Dog care, symptoms, health issues, and dog health advocacy from an owner's perspective. In loving memory of Jasmine.
How important do you think physical therapy is during your dog’s recovery after surgery or injury? Limpy’s story I met Limpy at a dog park. A young Lab, full of life. Even though it wasn’t slowing him down much, he was clearly favoring his left hind leg. I asked what happened. “He’s torn a knee ligament,” the owner said. Having…
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If you never lost a heart dog, it is impossible for you to understand the amount of pain that brings. To draw you a picture, I lost Jasmine, my heart dog, and my brother within one month. Jasmine’s passing hurt more. Jasmine Jasmine has been and always will be the dog of my life. She’s the one who turned me…
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.…