As many of you know, I have an older black lab mix dog. He has developed arthritis in quite a few places including his ankles (tarsus), knee (stifle), elbow, shoulder and spine. Because of his arthritis, he has needed pain control medication every day for the last few years. He also takes a number of supplements to supplement the pain control and medical diet he is on. Despite all these treatments, he was slowing down a lot which is a common sign of pain in dogs. His Tarsi were swelling after each walk and he was having trouble getting up and down the stairs.
Overall he was still a happy boy, but needed more help. A new treatment has been approved for arthritis and soft tissue injuries called stem cell therapy. Basically, the therapy enables you to focus and enhance the body's own healing abilities. I took the course to be come an accredited provider of stem cell therapy in dogs and cats.
With great excitement, I scheduled my dog for stem cell therapy and so far things are going very very well. I will follow his progress via this blog so that anyone with a pet in a similar situation can see how this new treatment works.
Acres Vet
August 15, 2011
Our vets to talk at upcoming conference
Both Dr. Lee and Dr. Slater will be speaking at the Nova Scotia Integrated Health Expo which will be held in Dartmouth on October 8-9 2011. Dr. Lee will discuss her work with performance dogs and Dr. Slater will be discussing stem cell therapy. More information can be found at their website http://nsihpe.com/.
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