Symptoms

Death Cap Mushroom Poisoning: A Life-Saving Procedure?

The death cap is one of the most toxic mushrooms. If your dog ingests even the tiniest bit, it is a life-threatening situation. Symptoms of mushroom poisoning range from mild to severe and include: vomiting diarrhea weakness excessive drooling lethargy jaundice loss of coordination seizures coma Further information: Mushroom Poisoning in Dogs Mushroom poisoning is an emergency. The standard treatment…

by Jana Rade

Stem Cells At Work: From Zero To Sixty In Four Days

Regenerative therapy is high on our list of treatments that were most beneficial for Jasmine. On a gut level, this approach made sense to me from the first time I’ve heard about it and I couldn’t be happier we decided to take that path. Jasmine received stem cell therapy repeatedly and we treated Cookie’s partial CCL tears with platelet-rich plasma.…

by Jana Rade

Acute Front Leg Lameness: Jasmine’s Sore Leg

Front lameness can be challenging to diagnose and treat. There are straightforward causes and daunting ones too. The causes of front leg lameness include anything from: nail injuries paw injuries and foreign bodies insect bites and stings snake bites infections elbow injuries, arthritis or elbow dysplasia carpal injuries shoulder injuries neck and spinal injuries Lyme disease (shifting lameness) Shoulder injuries…

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DIY Canine Massage: How Dog Massage Healed Nala’s Mystery Limp

There is a great benefit of physical therapy and rehabilitation to help your dog. But can you do any of that at home? Of course, that depends. If you don’t know what you’re doing you could cause harm or make no difference at all. Although gentle massage is always great it might not be effective. It is always best to…

by Jana Rade

Canine Gastric Dilatation-Volvulus: RIP Barbie

Veterinary Partner calls bloat the Mother of all Emergencies. According to some sources, bloat is the number two dog killer, right after cancer! Gastric dilatation is a distention of the stomach from an accumulation of gas and fluid. Gastric dilatation can be further complicated by volvulus, in which the distended stomach rotates on itself (gastric torsion), cutting off its blood…

by Jana Rade

Jana Rade

I am a graphic designer by day, dog health advocate, dog writer, member of the Dog Writers Association of American and an award-winning author. Jasmine, the Rottweiler of my life, was the largest female from her litter. We thought we were getting a healthy dog. Getting a puppy from a backyard breeder was our first mistake. Endless veterinary visits without a diagnosis or useful treatment later, I realized that I had to take Jasmine's health care in my own hands. I learned the hard way that simply seeing a vet is not always enough. There is more to finding a good vet than finding the closest clinic down the street. And, sadly, there is more to advocating for your dog's health than visiting a veterinarian. It should be enough but it often is not. With Jasmine, it took five years to finally get a diagnosis for her initial issue. Unfortunately, other problems had snowballed for that in the meantime. Jasmine's health challenges became a crash course in understanding dog health issues and how to go about getting a proper diagnosis and treatment. I had to learn and I had to learn fast. Helping others through my challenges and experience has become my mission and Jasmine's legacy. I now try to help people how to recognize and understand signs of illness in their dogs, how to work with their veterinarian and when to seek a second opinion. My goal is to save others the steep curve of having to learn things the hard way as I did. That is the mission behind my blog and behind my writing. That is why I wrote Symptoms to Watch for in Your Dog, which has turned out being an award-winning guide to dog owners . What I'm trying to share encompasses 20 years of experience.

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