Dog care, symptoms, health issues, and dog health advocacy from an owner's perspective. In loving memory of Jasmine.
What constitutes excessive drooling/hypersalivation? When should you worry about your dog’s production of saliva? Dogs drool; there is no way around it. Some will drool more, some less, depending on the breed and other factors. For example, if you have a Saint Bernard or a Newfoundland, you are used to drowning in excess saliva—with these dog breeds, a considerable amount…
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…
by Dr. Greg Magnusson, DVM Generally speaking, dogs don’t get nosebleeds as often as people do. Bumps on the dog nose do very little internal damage, and injury-related bleeds are super uncommon. So when a dog’s nose starts dripping blood, there is often cause for concern. The worst part about nosebleeds in dogs though, isn’t the various and sundry causes…
If your dog becomes unable to walk, it is one of the scariest things to experience. The problem is usually because of the disruption of communication between the brain and the rest of the body. Sometimes, the dog might have difficulty moving and appear weak, and sometimes they might be unable to walk at all. As it turns out, there…
Dental issues are the most common cause of bad breath in dogs. But what if there is something else going on? Potential causes of bad breath in dogs include: gum or periodontal disease tooth abscess foreign bodies systemic issues such as GI, metabolic, respiratory or autoimmune disease poisoning In any case, foul breath alerts you to a problem that can…