Commonly Heard Medical Terms for Pets Every day clients hand me pieces of paper from their vet and say, “Mimi, can you put this in English?” When I was in veterinarian practice, one of the most entertaining things was when … Continue reading
Read More...Common Auto-Immune Diseases for Pets Back in the early 1980s, very little was known about the below issues in animals. By the early to mid 1990s, whenever a veterinarian was baffled, almost every dog had an auto-immune issue. I had … Continue reading
Read More...Commonly Heard Pet Cancer Names The cancers below are words you never want to hear either from a human doctor or a veterinarian. Unfortunately I have encountered all of these in my own “kids” over the years as I am … Continue reading
Read More...There are many joint issues with dogs which people can spew out the acronyms but have no idea what part is injured, how it connects to other parts and half the time where that body part is. Here is a … Continue reading
Read More...Blood Tests – What Did You Just Say? The overall lab test for animals is like blood work for humans. It will tell you just about any info you want on organs and how well they are functioning. The blood … Continue reading
Read More...Some of these are minor others can be deadly. The biggest concern in the list is the first one below. If your large breed and deep chested dog begins to vomit water and food, paces and cannot eat or drink, run do not walk to the nearest hospital. I received a “free” Borzoi or Russian Wolfhound from a well-known breeder/judge who wanted to off-load a dog as I call it, so she could breed more. With my background in vet medicine I was lucky and noticed the symptoms immediately. Within 24 hours of my “free dog to a good home” we were in the emergency hospital at 1:00 am and a $2,500 emergency surgery. Continue reading
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