The USKBTC Library contains hundreds of articles of interest to Kerry Blue Terrier owners. All articles are from the AKC Gazette, Dog World, Foster and Smith Canine News, and Kal Kan Pedigree Forum. The USKBTC has permission from the copyright holders to copy and send articles to its members, but not to reprint them for publication. Each article contains a disclaimer label that indicates the source and date of material.

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Index: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Abortions

• Mismate Shots
• Mismate Injection, Worthy or Risky?

Abscesses

• Getting to the root of carnassial abscesses

Aggression

• Taming aggression with Amphetamines
• One free bite is not enough
• Fighting
• Alpha is not a four letter word
• How to keep aggression under control
• No excuse for growlers
• Why Dogs Bite
• Aggression between dogs
• It's All the Rage

AKC

• Win-inflation cheapens AKC titles
• Questions to AKC
• What to expect when AKC comes to your door
• Time Magazine article on AKC
• AKC Dog Show Point System (How it Works)
• How Dogs are Judged
• How to enjoy Your First Dog Show

Allergies

• Allergies, Atrophy, Scratching and Steroids
• The allergic dog and cat

Artificial Insemination

• Artificial Insemination, Technique and Value
• Artificial Insemination with fresh extended or frozen semen in dogs
• Artificial Insemination, Legal Issues

Autoimmune Diseases

• Hemolytic Anemia
• Autoimmune Diseases- The Basics
• Vet News--Autoimmune skin disease treatment

Anal Glands

• How to express

Arthritis

• Vet News--New drug for arthritis pain
• Arthritis in Dogs
• Care and treatment of arthritic dogs

Bad Breath

• That dog smells!

Behavior

• Hark, Hark The dogs bark
• The cause of behavior problems in dogs can be physical
• Managing a multi-dog household
• Is your dog a Time Bomb
• Possessiveness.
• Hand-shyness
• Can you dig it
• The walk--a training incentive
• Home alone
• Canine Behaviorists
• Pioneering Behaviorists Part II
• Pioneering Behaviorists Part III
• Hyperactivity in dogs
• Training devices
• How dogs think
• Temperament tests as puppy selection tools

Birth Control

• Birth control pills in dogs

Bladder Stones

• Bladder stones in dogs
• Bladder stones-Why they form and how treated

Bloat

• Vet News-New technique for Bloat Surgery
• Canine Bloat-latest findings
• Bloat-A life threatening condition
• Gastric Dilation-Volvulus Syndrome in Dogs
• Signs of Bloat
• Bloat in Dogs

Blood

• Red Blood Cells
• Diseases that strike the blood

Blood Typing

• Vet News-New blood typing test
• Blood types

Bones and Calcium

• The calcium connection

Bone Diseases

• Treating shifting leg lameness
• Car accidents-no. 1 cause of broken bones
• Osteochondrosis and Lameness
• Osteochondrosis Dissecans in the Dog
• Canine Spondylosis

Brain Disorder

• Lissencephaly-Brain disorder

Breed Standard

• Guide to the Breed Standards- Terms

Breeding-Whelping

• Integrity in Breeding
• Whelping emergencies
• Courtship Behavior
• Breeding is not for everyone
• Getting what you want from your breeding program
• Eclampsia
• Detecting Pregnancy through Palpation
• The Breeders Dilemma
• What to do When Your Pet is Expecting
• Breeding For Fun and Profit

Brood Bitch

• Feeding the Brood Bitch
• Getting what you want from your breeding program
• Diseases particular to Bitches
• Campaigning a Brood Bitch
• Keeping your Brood Bitch Healthy and Happy
• Anatomy of the Brood Bitch
• Eclampsia
• Meeting the Nutritional Needs of Bitch and Puppies
• Nutrition for the Lactating Bitch
• Breeding Your Female
• Physiology of Reproduction

Brucellosis

• Test dogs for Brucellosis before breeding
• Brucellosis and Breeding
• Brucellosis
• Problem of Brucellosis

Canada

• Canadian Championships

Cancer

• Cancer; an overview
• Starving Cancer
• Cancer in Dogs
• Vet News-Lumps, Bumps and Sores
• Skin Tumors
• Vet news-Mast cell tumor
• Canine Lymphoma
• Pets with Cancer
• Common skin tumors of the dog
• Skin tumors-contagious
• Breast Cancer in Dogs
• Vet news-Fighting Cancer with food

