Things to Know Before You Buy a Back, Hip, Leg, or Knee Brace for Dogs Dogs are driven to continue an active lifestyle and routine behaviors, even when they’re in pain. That’s why noticing pain or decreased mobility in your pet can be especially heartbreaking. You know it has to be bad if your dog…
When your dog is in pain, your first impulse may be to help relieve it. That impulse is a beneficial one if it results in a trip to the vet and a recommendation for the right pain medication for dogs. But that impulse can be disastrous if you decide to treat the pain yourself with…
What Is Muscle Atrophy? Muscle atrophy in dogs is the wasting or loss of the dog’s muscle tissue. It often occurs in the legs, particularly the hind legs, although it can show up in other areas of the body. When atrophy results from an injury or surgery, it may be fairly obvious. But that’s not…
Surviving Crate Rest for Dogs: Tips, Activities, Interactive Dog Toys To you, crate rest for dogs may mean a relaxing, quiet environment where your pets can recover from surgery in peace. However, to dogs, crate rest can seem like one unending stretch of boredom in a very small world. Your job is to not only…
Excessive Licking in Dogs after Surgery: Why They Do It, How to Stop It Getting through dog surgery is a big step, but it’s only the first step. The next step is ensuring your dog’s incision heals properly. One of the greatest impediments to proper healing can come from the patient himself. Excessive licking in…
If your dog suddenly goes lame in one of his hind legs, you want to take action as quickly as possible. More often than not, sudden lameness in a hind leg indicates a ruptured cruciate ligament in dogs, otherwise known as a torn ACL. The sooner you begin to treat the injured ligament, the better…
Dog orthopedic surgery can help with a wide scope of issues, restoring optimum mobility, health, and quality of life to your pet. But like any type of surgical procedure, it does come with possible complications. Potential complications can be categorized into three main areas: Complications during surgery Early post-surgical complications – typically occurring within two…
Pet Proofing Your House in the Days, Weeks, and Months After Surgery When your beloved pet needs surgery, it can be easy to feel overwhelmed and sometimes, even helpless. The thought of seeing your pup in pain or discomfort – unable to run, play, and do all the things their little doggy heart loves during…
ACL tears are the most common orthopedic injury in dogs, and it’s estimated that between 30% and 50% of dogs who tear one ACL will tear the other ACL within a few years. Why is this? Let’s take a closer look. What happens when a dog tears their ACL? When a dog tears their ACL…
