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Sports Canins| Courir avec son chien
Canine Sports| Running with Your Dog
Running with your dog can be very beneficial, but it's not a trivial activity. Available data shows that you need to think about preparation, progressive overload, and recovery, just like... Read more...
Sports Canins| Natation et sports nautiques
Dog Sports| Swimming and Water Sports
Swimming is one of the few canine sports that has real scientific support in rehabilitation. But clinical hydrotherapy and free swimming are not the same thing. Here's what the literature... Read more...
Sports Canins| Ring et mondioring
Canine Sports | Ring and Mondioring
French Ring and Mondioring are among the most demanding canine disciplines. In the absence of specific studies, data on active working dogs show a near 45% injury incidence and highlight... Read more...
Sports Canins| Cani VTT et Cani Rando
Dog Sports | Bikejoring and Canicross
Cani-MTB and cani-hiking are often grouped together, yet their constraints are very different. One combines speed, traction, and inertia; the other primarily exposes participants to progressive overload and terrain. This... Read more...
Hors série| Chien senior et chaleur
Hors série| Chien senior et chaleur
En été, un chien senior peut moins bien tolérer la chaleur et les efforts prolongés. Découvrez les signes à surveiller et comment adapter ses sorties sans les supprimer. Read more...
Sports Canins| Frisbee canin : le sport des sauts à répétition
Canine Sports | Canine Frisbee: The Sport of Repeated Jumps
Canine frisbee is spectacular, but mechanically demanding. In the absence of robust specific studies on disc dog, canine sports medicine can already anticipate the at-risk areas: shoulder, iliopsoas, back, and... Read more...
Sports Canins| Canicross
Canine Sports| Canicross
Canicross relies on an often well-tolerated endurance effort, but it is not without risk. Specific scientific literature remains limited, which necessitates a rigorous approach: paw pads, equipment, physical maturity, progression,... Read more...
Sports Canins| Agility
Canine Sports | Agility
Agility is one of the best-documented canine sports in veterinary sports medicine, and studies show that the risk of injury is far from negligible. Shoulder, iliopsoas, surfaces, warm-up, recovery: here's... Read more...
Chiens de travail et d'utilité | Le chien de service blessé en mission : prise en charge, reconversion, retraite
Working Dogs and Service Dogs | The service dog injured on duty: care, retraining, retirement
Service dogs are selected for their robustness and emotional control, which can make their injuries difficult to detect. Osteoarthritis, spinal stenosis, post-traumatic behavioral disorders: here's what studies say about their... Read more...
Émotions et Comportement | Peut-on sauver certaines races ?
Émotions et Comportement | Peut-on sauver certaines races ?
Pendant des décennies, les races canines ont été sélectionnées dans des populations génétiques fermées, au prix d'une perte progressive de diversité et de l'apparition de nombreuses maladies héréditaires. Aujourd'hui, des... Read more...
Émotions et Comportement | Quand la sélection crée des maladies
Émotions et Comportement | Quand la sélection crée des maladies
La sélection intensive de certains traits morphologiques a réduit la diversité génétique de nombreuses races canines. Cet article explique comment les goulots d’étranglement, l’endogamie et l’usage excessif de certains reproducteurs... Read more...
Chiens de travail et d'utilité | La retraite du chien de travail : ce moment qui est rarement assez préparé
Working Dogs and Utility Dogs | Retirement for Working Dogs: A Rarely Prepared-For Moment
Working dogs often retire with a heavy orthopedic record and behavioral needs that ordinary life does not spontaneously satisfy. Figures, causes of early retirement, and practical recommendations to support this... Read more...
Chiens de travail et d'utilité | Chiens de thérapie et médiation animale : Qu'est ce que c'est ?
Working and Utility Dogs | Therapy Dogs and Animal-Assisted Interventions: What are they?
Therapy dogs are not a recent trend, but a practice whose scientific foundations are consolidating. From cortisol reduction to oxytocin activation and documented effects on anxiety, dementia, and PTSD, research... Read more...
