Dog care, symptoms, health issues, and dog health advocacy from an owner's perspective. In loving memory of Jasmine.
If your dog has arthritis, they can have good days and bad days. The amount and type of activity, even the weather can influence how your dog feels. However, things are not always what they seem. What should you make of it when your dog has some dramatically bad days when they have a hard time getting up? Molly was…
There is a difference between acute inability to stand and an ongoing condition where the dog might have already diagnosed issues such as spinal injury or any other problem causing paralysis, extreme weakness or loss of balance. A chronic, established condition isn’t an emergency unless something abruptly changes. For example, after her hyperthermia horror, Jasmine was unable to get up…
When things go wrong, it is important to reflect on what has happened and whether something could or should have been done differently. When it comes to my dogs’ health, I am very paranoid and advocate seeing a vet as soon as possible. Sometimes immediately. I am not one to promote procrastination, putting things off, watching a disease to progress…
What the heck am I talking about? What does arthritis have to do with the abdomen? Just had another friend, whose dog’s arthritis started acting up, facing a diagnosis of a splenic tumor. Yes, arthritis can get more painful on some days, particularly if your dog overdoes it, or is a weekend warrior. For some dogs, weather can play a role…
When your dog suddenly becomes unsteady on their feet, it is a scary thing to witness. The medical term for it is ataxia but that is not a diagnosis. It is simply describing the situation. What can cause ataxia? The problem can originate in: inner ear brainstem spinal cord brain There can also be systemic causes such as changes in…