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How to Treat Your Cat After Surgery
Having a cat is a huge responsibility since this little creature entirely depends on you. Our pets need more than just a plate of food or cuddling. Kitties get sick, and sometimes a surgical procedure is only one option. According to statistics in Petsho, the most common surgeries in 2018 are tooth extraction, benign skin […]
Animal therapy reduces need for pain medication after joint-replacement surgery
Patients recovering from total joint replacement surgery who receive animal-assisted therapy (AAT) require less pain medication than those who do not experience this type of therapy. These data were published in the August/September issue of Anthrozoos by researchers from Loyola University Chicago Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing and Loyola University Health System. Anthrozoos is the […]
Q&A: My english bulldog puppy has 2 sets of bottom teeth growing at the same time. Will this require surgery?
by cutestsmalldogs Question by : My english bulldog puppy has 2 sets of bottom teeth growing at the same time. Will this require surgery? Obviously i will be asking my vet but i wanted to get other opinions on this as i have never heard of this happening. He is 4 months old and chews […]
Dog Eats Candy-Covered Volcano Homework Ending in Emergency Surgery
Nov 21, 2013 3:56pm It’s the oldest story in the book: “The dog ate my homework.” However, for Payton Moody, 13, of Englewood, Colo., who slaved away for hours on her candy-covered volcano project, that story became painfully true not only for her, but for her poor dog, Reggie. The 2-year-old yellow Labrador got ahold […]
Surgery saves fake dog dirt puppy
11 September 2013 Last updated at 07:43 ET A puppy had to undergo a life-saving operation after eating a fake pile of dog dirt. Boo, a black crossbreed, swallowed the joke object after a bag of dog biscuits was dropped on the floor. It got lodged in the six-month-old puppy’s intestines, forcing vets to carry […]
Puppy rescued by sanitation workers, gets surgery
Tonawanda News — NIAGARA FALLS — Thankfully, they did not find the puppy in the garbage can, as initial reports on Thursday had claimed. But, it appeared the little 8-week old pit bull has not been treated kindly by humans … until she was discovered by two sanitation workers in Niagara Falls Wednesday morning who […]
Puppy dragged behind vehicle recovering from surgery
Puppy dragged by car recovering Five days after a puppy was dragged behind a vehicle for more than a mile, he is recovering at a Wayne County veterinary clinic. The 4-month-old German shepherd mix was taken to Cherry Ridge Veterinary Clinic on Monday by his owner, Peter Ivosevic, 71, of Honesdale, who was charged with […]
‘Dog who wouldn’t die’ home after surgery
Buck (Tami Augustyn) The dog who was found shot in the head and face with a pellet gun, stuffed in a garbage bag and left to die earlier this month was released from a Texas veterinary clinic on Saturday, following eye surgery paid for by a Facebook campaign. The 3-year-old male mixed breed–nicknamed “Buck”–had the […]