Occasional vomiting (1-2 times then back to normal) is rarely an emergency. Yellow bile in the early morning often means bilious vomiting syndrome - empty...

If a dog drinks more than 100 mL/kg/day (50 mL/lb), that’s polydipsia. The top causes are kidney disease, diabetes mellitus, Cushing’s disease, pyometra (intact females),...

Pattern matters. A dry, honking cough is usually kennel cough or tracheal collapse. A wet, productive cough suggests pneumonia or congestive heart failure. A cough...

Bright red blood (hematochezia) usually means a problem in the colon - colitis, parasites, stress, anal gland disease, or HGE/AHDS. Black, tarry stool (melena) is...

The four big categories are idiopathic epilepsy (genetic, dogs 1-5 yr), structural disease (brain tumor, encephalitis, stroke), metabolic disease (low blood sugar, liver failure, electrolytes),...