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Get Your Precious Pup Ready for Spring
Winter is coming to an end and spring is here. As the weather warms up, most of us will be spending more time outdoors. For dogs with osteoarthritis or recurrent ear infections, the spring presents unique challenges. While your furry friend will probably want to join you on long walks and wet adventures, it’s important [...]
2 Products You Need to Treat and Prevent Dog Hygromas
A common problem, dog hygromas can appear suddenly and grow quite large over time. These fluid-filled lumps typically start as a small moveable mass on the elbow or other joints. If not treated promptly, dog hygromas can grow and become hard. Once this occurs, treatment becomes more difficult. Despite their alarming appearance, dog hygromas don’t usually cause discomfort unless they [...]
Surgi-Sox Products: Comfortable Compression Dog Braces and Healing Care
It’s hard to watch our furry friends as they deal with the effects of medicine application or recover from surgery. Trying to calm a nervous, anxious animal after going through a stressful experience who then has to wear a dreaded cone to prevent them from licking a wound, ranks up there as one of the [...]
What is a Lick Granuloma?
Dogs are known to lick themselves occasionally - whether from an itchy spot, a bug bite, or from something totally unexplainable. But if you have a dog who constantly licks a specific spot on their bodies, mostly on their legs, to the point where their hair disappears and a sore develops, then it’s most likely [...]
Dog Hygromas – A Big Dog Problem, But Are They Dangerous?
Many owners of large or giant breed dogs have encountered hygromas, though they can affect dogs of any size or breed (albeit less typically in small dogs). If you’re unfamiliar with hygromas at all, or if your dog has been diagnosed with one, your first question is certainly, “What is it, and is it dangerous for my dog?”Hygromas are [...]
How to Keep Your Dog Engaged After Surgery
Dogs recovering from surgery cannot do the same things they normally would. In fact, many of their favorite activities are probably banned. This creates problems when trying to keep them engaged. However, it’s important to keep your dog’s mind stimulated throughout the recovery period. Without regular stimulation, dogs can easily become bored and depressed.Dogs recovering from surgery cannot run or jump. [...]
Signs Your Dog is in Pain
No one wants to see their dog in pain. While an obvious limp, wound, or cut are easy to identify, other causes can be harder to spot. Your pet cannot tell you what they’re feeling, making it extremely difficult to know if and when your dog is in pain. Some dogs will even attempt to hide pain as part [...]
Protect Your Dog After Surgery and Keep Them Happy
Most dogs recover from surgery quickly and without issue. However, proper care must be taken to ensure problems don’t arise. Learning all you can about how to protect your dog and spot potential issues following surgery can help ensure your pet remains healthy and happy.About Surgical Incisions During surgery, your veterinarian makes an incision in your pet’s skin. Once the [...]
Dog Ear Hematoma Treatment and Recovery
Are your dog's ears bleeding? An extremely common condition for dogs of all ages, ear hematomas, also known as aural hematomas, cause swelling of the ear flap. Although ear hematomas can affect dogs of all breeds, dogs with long floppy ears are most at risk. This condition is also more common in dogs with allergic skin disease and those [...]
Help Heal Your Dog’s Lick Granuloma
Sometimes dogs lick themselves to the point of injury. When this occurs, the resulting wound is referred to as a lick granuloma. Common on the wrist and carpal joint of the front limb, these injuries get worse without treatment. It’s important to determine the underlying cause and ensure your dog isn’t able to cause themselves further injury. This generally [...]
