As the sixth most common reason why pet parents bring their pups to the vet, growths, lumps, and bumps can be scary to find on your dog.  Skin tags, cysts, lipomas, and tumors can all fall under this category; so while sometimes the growths can be benign, other times they might be quite serious. Symptoms… Read More

“Dug is one of the happiest, most relaxed pups you’ll ever meet. He is always smiling, somewhat mischievous, super playful and yet a little bit of an old soul,” says Dug’s guardian Lisa. “When he started acting extremely lethargic and the lymph nodes underneath his jaw swelled up to the size of golf balls in… Read More

“Spike’s symptoms were weight loss, drinking a lot of water and peeing a lot,” says pet parent Pat. Her Miniature Pinscher (aka a “MinPin”) Spike was diagnosed with diabetes in 2016 at 8 years old, only a month after these symptoms showed. He had seemed otherwise healthy. Diabetes in dogs is a fairly common medical… Read More

“A friend of mine had two corgis, and that’s how I fell in love with the breed. They’re so cute, and have great, independent personalities. However, I wanted to adopt a dog in need of a home rather than purchasing a puppy from a breeder,” says pet parent Rachel about adopting her pup Oliver, an… Read More

Pets with allergies can show a broad range of symptoms which can be caused by a myriad of culprits, both environmental (seasonal) and food-related. But what if your pup seems to be allergic to well, everything? Pet parent Deb knows all too well the struggles of a dog with major allergy problems – he’s not… Read More

Like most of the Healthy Paws pack, Deb’s furry family is of utmost importance to her. It all began when she adopted a pup named Rosie whose pet parent had passed away. “She was a very active puppy! And then, because of the unexpected loss of [my other dog] Lucy just prior to the adoption,… Read More

Kristin’s (and her Labrador Retriever Maverick’s) story begins as most emergency vet situations do – at 6pm on a Friday! The then five-month-old puppy suddenly became very sick; “I decided immediately to take him to the emergency vet! He had chewed up a rope toy and I was worried he’d swallowed a knot in it.”… Read More

“When I adopted Ranger in April 2016, I never imagined that the apparently 100% healthy, energetic, and playful 1-year-old mixed breed dog would be visiting the vet for anything other than checkups for several years,” begins pet parent Kim. “I signed up for Healthy Paws because I figured the cost was so low – I… Read More