Old Dogs and Arthritis: One Canine's Story

Many pet owners will at some point be looking for
a pain reliever for dogs. Although canines
generally handle pain in better ways than do
humans, there is still often a need for relief
in older dogs suffering from osteoarthritis.

If you believe your dog is suffering from joint
disease, it is important to first take him or her
to the veterinarian for a proper diagnosis. If
dog arthritis is diagnosed as the problem, the
vet will suggest several courses of action. Now
days, many doctors will suggest a natural
approach as the first line of defense against
dog arthritis. However, too many still suggest
prescribed medications as a pain reliever for
dogs.

If a prescription medicine is suggested, always
talk over with the vet the possible side effects
and other consequences the drugs may have for
the animal. Besides the vet's advice on this, it
is easy to find information about the drug on the
Internet. In fact, you may be surprised at what
you find on the web about these medicines. There
are many scary accounts of the damage and even
deaths that have resulted from these.

Many times aspirin is also suggested. We have
first hand experience of how aspirin for dogs
works. We begin giving our old dog, Storm,
aspirin for canine arthritis when he was
diagnosed with osteoarthritis joint disease. The
over the counter drug worked wonders for Storm!
We could tell this common pain reliever for dogs
was working great for Storm. He was suffering far
less and getting around much better than before.
For several weeks all was much better!

But then one afternoon Storm became very sick.
In fact, he almost died that afternoon. It was
extremely scary how rapidly his condition
deteriorated that day. Come to find out, his
near death experience was the result of an
intestinal infection caused by the daily dose of
the aspirin. It has created an irritation in his
intestinal tract and allowed the bacteria to
enter into his blood stream. This is a very
serious result in some cases from using aspirin
for canine arthritis. In fact, even many humans
die from this type of infection caused by too
regular usage of aspirin.

We have found that this common drug works very
well as a pain reliever for dogs, but it should
not be given on a daily basis because of the
risk of gastric infections. We reserve the use
of aspirin for our older dogs only occasionally.
With only intermittent usage, there is little
risk for the irritations which can result in
infection.

If you do give your canine some type of
anti-inflammatory drugs, be sure to keep a close
eye on their poop. A darkened, almost tarry look
to your dog's poop is a sure sign he or she may
have an infection. If you see this, stop giving
the dog aspirin and take them to the vet as soon
as possible.

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