Dog care, symptoms, health issues, and dog health advocacy from an owner's perspective. In loving memory of Jasmine.
Diagnosing CCL tears is easy and straightforward, right? This is a story from Dog Knee Injury website. Having gone through cruciate tears with Jasmine twice, this topic is of special interest to me. Having your dog go through that is frustrating enough. But what if you couldn’t even get it properly diagnosed and treated? Don’t ever hesitate to get a…
A therapist or a veterinarian will perform the drawer test using their hands. The test is positive if the tibia slides too far forward. Faced with a life-altering diagnosis, whether temporarily or for the rest of the dog’s life, we look for ways out. “Maybe it is something else, something that will go away on its own.” I was in…
Hip and elbow dysplasia are a common cause of lameness in dogs. They sound like they should be the same thing, just involving different legs. Are they, though? Definition The word dysplasia has a rather broad meaning. It is from Greek, and it stands for malformation. In the context of veterinary medicine, dysplasia means abnormal development or growth. Both hip…
Is surgery the only option to treat your dog’s cruciate ligament tear? Are there non-surgical solutions to your dog’s knee injury? Thank you, Mandie, for sharing your conservative management experience and success the second time around. Tucker’s story Tucker is my (almost) 6-year-old American Bulldog. From our first meeting in the shelter, I should have known it would be a…
CCL injuries are common in large breed dogs. However, the number of small breed dogs that tear their cruciate ligament is on a rise. It makes me stop and wonder how that might relate to how we’re breeding and what we’re feeding our dogs. As well as our dogs’ lifestyle and the environment are far from what it used…