On this second installment of my blog, I would like to share with you the results of the survey I sent regarding the subjects that are of interest to you.  The most popular subject requested was “Signs of hidden pain in pets” with 85% of the respondents.  Other subjects of strong interest were “Quality of Life” with 69%;  “Other pets in the family and pet loss” with 53% and “Natural Death” with 42%.  

I was honored to be a guest on Kababayan Today, on LA Channel 18 just this week and the interview was on how to recognize pain in pets!  I invite you to watch the segment:  

Just as there are a wide variety of manifestations of pain in humans, so are there for animals.  Not all humans feel pain the same way; pain is likely not felt the same way by every animal either.

Some people tolerate dental work very stoically and honestly don’t mind it that much while the same procedure is unadulterated torture for others.  Similarly, we have observed that if you cut a toe nail too short on one dog, he might simply pull his paw away while another dog might shriek so loud that an entire block will wonder what animal abuse has just taken place!