Help for your slipping dog
Blogging and barking about healthy dog care, senior dogs, and how to give your dog the happiest life possible. (With a healthy dose of encouragement for you!)
If you have ever owned or loved a Dachshund, you are probably familiar with the most common spinal disease in dogs—intervertebral disc disease, commonly referred to as IVDD.
But I don’t like to talk about “diseases,” I like to talk about dogs, so our story begins with a MUCH loved four-year-old miniature Dachshund named Tango.
As the days become sweltering and humid, some call this time of year “the dog days of summer.” But as a veterinarian, I call it lar par season. The temperature escalates, and so do the cases of laryngeal paralysis presenting to veterinarians, often as life-threatening emergencies.
I firmly believe that we can all learn from each other, so I’ve captured the “best of” questions, comments, and personal stories from dog owners whose lives have been touched by lar par. Additionally, I’ve compiled my own answers to commonly asked questions about canine laryngeal paralysis.
If your dog suffers from this condition, I’d like to offer hope and inspiration by sharing this quote I received from one reader: “There is life with lar par and we are living it.”
Can I give my dog melatonin? If you’ve been following my three-part series on melatonin, you know the answer is a resounding yes. In Part I, Melatonin for Dogs, we covered melatonin 101—the what and why. In Part II, Melatonin and Canine Cognitive Dysfunction, we discussed using this neurohormone to help senior dogs with sleep-wake disturbances and restlessness associated with doggy dementia. In fact, melatonin is being studied as a potential treatment for Alzheimer’s disease in humans.
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