When your dog is injured, do you know what to expect in terms of your dog’s recovery and rehabilitation? When should you expect your dog to start walking – and how far and how fast? What’s the best way to get your dog’s muscles back in shape, and his stamina back?  Good communication with your [...]

There are many times when we dogs want our parents and owners to take this dreaded collar off of us. It’s hard for us to understand that our parents are keeping this thing on us out of love.  Luca will agree that it’s difficult to understand when we’re hot and panting to stay cool, and [...]

What can we expect after our dog has surgery? How should we treat him after we bring him home following surgery? Is there anything we need to do to our home to protect our dog?

One of my new friends was Evan. Here you can see Evan and me, as I was about to leave the [...]

My breakfast consists of Science Diet dry food. Though I don’t always act my age, according to Science Diet I’m a “mature adult” since I’m over six years old, so I eat the mature adult variety. But now there is a different smell in my breakfast: It is something called “Condroitin with Glucosamine”.
My parents also [...]

What bothers me the most about being wounded is having this cone around my head. Dr. B calls it a collar but I think he’s just being kind.  The “instructions” call it an “Elizabethan collar”. Do I look like my name is Elizabeth?
I don’t understand why I have to have this cone, or collar, around [...]

Following doctor’s orders is essential, and that includes when the doctor’s orders are about your dog’s return to health.  The doctor’s orders may include every aspect of your dog’s life.

The instructions also tell the distance and way that I am allowed to walk every day.
The way I am walked is a difficult adjustment. Even though [...]