Dog care, symptoms, health issues, and dog health advocacy from an owner's perspective. In loving memory of Jasmine.
We miss Jasmine painfully. She has become not only an integral part of our lives but part of ourselves. Objectively, considering the hand she’s been dealt, it is nothing short of a miracle that she’s been with us as long as she has, with the quality of life she got to enjoy. We always pulled out all the stops and…
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy has been used in human medicine to treat conditions such as non-healing wounds, traumatic injuries, and serious infections. Now, hyperbaric oxygen therapy is going to the dogs. Hyperbaric capsules help to treat animals bitten by rattlesnakes, hit by cars and those with infected wounds or wounds that won’t heal. How it works? This treatment increases the oxygenation…
Surgery doesn’t always have to involve a scalpel. Cryosurgery is one of such techniques. During traditional surgery, the surgeon cuts out abnormal or diseased tissue. Cryosurgery achieves this by the use of extreme cold. The extreme cold causes the death of the target cells while at the same time of numbs surrounding nerves, which reduces pain. Further information: Cryosurgery in…
Many dogs end up suffering from arthritis at some point in their lives. It can become a crippling problem for your dog. Apart from weight management and physical therapy, the standard treatment consists of anti-inflammatory medications. While many dogs do well on these drugs, they can be damaging to the dog’s health. Further, sometimes the arthritis pain exceeds the ability…
Spinal cord injuries are one of the most horrifying injuries your dog can sustain. Nobody want’s to see their dog paralyzed and in pain. Prognosis depends on the severity of the injury. There is a surgical treatment which can help. But what if there is a better way? A pioneering new treatment, developed at the University of Cambridge, is allowing…