Dog care, symptoms, health issues, and dog health advocacy from an owner's perspective. In loving memory of Jasmine.
Strict rest at first, and limited activity thereafter are essential to successful recovery from injury or surgery. Keeping an active dog for re-injuring themselves during the recovery period is easier said than done. Cookie’s recovery from iliopsoas injury Poor Cookie was under house arrest to get her iliopsoas muscles to heal. Naturally, strict rest was the mainstay of her treatment.…
Unfortunately, we are no strangers to dealing with severe side effects and adverse drug reactions in dogs. It doesn’t come as a surprise that I have a love-hate relationship with medicating your dog. Perhaps more hate than love. Yet, drugs do have their place, and there are times when they can be life-saving. I medicate very conservatively; if there is an…
At no point is panicking part of our job description as dog parents. That doesn’t mean that we don’t volunteer ourselves for it. I know I do. However, not panicking doesn’t mean complacency. Cookie’s story On Sunday morning, Cookie got up looking quite sick. She was quite lethargic and weak and had no interest in food. She did come out…
This story was a good lesson that seeing doesn’t have to mean understanding. Observation and facts are one thing. What one makes of them, however, can be something else altogether. That’s why you always have to question how you interpret what you see. Jasmine’s story Jasmine was a senior Rottweiler girl who’s gone through many health challenges. We thought that…
When your dog sustains a serious injury it is always difficult to figure out what is the best treatment option. When the recommended treatment means surgery, it gets even more challenging. A surgical intervention always comes with risks. Knee repair surgeries are successful for most dogs. However, potential surgical complications range from minor to severe and include: anesthesia complications surgical…