Chiens de travail et d'utilité | Chiens de traîneau : races, contraintes et santé en compétition, loisir et tourisme
Working and Utility Dogs | Sled Dogs: Breeds, Challenges, and Health in Competition, Recreation, and Tourism
Sled dogs are among the canine athletes best documented by veterinary research. Record energy expenditure, shoulder and carpal injuries, exercise-induced gastric ulcers, regulation of commercial tourism: this article reviews the... Read more...
Chiens de travail et d'utilité | Chiens de détection médicale : que dit vraiment la science sur le cancer, l'épilepsie et le Covid-19
Working and Utility Dogs | Medical Detection Dogs: What Science Really Says About Cancer, Epilepsy, and COVID-19
Medical detection dogs use their sense of smell to identify chemical signatures produced by cancer, epilepsy, or Covid-19. The available data are promising but unevenly robust depending on the indications.... Read more...
Chiens de travail et d'utilité | Chiens d’assistance handicap : diversité des missions
Working and Utility Dogs | Assistance Dogs for People with Disabilities: Diverse Missions
Assistance dogs are not limited to guide dogs for the blind. Motor disabilities, deafness, epilepsy, diabetes, autism, or psychiatric disorders: the missions are diverse, but the levels of scientific evidence... Read more...
Chiens de travail et d'utilité | Chiens de protection de troupeau : imprégnation, socialisation et risque de dérive
Working and Utility Dogs | Livestock Guardian Dogs: Imprinting, Socialization, and Risk of Deviant Behavior
A good livestock guardian dog is not an isolated or socially deprived dog. Flock imprinting, early separation, emotional stability, and public safety: what the data truly allows us to affirm. Read more...
Chiens de travail et d'utilité | Chiens de troupeau : berger de travail vs berger de salon
Working and Utility Dogs | Herding Dogs: working shepherd vs. show shepherd
A sheepdog is not just an active dog. It is a dog bred for a purpose. When we forget this reality, problems arise: frustration, physical exhaustion, behavioral issues, or selective... Read more...
Hors Série | Barbecue, apéro et chiens
Special Issue | Barbecue, aperitifs, and dogs
Cooked bones, corn on the cob, skewers, alcohol, grapes, chocolate, onions, hot barbecues... discover the main summer dangers for dogs and the right actions to take. Read more...
Chiens de travail et d'utilité | Chiens guides d’aveugles : une vie entière de travail
Working and Utility Dogs | Guide dogs for the blind: a lifetime of work
Guide dogs work for years in demanding environments, on hard surfaces, with constant vigilance. Data shows that musculoskeletal disorders, particularly osteoarthritis, are the leading cause of early retirement for health... Read more...
Chiens de travail et d'utilité | Chiens de pompiers et secouristes : sols durs, décombres, charge physique
Working and Utility Dogs | Fire and Rescue Dogs: hard ground, rubble, physical strain
Search and rescue dogs working with fire departments operate on some of the most demanding surfaces imaginable. Debris, heat, environmental toxins: veterinary literature documents the injuries these dogs are exposed... Read more...
Chiens de travail et d'utilité | Chiens militaires : formation, missions, santé après service
Working and Utility Dogs | Military Dogs: Training, Missions, Post-Service Health
Military and intervention dogs accumulate considerable physical and psychological strains during their service. Post-operative osteoarthritis, documented post-traumatic stress, musculoskeletal injuries: this article reviews what veterinary research can confirm about their... Read more...
Chiens de travail et d'utilité | Chiens de recherche et sauvetage : avalanche et catastrophes
Working and Utility Dogs | Search and Rescue Dogs: Avalanche and Disaster
Avalanche search and rescue dogs work at high altitudes, in deep snow, and in very cold conditions. Available studies document the physiological effects of these conditions on their bodies and... Read more...
Chiens de travail et d'utilité | Chiens de police et de douane : le quotidien invisible
Working and Utility Dogs | Police and Customs Dogs: The Invisible Daily Life
Police and customs dogs work in physically demanding conditions, with careers often shorter than one might expect. Available data shows that osteoarthritis and lumbosacral disorders are among the leading causes... Read more...
