Dog care, symptoms, health issues, and dog health advocacy from an owner's perspective. In loving memory of Jasmine.
In my experience, hind leg lameness is more common than limping on the front leg. That is not to say that front legs cannot get injured or suffer from orthopedic issues. Arthritis doesn’t discriminate and can affect any joint(s) in the body especially if there are any anatomic abnormalities or laxity. A front leg can sustain a soft tissue injury,…
Daphne, she was struggling with Immune-Mediated Hemolytic Anemia (IMHA). The path to her diagnosis was not straight. It took a visit to a specialist to determine what was behind Daphne’s symptoms. Daphne’s decline After she was started on the correct treatment, Daphne was showing signs of improvement but then the complications started. Daphne’s belly became distended. She was brought to…
Every medication or preventive has the potential to cause an adverse reaction. After all, you’re introducing a foreign substance into the body. Even though drugs are tested for safety and common side effects are usually mild to moderate, a tragedy can occur. Further, sometimes a drug can be safe on its own but not in combination with something else. For…
Viva was diagnosed with Cushing’s disease. Cushing’s disease is caused by excessive levels of the hormone cortisol. Most of the time, the underlying cause is a tumor on the pitutiary or adrenal glands. It can, however, also develop in dogs who are on a long-term treatment with steroids. Treatment is aimed at normalizing cortisol levels. Thank you, Kenzo, for sharing…
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.…