Posts Tagged ‘Health’

Winter is upon us!  Here are some great tips from Wapiti Labs Inc on how you can make the most of the cold season with your dog.

These videos were taken earlier this week.  I wanted to have a reference to check on her progress as she recovers from the surgery.  As you can see, her limp isn’t that bad, which is why it took us so long to decide to go with the surgery.  We have been limiting her activity to [...]

The preparation for Kaz’s TPLO surgery has been the hardest part.   Endless hours have been spent worrying about her injury, researching it, and discussing alternatives.  In the end, we have decided that a TPLO surgery is the best solution to repair Kaz’s torn cruciate ligament.  Hopefully our time spent preparing for this surgery will be [...]

Kaz usually likes to spend her days curled up on the couch, demanding belly rubs. But occasionally, she gets a little feisty and needs to do some serious wilderness romping and dog clobbering. Recently, one of those “rare occasions” caused her to tear her cranial cruciate ligament (the dog version of our ACL). [...]

Kaz, my bulmastiff, is under two years old but occasionally has a bit of limp.  We’ve been doing some research on glucosamine supplements and have found that “Cosequin” has been getting a lot of buzz at the dog park.  Cosequin is a glucosamine chondroitan sulfate for pets, most commonly used for horses and dogs.  The joint heath [...]