Chewing Rawhides

• Eschew chewing catastrophes
• Rawhide Bones-Risks; How to judge quality
• Vet news-Chewing off calculus

Color Genetics

• Color Genetics in the dog

Communication

• Louder than words

Co-Ownership

• Co-Ownership

Copper Toxicosis

• Vet news-News about Copper Toxicosis
• Vet news-Identifying carriers of Copper Toxicosis

Coprophagia

• Vet news-Coprophagia
• Coprophagia
• Coprophagia, Another Look

Coronavirus

• Coronavirus causes concern

Crates

• Crate Training
• Managing puppyhood with crates, gates, and pens
• Dog crates

Cryptorchidism

• Cryptorchidism

Death and Grieving

• When an Old Companion Dies
• Pet Loss

Diabetes

• Understanding Canine Diabetes
• Canine Diabetes

Diarrhea

• Acute Diarrhea in the Dog

Dog Proofing Home

• Dog Proofing your Home

Drug Doses

• First aid, suggested drug doses

Drug Induced Diseases

• Latrogenic Disease

Ears

• All About Ears
• Ear Management
• Chronic Ear Infections-The final Cure

Ehrlichiosis

• Ehrlichiosis- a disease of animals and humans
• Mysterious Ehrlichia

Elbow Dysplasia

• The new diagnosis- Elbow Dysplasia
• Vet news: Surgery-Not the elbows answer

Embryonic Development

• Critical events during embryonic development

Emergencies

• Pet Emergencies

Esophagus

• Diseases of the Esophagus

Ethics

• Ethics
• Where do we place our value as breeders
• On Responsible Breeding

Eyes

• Canine Color Vision
• Corneal Ulceration
• Common congenital and heritable ocular disorders of the dog
• Predispositions to eye diseases in the dog
• Too many team are better than none
• The structures of the eye and how they function
• Cloudy eyes

Fading Puppy

• Puzzling over Fading Puppy Syndrome
• Fading Puppies

First Aid

• Emergency first aid for your dog
• First Aid
• Canine First Aid
• Pet Emergencies

Flea Control

• A Revolution in Flea Control
• Understanding and controlling fleas
• Vet News-Waging war against fleas
• Waging War on Fleas
• The Good Earth
• Chemical Wasteland part II
• Chemical Wasteland part III
• Biting back at fleas and ticks
• Flea Collars
• Get the jump on fleas
• Dogs down south
• Caution: avoid overuse of flea and tick poisons
• Understanding Flea and Tick Products
• Total Flea Control
• Are Fleas Becoming Resistant?

Food Allergies

• Diagnosing canine food allergies

Gastrointestinal

• Gastrointestinal Disorders
• Intestinal Problems, Diagnosis and Home Remedies

Genetic Defects

• Prioritizing Genetic Defects
• Screening for Genetic defects
• Identifying Defective
• Basic Genetics for Breeders
• Common Congenital Defects (Umbilical Hernia, Undescended Testicle, Defects of Eyelid)
• Inherited Abnormalities
• Prioritizing Genetic Defects

Geriatrics

• Your dog is getting older
• Vet News-Geriatric diseases
• Feeding the Senior Dog
• The geriatric dog- Understanding common manifestations of aging

Glossary

• Glossary of Dog Terms

Grooming

• Correctly combing terriers
• Terrier Grooming
• Grooming the Kerry Blue Terrier
• Setting Kerry Ears (Handbook)
• Kerry Blue Terrier Show Grooming (Handbook)
• Short Primer on Brushing
• Drying Your Dog
• How to Trim your Kerry Blue (Handbook)
• Grooming the Kerry Blue Terrier
• Trimming Nails
• Conditioning a Kerry Blue (Handbook)
• Grooming a Kerry Blue

Hand-shyness

• Hand-Shyness

Handling

• What Price Winning?
• Exhibitor Errors
• Picking a Pro
• Ring procedure pointers
• What to expect your first time in the ring
• Winners All
• The Baiting Game
• Tips from top handlers
• Bred by Exhibitor Classes
• The Stud Dog Class

Heart

• Cardiomyopathy
• Canine Cardiology
• Vet News-Noninvasive Diagnosis for Heart Defects
• Bad Hearts
• Characteristics and Breed Predispositions of Congenital and Acquired Heart Disease
• Congestive Heart Failure

