Liz writes: We have a 100 pound American bull Dog. He has had a constant yeast infection in his ears for over one year. He flaps his ears so hard that the top of his head is bleeding from flopping his ears.He has been on Ciprofloxacin 500 MGM twice a day and this is not helping.To clean […]
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Lots of flooding in the Caruthersville, Missouri area, even before they dynamited the levee upstream. Many people left and abandoned their animals. Last week the Humane Society of Missouri rescued a horse from a flooded area by putting a sling between two boats. The problem has gotten worse since then. Today, the A.S.P.C.A. is here […]
Most of the snakebites that I have to deal with here are from copperheads. We do have cotton-mouth water moccasins, but most of my patients are not in the water so much. Usually you just see some facial swelling, as dogs typically go in nose first, and the snake bites them on the lip. […]
This is Storm today. She looks pretty happy. That's because her toe is not hurting nearly so badly as it was 10 days ago. Now she can walk on her right hind paw, though it still gets sore toward the end of the day. Here she is 10 days ago, not putting that paw on […]
Back in the fall I posted a series of photos, sort of a "diary" of the healing of a bad crushing injury. The last picture in the series looked pretty good, but this most recent picture is really gratifying. This is the underside of the chest of Hercules, a big old Labrador retriever. On the […]
This really super-nice dog is thirteen years old. You can see that his beautiful chocolate coat is nicely accented by a lot of gray around the muzzle. Despite his gray hairs, he appears to be in very good physical condition generally. His coat is sleek, he is well muscled, eyes are clear, teeth are good, […]
I just got an email from the Animal Poison Control Center. Here's a link to a page on their site listing some of the most common problems. It's always good to take a quick look and and get a reminder about things to avoid.
Five weeks, and Dizzy ate on his own for the first time. When he continued to do so for a few days, it was time to pull the feeding tube. I've unwrapped the bandage (we've changed it weekly) and you can see the tube going into the side of his neck, into his esophagus, and […]
Two more weeks of nursing care (four weeks total so far), and it looks like the infection is all under control. I'm thinking it's time to try to repair that upper jaw, and try again to re-attach the inner cheek surfaces to the gums and cover up that naked mandible bone. So, it's sleepy-time for […]
So now we're a couple of weeks into this mess. In this picture, you can see that his tongue is healing well. Some of the stitches have already dissolved, but a couple of them are still hanging in there (the purple things). You can also see the wire that is holding his mandibles together, and […]