Blog: General
Diabetes mellitus
Diabetes mellitus… otherwise known as just plain “Diabetes”, is every bit as sneaky and nasty a disease in dogs and cats as it is in people. Diabetes is created when cells in the pancreas (called Islets of Langerhans) no longer produce insulin. Insulin is required by the cells of your...
Arthritis and “Old Age”
Arthritis, or more properly, degenerative joint disease (djd), is one of my favourite educational topics with clients. Many people have the mistaken idea that dogs (and cats) become lame and less mobile with age. This is simply not so. When dogs seem a bit slow to get up, when they...
