Dog care, symptoms, health issues, and dog health advocacy from an owner's perspective. In loving memory of Jasmine.
Atypical seizures describe episodic focal motor events. Canyon’s episodes were nothing if not strange. Thank you, Brook, for sharing Canyon’s story. Canyon’s story Our dogs had their annual check-ups with Dr. B. Canyon was first. He had two years of good titers, so Bianca said we could skip them this year. She then asked us if we have any concerns…
Here is the logic of health issues in dogs – an acute problem likely has an acute cause. Doesn’t it make sense that a disease progressive in nature would have a progressive onset? Some conditions can wax and vane with a dog having some good day and some bad days. But what if the dog is perfectly fine one minute…
Dr. Nancy Kay wrote a great article, Don’t Just Do Something, Stand There, pointing out the fact that both doctors and veterinarians often feel obligated to prescribe something even though the situation does not call for it. Why would this be a problem? It reminds me of an episode of House MD, where a teenager went to a doctor with…
In dogs, the main way allergies manifest is through the skin and chronic ear infections. A dog can, however, have [sometimes serious] respiratory symptoms. Thank you, Krystn Janisse, for sharing Shadow’s story. Shadow’s story Shadow was a healthy active 5-year-old Labrador Retriever. He found his forever home with my family in the fall of 2003 at the age of 4.…
Would you think there was a benefit to examining your dog’s vomit? While I agree that the gross factor is high, yes, I always examine my dog’s vomit. It can go a long way in helping me figure out why they threw up. JD’s story At about five in the morning, I was woken up by hubby rushing JD to…