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Did you know that dogs don’t get clogged arteries and heart attacks like humans? If only we knew why, we could make millions in pharmaceuticals! Even though dogs don’t have heart attacks, heart disease is still a common problem. Think about the heart as a pump. Its job is to pump blood to the lungs […]

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