Dog care, symptoms, health issues, and dog health advocacy from an owner's perspective. In loving memory of Jasmine.
Dietary indiscretion is an extremely common cause of diarrhea in dogs. Dogs are perfectly happy to eat anything that fits in their mouth, particularly when is smells good. Note: what smells good to a dog and to a person may or may not be the same thing. Garbage gut diarrhea is often self-limiting, meaning it resolves on its own. There…
Inflammatory bowel disease is a syndrome caused by an immune reaction to chronic irritation of the GI tract. The cause is poorly understood but the result is immune cells infiltrating the tissues of the gastrointestinal tissues. The common theorized causes are chronic parasites, bacterial infections, or food allergies. Symptoms can vary in severity but commonly consist of chronic vomiting, diarrhea…
The most common cause of acute pancreatitis in dogs is the ingestion of a fatty meal or table scraps. It is by far not the only cause. Further, the picture gets more complicated with chronic pancreatitis. Anything that disrupts the tissue of the pancreas can trigger panccreatitis. The list of all potential causes is quite long and includes: breed predisposition…
Pancreatitis is an inflammation of the pancreas. One of the jobs the pancreas has is the production of enzymes essential for food digestion. When these enzymes go rogue, they begin digesting the pancreas itself. Further information: Pancreatitis in Dogs Cookie’s story Vomiting, diarrhea, and lethargy. Combination of symptoms that sent us to the vet, yet again. I had dogs vomit…
Precious was ill since the end of the year. An exploratory surgery, three vets, four months, and several treatments later, he was not getting better. His guts were not happy and nobody could figure out why. Precious’ story Precious was a 3-year-old Rottweiler, happy and always healthy prior to this event. The problem started on the 29th of December after…