Heartworm

• Heartworm disease: the mosquito menace
• Vet News-Misdiagnosing heartworm infection
• Canine Heartworm Disease
• Heartworm-Testing and Prevention
• Getting to the heart of the matter
• New and Old Treatments of Heartworm Disease
• Ivermectin

Heat Cycles

• Heat Cycle Variations
• Heat Induction in the Female Dog

Heat Induced Illness

• Heat Induced Illness in Dogs
• Heat

Herding

• Herding Spectacular

Herpes

• The Canine Herpesvirus

Hip Dysplasia

• Vet News-New hip dysplasia test available
• Vet News-Advances in diagnosing carriers of hip dysplasia
• Vet News-Program to reduce hip dysplasia
• Diet and Hip Dysplasia
• Definition and Diagnosis of Canine Hip Dysplasia
• Early Identification for Canine Hip Dysplasia
• Early Diagnosis of Canine Hip Dysplasia
• Hip Dysplasia
• Progress in the control of hip dysplasia
• Canine Hip Dysplasia- an overview
• A new way to diagnose hip dysplasia
• Hip Dysplasia

Homeopathy

• Homeopathy and Healing

Human-Animal Pond

• The Human-Animal Bond

Hydrophobia

• Hydrophobia: From the Ancients to the 21st Century.

Hypoglycemia

• Hypoglycemia

Immune System

• The Immune System Part I
• The Immune System Part II
• Vet Medicine-Immune Response
• The Immune System
• Immune System Part I
• Immune System Part II

Inbreeding

• In Breeding- What, Why, and How
• Inbreeding (Genetics of the Dog)

Infertility in Bitch

• A Clinical Approach to Infertility in the Bitch

Kennel-Hobby

• Designing a Hobby Kennel
• Building a Hobby Kennel

Kennel Licensing Lawn

• Do you comply with kennel licensing laws?

Kerry Blue Terriers- Origin and Purpose

• The Versatile Kerry Blue Terrier
• The Terriers of Ireland
• Terriers from The Emerald Isle
• Terriers of Ireland
• Kerry Blue Terriers- description-characteristics, care, medical problems --internet
• The Kerry Illustrated
• The Dog From County Kerry
• The Kerry Blue Terrier

Kidneys

• Kidney Disease
• Hereditary Kidney Disease in Dogs
• Kidneys-The First System To Fail

Knees

• Taking care of your dogs knees

Lab Testing

• A pet owners guide to laboratory testing
• Culture and Sensitivity
• Chemistry panels
• Blood Work--The CBC
• Blood Cells and Blood Counts

Lameness

• Hind Limb Lameness
• Lameness in Young Dogs

Liver

• Vet News-Canine liver disease
• Coping with portal systemic shunts
• Portosystemic Shunts

Lupus

• Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Lyme Disease

• Lyme Disease
• Vet News-Lyme Disease Vaccine
• Vet News-Lyme Disease Update
• Lyme Detection and Prevention

Medications-Steroids-Antibiotics-Wormers

• Steroid use in dogs
• Antibiotics
• Panacur
• Ivermectin
• Good steroids versus bad steroids
• Vet News-Antibiotics may affect thyroid tests
• Vet News-Antibiotics and bleeding problems

Microchips

• Understanding Microchips
• Micro-Their time has come

Mites

• The Mighty Mite
• Demodectic Mange

Mycoplasma

• Mycoplasma and Infertility
• Vet News-Reproductive problems
• Vet News-Ureaplasmas
• More on Mycoplasma
• Canine Mycoplasma

Neonate

• Critical Care of the Neonate
• Help your litter survive its first days
• Saving Newborn Puppies

Nose

• The Nose Knows

Nutrition

• Feeding Dogs and Cats
• Preservatives: Friend or FOE
• What are we really feeding our dogs?
• Understanding Nutrition
• Feed That Dog Part I
• Feed That Dog Part II
• New Pet Food Standards
• Reading the dog food label
• Vet News-High fiber-Low fat diet
• Nutritionally induced problems in the dog and cat
• Prescription Diets
• Vitamins- Essentials of Life
• Dog food labels
• Pet Nutrition- Food for thought
• High Protein Diets

Obedience

• Building a Bond
• Obedience Class
• Training can be fun
• Understanding Drives
• Teaching the Straight Front
• Setting Obedience Goals
• Choosing the right obedience dog
• Methods for Success
• Opening day in open obedience
• Sit!
• Obedience Judges

