Tips for Seniors (including equipment)

Re: Tips for Seniors

Great post Jean I was just thinking of creating a litttle folder on my pc just for this stuff.

I am gonna make my links purdy like yours

<span style="color: #FF0000">Boots </span>fit for GSDs and great quality. This site has a lot of fun accesories for the non-small dogs as well.
http://www.vetnpetdirect.com.au/product.php?productid=16283&cat=0&page=1

Neoprene Orthopaedic High Performance Shoes (click here)

<span style="color: #FF0000">Arthritis Pain Relief </span>http://office.5pillars.com/e-nikken/palmmag/

<span style="color: #FF0000">Joint Support</span> otherwise known as the miracle pill. I have never seen anything work as well as this product for Mas. He was crouching as a result of back end issues, within days of being on this medication he was standing straight up and was back to the energy level of days gone by.
http://www.iact1.com/enikken/ShoppingCar...297209681127801

nikken Palm Magnet (click here)

<span style="color: #FF0000">Joint Suppliment</span> this product is a shark cartlidge base, however they use dogfish...no shark poaching!! I had my vet call the company and make sure it was ethical.
https://www.neopaws.com/catalog/sashasblend-p-1910.html?osCsid=ca89d2e06934fae2342c77a7e2bb1a4f

<span style="color: #FF0000">Bed</span> I have this on order and am eagerly awaiting it's arrival. I like the Nikken products and I was able to get my vet to order this for me. Typically the Nikken products have to be ordered through a consultant, however their products can be found on ebay and other sites. Given how well Mas has responded to the Palm Mag I think this will be great for him.

Bed Link (click here)

Re: Tips for Seniors

Here is a very comprehensive article from WDJ on Arthritis:
http://www.dogaware.com/wdjarthritis.html

I am a big fan of the herbal tinctures from Animals Apawthecary.

They have a http://www.dogaware.com/wdjarthritis.html ]Senior Blend[/url] that is excellent for supporting senior internal and joint functions.

They have an Alfalfa/Yucca which is excellent for treating arthritis in conjunction with a gluc/chon/MSM supplement.

They have a Dandelion/Milk Thistle blend which is excellent for supporting liver function.

And i have no idea why these links didn't set up nicely like other people's but I have to go walk the dogs now so I will try to fix them later!

Re: Tips for Seniors

This webinar sounds like it will be archived-so I am posting it here.

PAIN MANAGEMENT FOR YOUR PETS, KEY INFORMATION EVERY PET OWNER SHOULD KNOW –LIVE WEBCAST TO PET OWNERS, MARCH 13, 8:00 P.M. to 9:00 P.M. (EST) VIA MORRIS ANIMAL FOUNDATION

World-Renowned Pain Management Expert Robin Downing, DVM, Will Conduct Webcast For Pet Owners, Covering All Aspects Related to Pets and Pain

DENVER, March 3, 2008: Morris Animal Foundation (MAF) will sponsor a live webcast for pet owners on pain management for their pets on March 13, 2008, from 8:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time). The live webcast will cover all aspects of pain management, including common causes of pain, overlooked hidden causes of pain, anticipating and avoiding pain in your pets, communicating with your veterinarian and how to ask the right questions. Participate in the webcast at: http://www.MorrisAnimalFoundation.org/livechat. In addition, a webcast on pet pain directed to veterinarians takes place from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. EST. Both webcasts will be available indefinitely for global audiences on a non-live basis at the webcast address.

Leading this webcast will be Robin Downing, DVM, a MAF Trustee and one of the world's leading experts on pain in animals. In 2005, Dr. Downing became the third veterinarian in the world to acquire diplomate credential from the American Academy of Pain Management. As of today, fewer than a dozen veterinarians worldwide hold this credential. Dr. Downing is founder and past president of the International Veterinary Academy of Pain Management and was co-chair of the task force that authored the "2007 AAHA/AAFP Pain Management Guidelines for Dogs and Cats." In 2006 she opened The Downing Center for Animal Pain Management, LLC, the only comprehensive pain management and pain prevention practice for pets in Northern Colorado. Contributing to the discussion will be Patricia Olson, DVM, Ph.D., president and CEO of Morris Animal Foundation. For more information, contact: Michael Burke, [email protected].


About Morris Animal Foundation: Morris Animal Foundation, established in 1948, is dedicated to funding research that protects, treats and cures companion animals and wildlife. MAF has been at the forefront of funding breakthrough research studies benefiting animals in some 100 countries, spanning all seven continents on Earth. MAF has its headquarters in Denver, Colorado. The Foundation has funded nearly 1,400 humane animal health studies with funds totaling more than $51 million. One hundred percent of annual donations go to fund health study programs. For more information, call (800) 243-2345, or visit http://www.MorrisAnimalFoundation.org.

Tips for Seniors, Incl. Pain Mgmt.

From Kelly's thread, from 3K9Mom:

http://tuftsvets.org/anesth_pain_mgmt.php

International Veterinary Academy of Pain Management (Colorado State) http://www.cvmbs.colostate.edu/ivapm/

FIND A PROFESSIONAL (Has links at the bottom)

http://www.cvmbs.colostate.edu/ivapm/professionals/find_prof.htm


http://www.avma.org/onlnews/javma/dec01/s121501g.asp (links at the bottom to further JAVMA articles)

http://www.cvm.ncsu.edu/vth/clinical_services/ipm/ (North Carolina State)

(I found this informative enough that I actually printed it. It discusses such things as TENS units, drugs like Neurontin (Gabapentin) -- which is actually an anti-seizure drug, but it's used with rather considerable success in treating humans with some kinds of pain syndromes; and it talks about surgical pain. In other words, it's something I want to refer now and then to remind myself to make sure my regular vet/surgeon/specialist is thinking both in- and outside the box.)
http://www.aahanet.org/PublicDocuments/PainManagementGuidelines.pdf

For those who can't ever own enough books, this looks interesting: http://www.amazon.com/Handbook-Veterinary-Management-James-Gaynor/dp/0323013287

Harness

What do you think of this harness for seniors?

http://www.tugnhug.com/DogMedical.html

Sorry Lisa but I had to add the picture.
Val

Re: Harness

My friend used this one for her senior GSD and was very pleased with it Hartman Harness