Articles with gastroenteritis

Gastroenteritis in Dogs: Gastroenteritis is when …

What does it mean when your veterinarian diagnoses your dog with gastroenteritis? Isn’t that a mouthful? Sometimes it seems the vets use these terms specifically to baffle us! In their defense, medical terms are actually highly descriptive once you figure out how to decipher them. Frequent diagnosis If you own a dog, gastroenteritis is a term that you might run…

by Jana Rade

Multiple Dog Household Gastroenteritis: Three Housemates All get Diarrhea and Vomiting

Diarrhea and vomiting can have a myriad of causes. However, when more than one dog in the same household come down with upset bellies, it narrows down the potential causes. It boils down to something they all got into or an infection. We had that happen once when daughter’s Chi caught a bug someplace and then gave it to our…

by Jana Rade

Canine Garbage Gut Diarrhea: Bad Dog: JD’s Garbage Gut And Diarrhea

Dietary indiscretion is an extremely common cause of diarrhea in dogs. Dogs are perfectly happy to eat anything that fits in their mouth, particularly when is smells good. Note: what smells good to a dog and to a person may or may not be the same thing. Garbage gut diarrhea is often self-limiting, meaning it resolves on its own. There…

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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