Educational Blog Posts
You NEED to recognize these posture changes. Your dog is in pain.
This third blog in our series on how our dogs tell us they have pain will focus on postural changes. With chronic pain, like from arthritis, these changes can occur more slowly over time, [...]
Changes in Your Dogs Abilities That are Caused by Pain. Are You Attributing Them to the Wrong Thing?
This is the second in our series of blogs on how dogs tell us they have pain. In this blog we'll focus on how their abilities (i.e. the way they do something) may hint [...]
Behaviour Changes Caused by Pain Your Dog Wants You to Know About.
It's well known that dogs don't show their pain like humans do. Dogs are often described as "stoic" or that they have a "high pain tolerance." However, we fail to recognize that how dogs [...]
Rehab for Osteoarthritis is MORE than Just Pain Relief.
Osteoarthritis will affect most of our dogs sometime in their lifetime. While many of us consider the pain from arthritis as mostly coming from the changes to the bone and the cartilage within the [...]
Librela: Should you believe the hype?
If you own a senior dog with arthritis, likely you’ve heard of Librela. It is an injection given under the skin once a month to help alleviate arthritis pain. It’s touted as a safer [...]
Unlocking Hope: Canine Cognitive Dysfunction and How Rehabilitation Can Restore Your Senior Dog’s Vitality
As your dog ages, you might start to think they are acting a bit senile or forgetful. In fact, dogs DO experience cognitive changes as they age much like humans do. Canine Cognitive Dysfunction [...]