Dog care, symptoms, health issues, and dog health advocacy from an owner's perspective. In loving memory of Jasmine.
Let’s address gradual unexplained weight gain in dogs. The potential causes are different than when the weight gain happens suddenly. How fast something happens is an important part of the picture. The more acute the onset, the more urgently you need to seek answers. With weight gain, the faster it happens, the closer you are to an emergency situation, particularly…
We all know that vomiting is bad, but many dog owners don’t understand exactly how much damage severe or prolonged vomiting can do to a dog’s body. Dehydration Severe vomiting causes direct loss of water from the body but equally important is the fact that it prevents dogs from holding down and absorbing water that they try to drink to…
Cats lick themselves all the time; they are big on self-grooming. It’s when they stop that you need to worry. Dogs, though, are not like that. That is not to say a dog won’t ever lick themselves—sure they do. Some of that has to do with keeping themselves clean too. However, when they lick themselves incessantly, there is a problem…
Limping is a symptom that is easy to observe. That doesn’t mean it is always easy to diagnose. Most limping dogs never end up at a veterinary hospital. Minor sprains and strains can often resolve on their own with rest allowing the tissue to heal. But what if lameness doesn’t go away after a few days of rest? The whole…
Because of their anatomy, dogs don’t get nosebleeds with every little bump to the nose as people do. Should you worry about your dog’s nosebleeds? I emphasized how important it is to take your dog’s nosebleeds seriously in Bella’s story. I am talking about bleeds directly from the inside of the nose, not surface bleeds where you might be able…