Finding out your dog is pregnant can bring excitement and uncertainty. Regardless of how you feel about the big news, nature will take its course, and before you know it, you’ll help welcome a litter ...

You can try talking to your dog about the birds and the bees, but it’s unlikely they will understand. It’s up to you to be aware that a non-spayed female dog runs the risk of having babies. You may ...

Canine pregnancy monitoring and fetal assessment are critical components of both veterinary clinical practice and breeding management. Advances in ultrasonography have transformed the way clinicians ...

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the unplanned consequences of pet ownership. By Kwame Anthony Appiah I have a good friend whose dog is unneutered for health reasons. At the dog park, his dog had ...