Long-form literature reviews on dog health, nutrition and behaviour, each one graded honestly, so you can tell a strong clinical finding from a plausible mechanism from a gap where the science is still thin.
Extent
3 records
Sources cited
50
Reading time
42 minutes in total
Last added
How the evidence is graded
Every record is grounded in peer-reviewed literature and says how strong its own evidence is. Where the trials are good, it says so. Where the reasoning is mechanistic rather than tested, it says that too. Where the data is mixed, both sides are shown. Nothing here is marketing dressed up as science.
Touch comes first, then smell and balance, then sound, then sight. A research-based map of how a puppy's senses develop from the womb to the wider world, with the evidence graded.
A complete lifecycle guide to a female dog's body, hormones, and behaviour, puppyhood, first heat, the spaying decision, pregnancy, whelping, and false pregnancy.
Around 70% of a dog's immune system lives in the gut. What the research really shows about the microbiome, SCFAs, dysbiosis, and where probiotics honestly fit.
Gut Health · Immunity · Research · Probiotics—9 references · 5 questions
How a record gets made
One
A question worth the time
Usually one a dog parent actually asked, in the WhatsApp group, on a call, or in a consultation.
Two
The literature, not the first page of it
Veterinary journals, university and teaching-hospital sources, systematic reviews and meta-analyses where they exist.
Three
Synthesis, with the disagreements left in
Where studies conflict, both results are reported. A tidy answer that the evidence does not support is not worth publishing.
Four
Conclusions, graded
Strong trial data, plausible mechanism, and thin ground are named as what they are, and every source is listed at the end.
About this collection
What kind of research is published here?
Structured literature reviews, grounded in peer-reviewed veterinary science. Each record grades its own evidence, distinguishing strong clinical trial data from mechanistic plausibility from areas where the data is genuinely thin, and lists every source it used at the end.
Who writes and reviews it?
Sunny Luthra, dog behaviourist and founder of OhMyDog.Rocks, researches and writes every record. The process is the same each time: question, literature review, synthesis with the disagreements left in, then conclusions that say how confident they are.
How often is new research published?
As it is finished, not on a schedule. A single record can take a review of dozens of papers, so these arrive slowly by design. New records appear at the top of the contents above, and the date each one was last revised is listed with it.
Can I suggest a subject?
Yes, and most subjects start that way. Bring the question to the free WhatsApp group or to a one-to-one call, a condition, a supplement claim, a breed-specific question you cannot find a straight answer to.
Is this a substitute for seeing a vet?
No. These records describe what the published evidence shows across dogs in general. They cannot examine your dog, read her bloodwork, or account for her history. Use them to ask your vet better questions, not to replace the appointment.