Help for your slipping dog
“Listen to your body.” It’s become a buzz phrase in our culture. And it’s typically good advice! But what about our furry family members who don’t have a voice to communicate their needs, and often aren’t fully in charge of what their bodies get to do?
In this episode, Dr. Buzby shares 7 examples of how YOU can listen to your dog’s body and what your observations might mean.
Even during an emergency, your furry family members will need your love, care and attention. Traveling in evacuation for Hurricane Florence, Dr. Buzby shares 8 tips for preparing your family—furry and otherwise—for a disaster.
While this is the Buzby family’s third consecutive year evacuating during hurricane season, most of the planning Dr. Buzby had done previously was made ineffective by the storm’s path. Her story highlights the adage that “a plan may be useless, but planning is invaluable.”
It’s never the “perfect time” to adopt a new dog, but as Dr. Buzby says in this episode, “Your home and your heart are never really full.” Sharing her own experience with a stray pup who showed up in her yard (and never left), Dr. Buzby helps you prepare for your new arrival (or better integrate them now that that they’re home) in this episode.
Fibrocartilaginous Embolism (FCE) sounds like a hopeless diagnosis. But as Dr. Buzby reveals in this episode, a spinal stroke (the layman term for FCE) doesn’t necessarily mean a long-term negative outcome for your dog.
Dr. Buzby covers the basics about FCE in this episode, but you can find more information, including a heartwarming blog post about a dog named Ozzie’s FCE recovery, at our website: ToeGrips.com
Though a case is six times more rare in dogs than horses, it’s not impossible for dogs to contract tetanus. So, why are our dogs not vaccinated against tetanus when they get rabies and other regular “shots”? This episode has all the info on tetanus in dogs, from the tell-tale signs of the toxin, the difference in generalized and localized tetanus as well as how you and your vet team are going to treat your dog in the case they ever do suffer from tetanus.
