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Complément Alimentaire | Curcumine : attention aux raccourcis
Food Supplement | Curcumin: beware of shortcuts
Curcumin seems very promising on paper, but in arthritic dogs, its main problem remains its oral bioavailability. Here's what veterinary studies really allow us to say.   Read more...
Complément Alimentaire | Collagène hydrolysé : mode ou réalité scientifique ?
Food Supplement | Hydrolyzed Collagen: Trend or Scientific Reality?
Under the word "collagen", marketing often blends two very different products: hydrolyzed collagen and UC-II. However, their mechanisms and levels of evidence are not the same in arthritic dogs.   Read more...
Compléments Alimentaires | Oméga-3 EPA/DHA : pas tous équivalents
Food Supplements | Omega-3 EPA/DHA: Not All Created Equal
Not all omega-3s are equally effective for arthritic dogs. Among plant-based ALA, fish oil, and algal oil, only certain sources provide the EPA/DHA actually documented in veterinary studies.   Read more...
Compléments Alimentaires | Huile de moule verte de Nouvelle-Zélande
Supplements | New Zealand Green Lipped Mussel Oil
New Zealand green-lipped mussel extract is among the best-documented joint supplements for dogs. However, it's important to approach the promising results, formulation quality, and study limitations with a critical eye.... Read more...
Compléments Alimentaires | Glucosamine et chondroïtine chez le chien
Dietary Supplements | Glucosamine and Chondroitin for Dogs
Glucosamine and chondroitin are ubiquitous in canine joint supplements. However, the best available scientific syntheses do not clearly confirm a clinical analgesic benefit in arthritic dogs.   Read more...
Alimentation | Jeûne intermittent chez le chien
Nutrition | Intermittent Fasting in Dogs
Lifelong calorie restriction increases dog longevity, and a large observational study suggests that one meal a day is associated with better health indicators. But these two pieces of information don’t... Read more...
Alimentation | Hydratation du chien
Dog Food | Hydration
Water is an essential nutrient, yet hydration remains the blind spot in canine nutrition. Food type, reactive thirst, age, kidneys, concentrated urine: here's what studies actually show. Read more...
Alimentation | Végétarisme et véganisme chez le chien
Nutrition | Vegetarianism and veganism in dogs
A vegan diet for dogs is not impossible, but it requires careful formulation. Recent studies do not show systematic short-term problems with some complete commercial foods, but their methodological limitations... Read more...
Alimentation | Les aliments toxiques
Food | Toxic foods
Some foods safe for humans can seriously poison a dog. Grapes, xylitol, chocolate, garlic, onion, alcohol, raw bread dough: clear list, known mechanisms, and what to do. Read more...
Alimentation | Alimentation du chien sportif : performance et récupération
Nutrition | Nutrition for active dogs: performance and recovery
A sporting dog does not use its energy substrates like a human. Endurance, sprint, hydration, recovery: here's what studies on sled dogs, Greyhounds, and working dogs actually show. Read more...
Alimentation | Alimentation du chien senior : ce qui change vraiment
Nutrition | Senior dog nutrition: What truly changes
Senior dogs should not only eat less. With age, they often need fewer calories but more valuable proteins to limit sarcopenia. Here's what veterinary literature actually recommends. Read more...
Alimentation | Obésité canine
Nutrition | Canine obesity
One in two mature adult dogs is overweight, and many owners don't realize it. The joint consequences are well documented: earlier onset of osteoarthritis, worsened lameness, and decreased mobility. The... Read more...
Alimentation | Alimentation du chiot de grande race
Nutrition | Large Breed Puppy Nutrition
What a large breed puppy eats between 3 and 18 months directly influences the quality of its joints for the rest of its life. Excess calcium, food too high in... Read more...
Alimentation | Alimentation et santé articulaire
Nutrition | Nutrition and joint health
Diet directly influences a dog's joint health. Omega-3 EPA/DHA, vitamin E, and bone growth: what clinical trials actually show. Read more...
Alimentation | Le mixing feeding
Diet | Mixing feeding
Mixing kibble, wet food, or raw food is a widespread but little-studied practice. Here's what the available data truly allows us to confirm, along with the concrete benefits and mistakes... Read more...
Alimentation | Alimentation ménagère
Power | Household power
Preparing your dog's food yourself is a commendable intention – but the vast majority of homemade diets are not nutritionally complete. Here's what the studies actually show and how to... Read more...
Alimentation | BARF : ce que disent vraiment les études
Diet | BARF: What the Studies Really Say
BARF generates strong convictions. Here's what studies actually show: documented bacteriological risks, frequent nutritional imbalances, and benefits that are still poorly supported. Read more...
Alimentation | Les étiquettes des croquettes
Food | Dry Food Labels
The front of a kibble bag is marketing. The list of ingredients on the back is regulated information. Here's how to read it correctly, what DGCCRF controls actually showed, and... Read more...
Alimentation | Alimentation du chien : état des lieux 2026
Pet food | Dog food: state of play 2026
Kibble, wet food, BARF, home-cooked meals, mixing: it has never been so difficult to choose how to feed your dog. Here is a factual overview of each approach, with what... Read more...
Sports Canins| Dopage et compléments
Canine Sports | Doping and Supplements
Canine sports are not immune to questions of substances, traceability, and pain masking. Here's what the literature truly says, without fantasy or naivety.   Read more...
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...

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