Alternative treatments

Veterinary Highlights: Probiotics to Help Dogs with Acute Hemorrhagic Diarrhea Syndrome (AHDS)?

Acute hemorrhagic diarrhea syndrome (AHDS), formerly known as hemorrhagic gastroenteritis (HGE) is a life-threatening emergency which requires aggressive treatment. Its cause(s) are poorly understood but the top contender for an underlying cause is clostridium infection. According to this new study, dogs treated with a high-potency, eight-strain probiotic, might recover faster. It seems that the presence of helpful microbes help keep clostridium…

by Jana Rade

VetStem Therapy for Dogs: Back to Playing Fetch–Stuart’s Story

VetStem regenerative therapy gives Stuart his life back. What do Labrador Retrievers enjoy the most? Retrieving, of course. Which, in modern days, translates to playing fetch. JD loved fetching and would keep at it as long as anybody was throwing things. Neither Jasmine or Cookie had been very keen on playing fetch. Jasmine enjoyed hiking and exploring and Cookie only…

by Jana Rade

Canine Cancer Nanoshell Therapy: New Mast Cell Tumor Treatment for Dogs–Veterinary Highlights

What if a solid tumor could be removed without surgery? When your dog is diagnosed with a mast cell tumor, surgery can often be curable. It is, however, not enough trying to simply take out what appears to be part of the lump. Sufficient surrounding tissue needs to be taken out to make sure that all cancer cells were removed.…

by Jana Rade

Veterinary Highlights: Reversing Type 1 Diabetes in Dogs without Insulin?

Insulin is a hormone that regulates the blood levels, distribution to cells, and storage of glucose. Diabetes is a disease in which this regulation breaks down. Too much glucose remains in the blood, while the body cells are starving for energy. Dogs can get one of two types of diabetes. Type 1 diabetes describes glucose regulation break down due to…

by Jana Rade

Using Neurophysiology for Dogs: Canine Athlete Injury Prevention beyond the Traditional Means

There is a little-known technique used by rehabilitation professionals–priming the joints to respond to the unexpected stimulus, using neurophysiology. These techniques use principles utilized in human rehabilitative medicine. Yet, the veterinary field is just beginning to appreciate their effects for injury treatment and prevention. Neurophysiology? What is that? The primate human and non-human body uses sensory receptors to monitor external…

by Susan E. Davis PT

Jana Rade

I am a graphic designer, dog health advocate, writer, and author. Jasmine, the Rottweiler of my life, was the largest female from her litter. We thought we were getting a healthy dog. Getting a puppy from a backyard breeder was our first mistake. Endless veterinary visits without a diagnosis or useful treatment later, I realized that I had to take Jasmine's health care in my own hands. I learned the hard way that simply seeing a vet is not always enough. There is more to finding a good vet than finding the closest clinic down the street. And, sadly, there is more to advocating for your dog's health than visiting a veterinarian. It should be enough but it often is not. With Jasmine, it took five years to finally get a diagnosis for her initial issue. Unfortunately, other problems had snowballed for that in the meantime. Jasmine's health challenges became a crash course in understanding dog health issues and how to go about getting a proper diagnosis and treatment. I had to learn and I had to learn fast. Helping others through my challenges and experience has become my mission and Jasmine's legacy. I now try to help people how to recognize and understand signs of illness in their dogs, how to work with their veterinarian and when to seek a second opinion. My goal is to save others the steep curve of having to learn things the hard way as I did. That is the mission behind my blog and behind my writing. That is why I wrote Symptoms to Watch for in Your Dog, which has turned out being an award-winning guide to dog owners . What I'm trying to share encompasses 20 years of experience.

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