May we talk? Let’s talk about pain today. Pets experience pain exactly the same we do. While they don’t fear, anticipate and dread pain as we do, when a pain stimulus occurs the pain is just as real as it is for us. Today a patient came to our hospital who hadn’t seen a doctor [...]
Corneal ulcers in dogs and cats are known to be very painful. We veterinarians can tell by the way pets squint when they have them. Some dogs’ eyelids can be nearly impossible to open because of the pain. In addition, we know from people that corneal ulcers are reported to be the second-most-painful physical abnormality [...]
Without a doubt the feel-good story of the week at our hospital happened today. We were dismissing Lucy, an 11-year-old Beagle who had a dental scaling and polishing today. Her owner and I sat down to discuss a procedure she will need later because of having lost both upper canine teeth. Actually, he sat down [...]
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