The Dog Blog

A lot of dog keepers who assume they know about dog health care are sometimes stunned by the wealth of healthcare treatment designed for dogs. It is a real shame that a great many dogs are put to sleep when they become unwell though their illness could be treatable.

One illustration of a comparatively easy dog health care procedure is canine blood donation, which is ever more common in the UK. Unfortunately too few vets are fully tuned in to the ease of the practice and because of this do not promote it sufficiently to dog owners. Because of this, not enough dogs are donating blood.

An additional example is the use of pace makers in dogs. It is astounding when you consider that a dog’s life could be prolonged by the same sort of operation that enables a great number of people to live for a longer time when struggling with conditions which slow their heartbeats and it is proof of the hard work that goes into dog health care research behind the scenes. Because you can rest assured that many many researchers are working incredibly hard to guarantee our dogs’ health

Using pacemakers in our dog friends is relatively unusual, because of the price, with the treatment being developed in the US. A fascinating fact is that no producer manufactures pace makers especially for dogs, consequently human devices are used. Consequently to keep expenses lower around a tenth of pacemakers used in dogs in America are reused from humans who have passed away. Other sources of pace makers include donated devices from medical companies who can no longer use them following the end of their shelf life.

Fitting a pace maker to a dog which, apart from the heart issue, is in good health can easily permit them to live between three and six years longer. You learn something new about dog health care each day!

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