Dog care, symptoms, health issues, and dog health advocacy from an owner's perspective. In loving memory of Jasmine.
In theory, a healing crisis is a temporary worsening of the patient’s symptoms during stage(s) of treatment. Is healing crisis really a thing? Is that was Jasmine experienced? Frankly, I don’t know but it surely looked like it and it was our working theory to explain what happened. The fact is, that after the initial worsening of her symptoms, Jasmine…
Sometimes you hear a word so often that it loses its meaning. Hip dysplasia is a common orthopedic issue in dogs. That doesn’t mean that it cannot be debilitating. There are still dogs who are euthanized because of the severe effects of hip dysplasia. Thank you, Dr. Mark D Newkirk, for sharing Hunter’s story. Hunter’s story Hunter, a one-year-old yellow…
Front lameness can be challenging to diagnose and treat. There are straightforward causes and daunting ones too. The causes of front leg lameness include anything from: nail injuries paw injuries and foreign bodies insect bites and stings snake bites infections elbow injuries, arthritis or elbow dysplasia carpal injuries shoulder injuries neck and spinal injuries Lyme disease (shifting lameness) Shoulder injuries…
If you need a quick second opinion, start with VetLive. JJ is my dear friend. Her dog, Koda, is almost two years old, adorable Australian Shepherd girl. Koda has already had more struggles with her health than most old dogs ever will. Since a very young age, Koda had pee problems. Koda’s story When trying to get to the bottom…
Mismanaged wounds can get unimaginably bad very fast if infiltrated by bacteria. The biggest risk is improper bandaging, wet bandaging, not changing bandages frequently enough and not monitoring the would. When we used a bandage on Cookie’s cut, I was changing her bandage three times a day. Brutus’ story When Brutus, a 22-month-old Great Dane, arrived as an emergency patient…