Dog care, symptoms, health issues, and dog health advocacy from an owner's perspective. In loving memory of Jasmine.
Regardless of the cause of your dog’s swelling, lumps, or bumps, the sooner you discover it, the better. That is why grooming and physical contact with your dog goes beyond bonding and building a relationship. Your hands can find ticks, scabs, lumps, or swelling your eyes might not see. Lilly’s mom was getting ready for a wellness exam. While waiting…
When assessing your limping dog, don’t forget to check for foot lesions or injuries. A sore foot can cause substantial lameness. While joint and muscle injuries are common, you would be surprised at the degree of lameness foot lesions, or injuries can cause in your dog. When Jasmine, who was a tough girl, had an infection on her foot, you…
What should you do if you find a lump or bump on your dog? Small bumps or swellings that show up out of the blue can be simply caused by stings, bites, or an infection. Cookie had her share of such little things. They were most likely caused by small wounds from her running through the bush. They went away…
Nobody likes to find new bumps on their dog, particularly since one was a mast cell tumor already. Since having his bumps aspirated and a mast cell tumor removed last October, JD decided to grow a couple of new ones. Again, they were quite small and there was the possibility that he might have run into a branch and that’s…
JD had his mast cell tumor removed last week. Everything went well and I will go into more detail on all his procedures next Thursday. Since then we were tending to his surgical sites and waiting for the pathology report. Diagnostic results The pathology report came today. That is much faster than we expected, which is great. Who likes waiting…