People who have never dealt closely with cancer may take a small lump found under a dog’s skin fairly calmly. Those who have know the other reaction: your fingers find a lump and, within a second, your mind is already at the worst-case scenario. I tend to belong to the...
For decades, spaying and neutering dogs was often treated as a fairly simple choice: if a dog was not going to be used for breeding, the ovaries or testicles were removed. This prevents unwanted litters and reduces the risk of several diseases of the reproductive system. For me, the question has...
Apoquel is probably one of the best-known medications for itching in dogs. In some dogs, its effect can be impressively fast: a dog that was licking, chewing and scratching itself yesterday may be noticeably less itchy after a short time. That matters. Severe itching is not merely uncomfortable. A dog can...
I know quite a few dog owners who have at least once found some kind of “lump” under their dog’s skin. And even when reason says it is probably nothing serious, the brain usually reaches the word tumour in about three seconds. A lipoma in dogs is one of the...
Turmeric has been one of those things in our home that I have instinctively reached for when inflammation flares up. Because of the anatomical problem in Ossu’s elbow, his left elbow sometimes becomes swollen. More than once I have seen the swelling look smaller, occasionally as soon as the next...
