Dog care, symptoms, health issues, and dog health advocacy from an owner's perspective. In loving memory of Jasmine.
Loving dog parents everywhere share a common concern in keeping their pets healthy, happy, and safe. We go to great lengths to provide proper nutrition, medical care, fun activity, and shelter. When problems occur, we spend the necessary resources to ensure our dog’s needs are met. Wouldn’t it feel great to also provide safeguards to actually prevent injury from occurring?…
Do you live in or travel to areas that are home to venomous snakes? Do you know how to protect your dog from snake bites? I’ve been neighbors with rattlesnakes, copperheads, and water moccasins, and have treated dogs that have been bitten by some if not all of these species. These cases can be incredibly rewarding or heartbreaking. It all…
The American Heartworm Society recommends annual heartworm testing for all dogs. The recommendation makes perfect sense to me, and I would do it even without being told. When I called to make the appointment, I was surprised to be told that Cookie had the test last year, and I didn’t have to do it this year if I didn’t want…
In Cookie’s wellness exam results report, I mentioned that ticks, which weren’t really ever a big problem for us, suddenly became one. Even more interestingly, the whole year we were doing fine until last December. Last December, out of the entire year, we suddenly started finding ticks on Cookie daily. It wasn’t really as cold as you’d expect for a…