Dog care, symptoms, health issues, and dog health advocacy from an owner's perspective. In loving memory of Jasmine.
Through their lives, our dogs hurt themselves and became lame enough times. Cookie was just recovering from her own limp when JD hurt his leg. When I called for a vet appointment for JD’s hind left leg lameness, the receptionist jokingly asked, whether JD was having sympathy pains. Cookie’s footsie saga continued into the last week, when, after presumed all…
What to do when you’re supposed to soak your freshly adopted dog’s foot but they don’t cooperate? The day after we adopted her, Cookie became lame on her hind leg. The veterinarian determined she had an infection of sorts between her toes. For her unhappy foot, Cookie got antibiotics and we were to do 20-minute foot soaks in Epsom salt,…
Dogs need to chew. But just because a dog chew is available for purchase, it doesn’t automatically make it safe. The bottom line is that your dog can potentially choke on just about anything they put in their mouth. Some items bring a higher risk than others. Danger can lurk anywhere. There are chews that are officially frowned upon while…
Do you think it is easy to figure out what is causing your dog’s lameness? Sometimes it is. And sometimes you can easily fall into the assumption trap. The most common cause of an acute hind leg lameness in a dog are knee injuries. These injuries are common in dogs. But that doesn’t mean that is the answer every time.…
Illness can get complicated and diagnosis such cases is a process. Sometimes your veterinarian tries a treatment, and it might work even though it is unclear what’s wrong. And sometimes, the immune system and the body’s healing potential end up having to do the job. Sometimes you don’t know. All is well that ends well. Thank you, Julia Davis, for…