Chiens de travail et d'utilité | Chiens de chasse : blessures, prévention et saison de repos
Working and Utility Dogs | Hunting Dogs: Injuries, Prevention, and Off-Season
Hunting dogs accumulate traumatic injuries, infectious exposures, and inter-season deconditioning. Lacerations, ocular foreign bodies, leptospirosis, tick-borne diseases: this article reviews available data and preventive practices adapted to this population, from... Read more...
Portrait de Race | Whippet : vitesse et sensibilité
Breed Portrait | Whippet: speed and sensitivity
The Whippet is often reduced to the image of a cold sprinter or a couch potato with no personality. This is false: this English sighthound is sensitive, athletic, and has... Read more...
Hors Série | Pattes du chien en été : les bons réflexes après la balade
Special Feature | Dog paws in summer: good habits after a walk
In summer, dog paws are exposed to hot ground, dry grass, foxtails, gravel, and small foreign objects. Paw pads, spaces between toes, nails, redness, and limping: here are simple checks... Read more...
Portrait de Race | Beauceron : puissance et lucidité
Breed Profile | Beauceron: Power and Acuity
The Beauceron, or Beauce Shepherd, is a large French herding breed known for its versatility. Despite its image of robustness, it has real requirements in terms of health, training, and... Read more...
Portrait de Race | Boxer : énergie et loyauté
Breed Profile | Boxer: energy and loyalty
An excellent family dog, the Boxer is also one of the few breeds to combine two distinct and documented cardiac predispositions: ARVC and subvalvular aortic stenosis. Read more...
Portrait de Race | Basset Hound : ce chasseur tout doux
Breed Portrait | Basset Hound: the gentle hunter
The Basset Hound is one of the breeds where morphological selection has the most documented health consequences. Disc herniation, otitis externa, ectropion: this profile rigorously reviews what the data actually... Read more...
Portrait de Race | Dobermann : élégance, intensité, et vraies fragilités de fond
Breed Profile | Doberman: Elegance, Intensity, and True Underlying Vulnerabilities
An exceptional breed due to its intelligence and loyalty, the Doberman is also one of the most affected by hereditary dilated cardiomyopathy. This referenced profile presents real data on its... Read more...
Portrait de Race | Dogue Allemand : tout ce qu'on ne vous dit pas avant d'adopter un géant
Breed Profile | Great Dane: everything they don't tell you before you adopt a giant
Huge, gentle, and deeply attached to its family, the Great Dane is also one of the breeds with the shortest life expectancy and most significant health constraints. This comprehensive portrait... Read more...
Portrait de Race | Setter Anglais : élégance, énergie et densité d'un chien d’arrêt
Breed Profile | English Setter: Elegance, Energy, and Substance of a Gun Dog
The English Setter is the leading pointer breed in France by volume of LOF registrations in 2023 and 2024. Beautiful, sensitive, and very athletic, it is a dog with a... Read more...
Hors Série | Post balade et retour au calme
Special Edition | Post-ride and return to calm
In summer, the walk doesn't end when you get home. Panting, fatigue, restlessness, slow recovery: certain signs should be monitored after exertion. Read more...
Portrait de race | Le Cane Corso
Breed Portrait | The Cane Corso
An heir to the ancient Roman molosser, the Cane Corso was on the brink of extinction before being re-established in the 1 970s from a few surviving individuals in southern... Read more...
Portrait de Race | Briard : portrait complet d’un grand berger français
Breed Spotlight | Briard: a complete portrait of a large French sheepdog
The Briard is not just a large, long-haired dog. It is a true French sheepdog, loyal, dense, demanding, with an emblematic genetic pathology to be aware of and real daily... Read more...
Portrait de Race | Leonberg : géant doux
Breed Spotlight | Leonberger: gentle giant
The Leonberger is a family giant with a generally remarkable temperament, but it is also a demanding breed, heavily affected by several serious diseases. A complete, serious, and well-researched portrait... Read more...