Obesity

• Obesity-Killing with Kindness
• Weight Reduction
• Overfeeding your dog
• Score to evaluate body condition

OFA, CERF, VWD

• Genetic Status Symbols
• Why OFA,CERF,VWD?
• Health Update

Pain

• Controlling pain in animals

Pancreatitis

• Unbalanced diet can cause pancreatitis
• Vet News-Diagnosing canine pancreatitis
• The pancreatic disorder of maldigestion and its treatment

Parasites

• Preventing Parasites
• Vet News-Treatment of Giardia
• Internal Parasites of the Kennel
• How to treat parasites in the kennel
• Vet News- Zoonosis
• Vet News-Giardiasis
• Vet News-New drug for parasite elimination
• How to Best Treat Parasites in the Kennel II
• Internal Parasites of the Kennel
• Sarcoptic Mange
• Cheyletiellosis
• Giardia
• Canine Giardiosis

Parvo

• Evidence of parvo-corona link
• Canine Parvovirus Immunization
• What is happening in parvo?
• Protect your pups from parvo

Pedigrees

• What is in a pedigree?

Progressive Neuronal Abiotrophy

• PNA-Genetically Inherited Disease in Kerry Blue Terriers (USKBTC 1975)
• PNA-Willis
• PNA in Kerry Blue Terriers (M.B.Willis)

Poisons

• Avoiding Toxicosis
• A deadly treat-chocolate
• Vet News- Onions
• The pet safe garden
• Food Safety
• Common Harmful Plants
• Holiday Hazards
• Warfarin Toxicosis
• Pet Safe Garden
• Common Harmful Plants
• First Aid-Poisons and Poisonous Plants

Prostate

• Enlarged Prostate

Puppy Care

• Weaning puppies
• Dropper Feeding
• Raising two at a time
• Initial physical exam and preventive health program for puppies.
• A winning puppy
• Milk supplements for puppies
• Surrogate Mothering
• Puppy socialization
• Thirteen facts about the birth of puppies
• Developing your pups social skills
• Puppy Diseases involving Litter Problems
• Rearing Motherless Puppies
• Raising Orphan Puppies
• Socializing Puppies

Puppy Buyers

• Children and dogs
• Guiding the prospective buyer
• Breeders-Buyers
• Interviewing prospective puppy buyers
• Testing the puppies
• Matching Puppies and People

Pyometra

• Spaying can protect pets from pyometra
• Pyometra-The real cause-A new treatment

Rabies

• Rabies risk is on the rise

Rescue

• Survival tips for dog rescue groups
• The Rescue Dog - Temperament
• Screening potential adopters

Ringworm

• The naked truth about ringworm
• Canine Ringworm

Scent Marking

• Urinary Scent-Marking

Seizure

• Vet News-Post vaccinal seizures
• Vet News-Epilepsy in dogs
• Living with a epileptic dog
• Seizures
• Vet News-Seizures
• Battle With the Demon
• Epilepsy

Shampoo Therapy

• Shampoo Therapy in Dogs and Cats
• Rinsing out the truth about shampoos
• Rational Shampoo Therapy in Dermatology

Skeletal Development

• Developmental Defects of the Canine Musculoskeletal System

Skin Decease

• Update on ALD (acral lick dermatitis)
• Vet News-Dermatitis
• Vet News-Treating skin infections
• Vet News-Treatment for Demodicosis
• Chronic Pruritis
• Vet News-Pruritis
• Dietary Supplements- Therapy for the Skin
• Diet and Skin Coat Conditions
• Understanding hair loss
• Mange
• Canine bacterial dermatitis
• Hot Spots
• Acne in puppies
• Spiculosis and the Kerry Blue Terrier
• Aspects of food and food supplements in skin disease
• Sarcopic Mange
• Vet News-Antibiotics for skin problems
• Bacterial Skin Infections
• Blastomycosis

Snakebite

• Rattlesnake Bite! The 48 hr. Crisis

Spay-Neuter-Mismate shot

• The case for early spay-neuter
• Preventing or Terminating Pregnancy in Bitch
• Vet News-New treatment for mismating
• Why do we spay female dogs?
• Why do we neuter male dogs?
• The pros and cons of early spaying or neutering

