Articles by Kodichukwu Okonkwo, DVM
How dog breeding can go wrong
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As a beginning veterinarian I had this client who owned two Caucasian dogs, one male and a female. He complained to me about his female dog losing p...
Big dog breeds you can find in Nigeria
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Nigerians tend to talk about big sized breed of dogs more than they talk about medium or small breeds of dogs. There is a higher possibility of maki...
Why you should avoid inbreeding for your dog
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Inbreeding is when you allow your dogs to mate father to daughter, brother to sister and mother to son. People allow this happen for various reasons w...
How to stop your bitch from eating up her newborn puppies
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We have received several reports of bitches eating up their newborn puppies and some of our clients have attributed these to excessive starvation and ...
Do you allow your cat to leave the house to hunt?
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A 1yr old cat was brought to the clinic with some injuries around his neck. The wound was swollen and filled with pus. The wound was so tender that th...
Dogs vs Snake fight
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It was very early in the morning, at about 3am, in Zhidu settlement of Abuja, a town beyond Lugbe settlement, the owners of these two dogs heard some ...
My dog made me a millionaire
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Three years ago, one of our client’s wife brought their puppies for their routine deworming grudgingly. She came into the clinic and asked my s...
Why you can rely on dogs than your security personnel
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It’s a common occurrence to see criminals break into people’s properties after conspiring with the security men in their facilities or h...
Super strength of male dogs when a female is on heat
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I currently have 3 male dogs and one bitch in my custody. The bitch – a Lhasa Apso breed - came on heat and all the 3 males became uncontrollab...
Using Dog Crate to control your dog indoors
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Crates for dogs are not popularly used by dog owners until there is a need to ship their dogs to a new location by air. Due to the nature of this crat...
Kodichukwu Okonkwo, DVM
Founder of Fairvet Animal Clinic Ltd since 2011, studied at the University of Nigeria Nsukka. He is well experienced in small animal, large animal & poultry medicine, and also skilled at zoo medicine. He loves animals and builds both professional and personal relationship with pet owners in order to sustain a good interaction with pet and animal owners, coupled with His great skills in programming; he brought about www.fairvet.com which he personally built from scratch.
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