I hope none of you ever have to face this question: My cat is dying of kidney disease. I’ve done everything the vets have told me to do but she’s miserable. What else can I do to make her well?

The all-too common answer is the obvious: euthanasia. And while I'll never advocate this option without exploring every possible treatment option, make no mistake, kidney (renal) disease is a killer....

Ah, the dreaded cruciate ligament rupture… It’s often a dog owner’s most expensive nightmare. Commonly referred to as an ACL injury in human sports medicine, we vet types are more likely to call this knee condition an RCCL (rupture of the cranial cruciate ligament) when we’re speaking in sciencese, or a “cruciate” for short.

This post is the second in a series discussing what vet medicine...