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🐾 How this works

• Nothing is made up. Every answer is taken from a page on this site, and the pages it came from are listed under it so you can read the full guide.
• If the guides don't cover it, I may check other websites. I look on Wikipedia and GOV.UK, and only use pages that are about dogs. An answer from there is shown in blue with the website named, a link and its licence, and it is not written or checked by DogLens. If nothing suitable is found, I'll say so. I can only help with dogs, not other animals.
• For questions about evidence, I may point you to published studies. If there is no written answer, I search Europe PMC (which includes PubMed) for studies about dogs that look relevant, and list them with the journal and a link. I don't copy any of their text. They are only pointers: one study rarely settles a question, so please check with your vet.
• If I can't help, you can search the web. A link appears under the message. It opens a search for your question in a new tab, and nothing is sent to the search engine unless you click it.
• I never show medicine doses from other websites. Doses depend on the product, your dog's weight and your vet's advice, so for those I point you to the source or your vet.
• A closest mention (shown in amber) means the exact answer wasn't found, but one of our pages mentions your topic.
• Your privacy: if a question can't be answered, its text is saved so we know what to write next. It isn't saved with your name or IP address. When other websites are checked, only the key words of your question are sent to them, from our server, so they never see you.