Dog care, symptoms, health issues, and dog health advocacy from an owner's perspective. In loving memory of Jasmine.
The other weekend, Cookie got acquainted with the electric fence around the horse run. She was not impressed! There are several runs at the horse farm. The horses stay in one or another based on the season. Most of the year, the horses are at the back of the property. The runs up front are empty, and the fences are…
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,…
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.…
When your dog becomes lame, the first suspects are muscle or joint issues. Did you know, however, that lameness can have a neurologic cause? Figuring out whether the problem is orthopedic or neurologic can be challenging. Jasmine’s story As soon as Jasmine improved after her neck issues, without any break to speak of, we were dealing with sudden severe front…