Dog care, symptoms, health issues, and dog health advocacy from an owner's perspective. In loving memory of Jasmine.
My dog got diarrhea; what can I do? Upset stomach and diarrhea are some of the most common reasons people see a veterinarian. Even more frequently, people seek remedies to treat their dog’s diarrhea at home. It is understandable—you want to help your dog, save yourself the grief, and not spend a fortune. Can you treat your dog’s diarrhea at…
If you’ve no idea what a lick granuloma is, count your blessings! What a nuisance they can be! The official name for this disease is acral lick dermatitis. “Acral” refers to an extremity (leg), and “dermatitis” means inflammation of the skin. The “lick” represents the incessant licking behavior that causes the problem. Acral lick granulomas are skin sores that typically…
A symptom is what we see and what we want to address. Unfortunately, that leads to missing the point—getting to the bottom of the problem. There is a dialog from one of the episodes of House M.D. that has been on my mind lately. House: You wake up in the morning, your paint’s peeling, your curtains are gone, and the…
We all know that vomiting is bad, but many dog owners don’t understand exactly how much damage severe or prolonged vomiting can do to a dog’s body. Dehydration Severe vomiting causes direct loss of water from the body but equally important is the fact that it prevents dogs from holding down and absorbing water that they try to drink to…
According to Merriam-Webster, a diagnosis is the act of differentiating disease from its signs and symptoms. Did you notice that most medical terminology is more likely to describe a problem instead of explaining it? How does that translate into a successful treatment? What is and isn’t a diagnosis A diagnosis that offers neither a solutionor an explanation is not a…