Your dog is urinating blood, whining, and trying to pee on every bush in your front yard. Bladder stones in dogs is the last thing that comes into your mind when this happens. Oh well, it’s probably a UTI, you think. Or, he is just having a bad day.  You hope it all just goes away. Well, lots of times, if it is just a UTI, it will go away. If bladder stones are responsible, these symptoms won’t just “go away”. Bladder stones in dogs are complicated. Many types develop for many different reasons. Let’s fast forward and say bladder

Western Dog Arthritis Treatments I see and treat arthritis all the time. So let me give you a brief overview of the most common dog arthritis treatments.  In this post, there is no way to cover all of the treatments.  So I will just touch on a few so that you know there are more options than just Rimadyl or Previcoxx.  Remember it depends on the dog’s age, breed, problem, and other health issues. NSAID’s The most common medicines used for arthritis are by far NSAID’s.  Rimadyl, Previcoxx, Deramaxx, and Metacam are the most common by far.  They all work

Lignans for dogs are an excellent choice for easing the symptoms of Cushing’s disease.  When ingested, plant lignans are converted in the body to other lignans, such as enterolactone. Enterolactone is a major endogenous-mammalian lignan formed by the action of intestinal bacteria on plant lignans when they are ingested and acts as a phytoestrogen in the body. There are two kinds of lignans, SDG (secoisolariciresinol diglucoside) lignans extracted from flax hulls and which HMR (7-hydroxymatairesinol) lignans which are extracted from the Norwegian spruce tree. The main difference between the two types of lignans for dogs are: In the SDG flax