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There has been a social media post going around showing the healing timeline of soft tissue injury relative to the grade of the injury. It is really solid information that I hope people pay attention to. However, the information provided should not be taken as “gospel” when it comes to actual healing in dogs. Anyone relying …
Kristin Wolter, CVT, CCRA, CCFT Since it’s animal pain awareness month I thought it would be a great opportunity to discuss pain prevention. So often we wait for a painful event to occur and then treat it rather than taking the time and consideration to find ways to keep it from happening at all. …
Janice McConnell, DVM, CCRT, cVMA Treating Chronic Osteoarthritis Pain in Our Pets Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common cause of chronic pain in our pets. It is estimated that 20-25% of adult dogs develop osteoarthritis, and that number may increase to 80% of geriatric canine patients over 8 years of age. In studies of …
Central Oregon Summer Heat Is Here. It can come with a variety of potentially life threatening consequences for our dogs, some of which seem obvious, but others are more insidious. Certainly, most people understand that cars and pavement are primary culprits of summertime heat related illness, injury or death. But there are many other heat/summer …