Santé | Corgi Pembroke : le chien des rois qui cache bien ses fragilités
Health | Pembroke Corgi: The dog of kings who hides his fragilities well
An intelligent, lively, and seemingly robust dog, the Pembroke Corgi hides vertebral and joint weaknesses that all future owners should be aware of. This comprehensive portrait covers its true character,... Read more...
Portrait de Race | Épagneul Breton : petit chien mais chien de travail
Breed Profile | Brittany Spaniel: small dog but working dog
The Brittany has many assets, but it is not simple just because it is small and friendly. It is a true working dog, sensitive, active, and intelligent, which can be... Read more...
Portrait de Race | Yorkshire Terrier : plus qu’un chien de salon
Breed Portrait | Yorkshire Terrier: More Than Just a Lapdog
The Yorkshire Terrier is a true terrier in a small package: lively, attached to its humans, but with real fragilities to be aware of, particularly concerning its teeth, kneecap, trachea,... Read more...
Portrait de Race | Rottweiler : mythes et réalités d’une race stigmatisée
Breed Profile | Rottweiler: Myths and Realities of a Stigmatized Breed
Originally a working dog from Rome, the Rottweiler is also one of France's most stigmatized breeds, despite being subject to a precise and well-documented legal framework. This comprehensive portrait covers... Read more...
Portrait de Race | Braque Français : autant chien de chasse que "vrai" chien de famille
Breed Profile | French Pointer: As much a hunting dog as a "true" family dog
The French Braque is a French pointer that comes in two types, Gascogne and Pyrénées. Devoted to its human, a good family dog when its life is consistent, it primarily... Read more...
Portrait de Race | Jack Russell Terrier : petit gabarit, grosses exigences
Breed Profile | Jack Russell Terrier: small size, big demands
Small in size, the Jack Russell Terrier often gives a false impression of being easy to care for. This complete portrait looks at its true breed profile, its working terrier... Read more...
Portrait de Race | Husky Sibérien : la race qu’on idéalise avant de la connaître
Breed Portrait | Siberian Husky: The breed we idealize before we get to know it
Complete portrait of the Siberian Husky: real temperament, daily needs, tendency to run away, thermoregulation, and health watch points. A magnificent and demanding breed that requires much more than its... Read more...
Hors Série | Epillets et chiens
Special Issue | Foxtails and dogs
After a walk in tall grass, a dog shaking its head, sneezing violently, or insistently licking a paw may have a foxtail stuck somewhere. These small grass fragments have a... Read more...
Portrait de Race | Berger Allemand : derrière le mythe, un chien plus exigeant qu’on ne croit
Breed Portrait | German Shepherd: behind the myth, a more demanding dog than you think
The German Shepherd remains a legendary breed, but its image often hides a more demanding reality. Temperament, needs, health, dysplasia, myelopathy, decline in LOF statistics: a complete portrait, without idealization. Read more...
Portrait de Race | Berger Blanc Suisse : le "cousin" du Berger allemand
Breed Portrait | White Swiss Shepherd: the German Shepherd's "cousin"
Complete portrait of the White Swiss Shepherd: character, needs, dysplasia, degenerative myelopathy and MDR1 mutation. A sensitive and endearing breed that requires a serious breeder and an informed owner. Read more...
Hors série | Chiens et Canicule
Special Issue | Dogs and Heatwaves
Heatstroke is a real danger for all dogs, not just those left in cars. Recognizing the early signs, knowing how to cool your dog down, and when to call the... Read more...
Rencontres | Beagles de laboratoire : quand une seconde vie commence en Bourgogne avec Beagles of Burgundy
Meetings | Lab Beagles: A second chance at life in Burgundy with Beagles of Burgundy
Some beagles have experienced laboratories before discovering another life. In Burgundy, Beagles of Burgundy offers them a second chance. Virginia Mouseler tells us how she welcomes them, supports them, and... Read more...
Portrait de Race | Chihuahua : tellement plus qu'un chien " Tendance "
Breed Portrait | Chihuahua: So Much More Than Just a "Trendy" Dog
Small in size, not in constraints: the Chihuahua is a lively, popular breed, but marked by well-known frailties, especially dental, orthopedic, and traumatic ones. Read more...