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Gundog health: vet advice, injury prevention and working dog care
Keeping a working gundog fit, healthy and field-ready takes more than good feeding and regular exercise. Gundog Journal’s health pages bring together veterinary expertise and real-world experience to help you understand, prevent and manage the conditions that affect working dogs most.
From Alabama Rot awareness and Weil’s disease prevention to weight management, vaccination schedules and heat stroke emergency care, our gundog health guides cover the issues handlers and owners actually face. We also address injury prevention, seasonal health risks and the long-term care of high-performance dogs across all working breeds – spaniels, retrievers, HPR dogs and more.
Whether you’re investigating a new symptom or building a year-round health routine, you’ll find practical, vet-informed advice here that you can act on.
Latest articles
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Health4 Classic Feeding Mistakes Dog Owners Make
Too fat? Too thin? It’s normal to worry about your dog’s body condition. Our experts identify four common errors and how to avoid them in this feeding guide.
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In the summertime
Veterinary Nurse Laura Hawkins identifies what happens when dogs suffer from heatstroke and how to deal with it.
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The Ultimate Dog Vaccine Guide
Most British dog owners are familiar with the need for jabs and boosters, but here Laura Keyser explains more about the conditions we are vaccinating for.
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HealthPutting A Dog Down: What You Need To Know
Making the decision to put your dog to sleep is the most traumatic decision dog owners face. Veterinary surgeon Laura Keyser has some words of wisdom about the kindest options when it comes to putting...
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Gundog Stretches
What do we mean by gundog physio and how can it benefit your dog following an injury or as part of their regular regime? Veterinary physio Sarah Guffogg has some answers.
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The Trouble with Ticks
The continual threat posed by ticks and Lyme’s disease means constant vigilance is vital for gundog owners, as Laura Keyser explains.
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Don’t be an Easy Target
With regular news of stolen gundogs making us all jittery, we asked BASC gundog expert Kate Dymock to explain a few things you can do to put your mind at ease.
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Dog Arthritis: What You Need To Know
Laura Hawkins talks us through how to identify arthritis in our dogs, and how this most debilitating of disorders can be prevented.
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Kennel Club Health Tests: The Lowdown
Are health tests jeopardising the future efficacy of our gundog breeds?
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Risky Business
Insurance is always about attitude to risk, but you must be aware your working dogs can get hurt, and putting them right might cost more than you think.
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