dr. Juanita\u2019s answer is<\/strong>: \u201cTeeth falling out, even when playing with toys, may mean disease underneath the gumline. There maybe dental disease there which needs to be examined by a vet to determine whether x-rays maybe needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cKong toys, rope bones and Nyla bones tend to be safer teeth friendly in general and good for the teeth. However, brushing the teeth is the best option.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI would book an appointment with your vet to have the teeth checked in your precious pup.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[adrotate banner=&#8221;24&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;ASK THE VET MAY 25 Fall River-area resident Melanie Roy sent in a few questions for Dr. Juanita to answer. In this column, she will answer two of the four questions submitted in April. In the next column, she will answer the two remaining questions. Melanie asked: My municipal park just closed due to COVID19 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13727,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[111,997],"tags":[1023,1102,986],"class_list":["post-14492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-column","category-columns","tag-ask-the-vet","tag-dr-juanita","tag-elmsdale"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}