Thursday, March 11, 2010

The Best Treatment for Dog Osteoarthritis

The Best Treatment for Dog Osteoarthritis

October 23, 2009 by Daniel Beatty, DVM · 2 Comments 

Does your dog have degenerative joint disease otherwise known as osteoarthritis? Has it been difficult to treat? There are many different treatment options to control this disease process. Many of them work well and some do not work at all and it is very dependent on the individual dog. There is one treatment that stands [...]

Halloween Safety Tips for your dog

October 22, 2009 by Daniel Beatty, DVM · 4 Comments 

Found a good blog post from another blogger at the Daily Tail on Halloween Safety Tips. With Halloween just around the corner be sure to follow these tips to keep your dog safe and healthy. One other tip – as a dog lover you should have healthy dog treats at your door if you get [...]

Treating a Hot Spot on a dog

October 20, 2009 by Daniel Beatty, DVM · 1 Comment 

Had one of my clients bring their dog in today for treatment of a hot spot. A hot spot is sore on your dog. It is a bacterial infection of the skin usually caused by trauma. Now most of the time it is self-induced trauma from licking or scratching due to allergies.
About 80 to [...]

Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Therapy for your dog

Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Therapy for your dog

October 19, 2009 by Daniel Beatty, DVM · 1 Comment 

Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Therapy is a viable alternative to drugs for the treatment of pain in dogs due to a variety of causes such as arthritis, surgery, inflammation, and wounds.  Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Therapy or PEMF affects pain perception in many different ways. It affects calcium ion movement, endorphin levels, acupuncture point stimulation, nerve regeneration, circulation, tissue [...]

Blog Updated

October 18, 2009 by Daniel Beatty, DVM · Leave a Comment 

I have a new simple theme for the blog. I will be back posting on a regular basis. I apologize for letting this site lay dormant as I attended to other projects. However my first love is giving information about dog and horse health and so my 2 blogs on these subjects will be updated [...]