Poor little one!! Here are the first things I check: can I touch and move every bone – checking for a fracture. How much rotation to the inside is there of the lower leg on the upper leg – quick test for torn cruciate ligaments (ACL – football player injury). Are all...
There are many facets to answering this question. First, read the bag – read the itty bitty print way on the bottom – often, these products recommend waiting several hours or until the next rain before allowing pets on treated areas. The chemicals can burn foot pads,...
My short answer is acupuncture can help most conditions; I even use it carefully on my seizure patients! Personally, I use it more on internal medicine cases. Liver failure, kidney failure, and heart patients do better with acupuncture as part of their treatment. But,...
First, why does this happen? Some dogs’ are water personality – they run from anything new. I had a dog who was fine about thunder until one summer in the mountains when a thunderclap occurred right overhead – too loud!! Some dogs are just nervous and jumpy about...
Isn’t it funny how we never think about providing the same care for our pets as we do for ourselves? Chiropractic is well accepted in human health care, it is not as discussed for our pets. Mostly, it’s a newer discipline in veterinary medicine. Human chiropractic was...
The first time you deal with a pet emergency that may require CPR will be a very stressful/scary situation. A great graphic to help comes from the American Red Cross. The chart shows a prone dog receiving CPR – Airway is checked and cleared with the Heimlich maneuver,...