Sperm Morphology

• A Sperms Tale
• Sperm Morphology

Spondylosis

• Canine Spondylosis

Stress

• Canine Stress
• Stressed- out dogs

Stud Dog

• Studly Stories
• Creating a genetic profile of your stud
• Stud Dog Management
• On being a responsible stud dog owner
• In sickness and in health
• Vet News-How clean is your stud dog?
• Feeding Stud Dogs
• Breeding the Best

Supplements

• Dietary supplements: therapy for the skin I
• Dietary supplements: therapy for the skin II
• Supplements for performance
• Protein requirements of dogs

Taxes

• Your Kennel and Tax Reform
• Business or Hobby
• Understanding Tax Laws
• Take the bite out of your taxes
• Book tells how to leave money to pets
• Bone up on Hobby Tax Rules

Teeth

• A routine dental procedure
• Straight from the dogs mouth
• Canine Dentistry for the Breeder
• Mouths-Jaws-Teeth
• New Horizons for Canine Cuspids
• Look ma, no cavities
• Canine Dental Care
• Canine Dentistry for the Breeder
• Puppies and their teeth
• Bad teeth and heart problems

Temperament

• Temperament a Must
• Temperament tests: step by step
• The well tempered canine
• Selecting for improved temperament
• Safety first
• The Descent of Temperament
• Plain talk about temperament
• Growing up unaggressive

Thyroid

• Thyroid can alter Behavior
• Canine Hypothyroidism
• Hypothyroidism-Skin and Breeding Disorders
• Canine Hypothyroidism

Trials--Dog

• Working Terriers dig their jobs
• Starting AKC, Agility
• Going to ground

Training Puppies-Adults

• Training 10 commandments
• Talking, Training
• A cry in the night
• Educating puppy
• Uncovering secrets of those terriers
• House Training

Tonsillitis

• Tonsillitis

Training With Food

• Training Treats
• To Treat or Not to Treat

Travel

• How safe is Air Travel
• Transporting Dogs by Air
• Shipping Dogs by Air

Type

• What is Type?
• The Importance of Type

Ultrasound

• Less guessing
• Common questions about diagnosing pregnancy

Urinary Tract

• The Urinary Tract
• Urinary Incontinence
• Vet News-Surgery for urinary incontinence

Vaccinations and Vaccines

• All About Vaccinations
• Vaccines
• Vaccinations are important
• Potential Causes of Vaccination Failures
• Factors affecting the immune response to a vaccine
• Vaccination Procedures
• Vaccines- Modified Live versus Killed

Vaginal Smears

• Vaginal Smears-How and why they are used

Vet News Update

Any articles listed as Vet News or the category Vet News are very small articles on that subject or group of subjects.

• Cheyletiella
  • Hysteria
  • Avoiding bloat
  • Cystitis
  • Kennel Cough
  • Eclampsia
• Fecal exams
• Inherited NBC diseases
  • Potential Cancer treatment
  • Heartworm
  • Kidney failure and the brain
  • Deafness
  • Heart disease and size
• Lead poisoning
  • Fatty acids may help hips
  • Hormonal dermatosis
• Ear Inflammation
  • Glaucoma
• Liver disease
• Screwworm warning
  • Parvo detection test
  • Charcoal
• Gastrointestinal parasites
  • Heartworm medicine
  • Human - animal disease transmission
  • Onions
• Renal failure
  • Allergic reactions to pets
  • Adverse reactions to food
  • Lyme disease carriers
• Acral lick dermatitis
  • Detecting heartworm
  • Flea collar dermatitis
• Campylabacteriosis
  • Mismating
  • Preventing G.I. infections
• Advances in GDU Treatment
  • Gastroduodenal Ulcers
  • Lick Granuloma Treatment
• Urine odor removal
• Thyroid hormones and behavioral problems
  • Acute Iron Toxicosis
• Beware choke chains
  • Watch anal sacs
  • Anemias
• ADH
  • Zoonosis
  • Canine Cataracts
• Detecting Diabetes in Dogs
  • Giardia Cycles can be Broken
  • New Anti- Acid

Von Willebrand's Disease

• Vet News-Acquired VWD

Whelping Box

• Building a Box for Whelping
• How To Make a Whelping Box
• Whelping Box

Whole Dog

• The Outer DOG

Worms

• Whipworms
• Deworming your dog
• Whipworm-a common intestinal parasite
• Tapeworm Treatments

Last Updated: 01/15/2009, 3:43 pm