What's Wrong with My Dog?: A Pet Owner's Guide to 150 Symptoms and What to Do about Them

by Jake Tedaldi

Book Overview

Dog owners are confronted by baffling symptoms daily, and wonder if their pets are alright or if they need to be rushing to the vet. This title has the answers, with easy-to-understand symptoms and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1592332498
• ISBN13: 9781592332496
• Release Date: August 2007
• Publisher: Fair Winds Press (MA)
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.5" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

What a Guy !!

Dr. Tedaldi is one of the most down to earth, intelligent and funny vets I have ever met. I am caring for the sweetest 13 year old dog who has cancer and very bad arthritis which at times has presented some challenges, especially since he's about 100 lbs. Dr. Tedaldi is only a phone call away and I never feel that any question I ask is too silly. Just by the way Dr. Tedaldi touches Ajax when he's here I can tell how much he truly cares for animals. Keep up the great work !!

Great book, the Best Vet!

First of all I think the book is terrific and really should be on the coffee table of every dogowner! It provides specific information on how to treat and take care of your beloved dog on a day to day basis. And as specific as the information is, it also reads easy enough, (ie, we don't get bombarded with complicated medical terms that we don't understand)that every petowner can understand and use wisely in creating a happy and healthy dog. And all the while providing you the information you need to be responsive to your dog if certain conditions develop either internally or externally. As for Dr. Tedaldi himself, all I can add is this. As a dogowner, never having children myself, I have lived for my great pyrs literally, they ARE my children. And my oldest dog/baby Lars, had struggled mightily physically the last year and half of his life. And all I can say is if it hadn't been for Dr. Tedaldi, I may not have been able to enjoy Lars that last year and a half of his life. His warm and compassionate and outstanding treatment of his many ailments kept my dog alive and also kept me a peace of mind as well. I'll ALWAYS be grateful to him for that! After dealing with Angell Memorial Hospital in Boston for years, there is no better Veterinarian that I've ever known than Dr. Tedaldi! Stephen

A beautiful book by an extraordinary vet

Jake Tedaldi is without a doubt the best veterinarian our family has ever known. This book is a great contribution to human-dog communication. If our dogs could speak to us they would tell us many of these things, but instead Dr. Tedaldi speaks for them, in clear and reassuring language, not flinching from the sometimes startling or upsetting things our dogs are going through, but always giving their humans great guidance on how to be their best friend. This is the kind of book you can pick up in the middle of the night to find out what to do if your dog has just been sprayed by a skunk. Or maybe you just can't figure out why "my dog keeps smacking her lips." It's organized into sections such as "my dog has something stuck" and "my dog seems sick." It is a very practical book written with affection and compassion for both sides of the human-dog equation.

Well written

This is a Tuft's-trained vet that cuts to the chase on how to care for your ailing dog. I think that this works much in the same way as a good first-aid book would. No dog owner should be without it and all dog owners would benefit from reading it. After all, you want to know more before taking your puppy to the vet. This book does just that.

The missing guide to having a dog has finally been found

I have had a dog since 1992 and have often searched for a book to consult when my dog seems a little "off," acts a little sick, gets a little hurt -- especially because it typically costs $150 to $200 just to visit a vet, and then if a bunch of tests are performed, the bill grows. Hundreds or thousands of dollars later, you are told that everything is going to be okay. Or worse, I don't go to the vet right away when my dog has had a little something wrong for a while that I ignored because I thought it was "no big deal" etc. and I could not identify a book or a website that gave me any productive information. Instead, I found many books over the years that (1) provide a few pages of information that are applicable to my dog, and me or (2) provide me with indecipherable technical information suitable for veterinary student. For some reason there has never been any book in which the ENTIRE book is useful and understandable and applicable to my dog or my friends' dogs. Even an online search reveals the same polar extremes of information, unless you are "feeling lucky," which I never am. Perhaps this is because some vets rely on those stupid little questions that turn out to be nothing for their income or they are just a little too cautious, or they understandably don't want to give advice over the phone without seeing your dog? (I don't know the answer.) However! When I discovered What's Wrong with My Dog?, I thought to myself: "This is the book I've been looking for--for more than 15 years!!! I love it. It's easy to read, written with a sense of humor, AND totally provides professional advice from an ACTUAL VET who was willing to potentially give up some easy office visits to provide dog owners with answers to simple questions. Oh, but apparently, he doesn't have an office; he makes house calls (you'll see his mode of transport in a picture in the back of the book. If I said words like "hoot," I would say it is one!). So...maybe he was hoping to avoid a few extra trips??? I don't know, but it was a generous endeavor--a gift of accessible information. Thank you, Dr. Tedaldi, for finally writing this book.