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Canine-Megaesophagus: All About ME
  • Home
  • About the Author
  • Contact Me
  • Guestbook
  • Acid Reflux
  • Acronyms
  • Acupuncture
  • Addison’s Disease
    • Addison’s Disease for Veterinarians
  • Administering Medications
  • Adoption and Rescue Help
    • Sample Adoption Application and Contract
    • Sample Adoption/Foster Application and Contract
    • Sample Foster or Adoption Application
    • The crucial first 3 weeks after adoption (Video)
  • Adverse Reaction to Medications
  • Allergies
  • Alternatives to Bailey Chair
  • Anatomy of a Dog – External
  • Anatomy of a Dog – Internal
  • Anesthesia and Surgery
  • Antacids
  • Antibiotic Responsive Gastritis (ARG)
  • Antibiotics
  • Anxiety
    • Use of a Mannequin for Separation Anxiety
  • Appetite Stimulants
  • Arthritis
    • Osteoarthritis (Hips, Shoulders, Knees, Elbows)
  • Aspiration Pneumonia (AP)
    • Meds Used to Teat AP
    • Novel Canine Oxygen Therapy Techniques
    • Occult (Hidden) Aspiration Pneumonia
    • Take 3 X-Ray Views
    • Transtracheal and Tracheal Wash in Dogs
    • Treatment of Aspiration Pneumonia (AP)
    • What to Do First
    • Why Most ME Dogs with Pneumonia Don’t Cough
  • Australia Study and Report of ME Caused by Pet Food
  • B12
  • Bailey Chair Information
    • Chair Tail
    • How to Build a Bailey Chair
    • How to Get in Chair from the Back
    • Measuring and Building a Chair Video
    • Written Plans for Building a Chair
  • Bedding
  • Beginners
    • Mega Esophagus There Is HOPE
  • Blenders and Processors
  • Blindness
  • Bloat and Torsion
  • Bloodwork
  • Boarding and Vacations
    • Example of 1 ME dog owners detailed plan
  • Books
  • Breeder Information
    • Need to know immediately
  • Burping Your Dog
  • Calorie Boost
    • Supplements and Their Contents
  • Cancer
    • Hemangiosarcoma
      • 5 Immune-Boosting Benefits of Turkey Tail Mushroom
      • Clinical Trials for Spleen HSA
      • Hank’s Cancer Diet Blog
      • Immunotherapy Clinical Trial – University of Penn
      • Investigation of a Traditional Chinese Medicine Herbal Therapy protocol for Treatment of Dogs with Stage II Splenic Hemangiosarcoma after Splenectomy
      • The Shine On Project: Hemangiosarcoma Detection Test
    • Potential Cancer Prevention Using Mushrooms (Beta Glucans)
      • Fight Back Against Cancer
      • Probiotics and Prebiotics
  • Care Givers
  • Cats
  • Causes of ME
  • Chair Information – General
  • Chair Tail
  • Chemotherapy
  • Christmas Letter from a Dog Mom (for a smile)
  • Cleaning Floors
  • CNM (Centronuclear Myopathy)
  • Collars
  • Community Awareness
  • Constipation
  • Cooling Your Dog Down
    • 10 Summer Tips to Stay Cool
  • Coupage
  • CPR and Heimlich
    • CPR – More Info
    • Giving a Cat CPR
    • Heimlich Maneuver – More Info
  • Degenerative Myelopathy (DM)
    • DNA testing for Degenerative Myelopathy
    • Stages of Degenerative Myelopathy
  • Dental
  • Diabetes
  • Diagnosing ME and Related Illnesses
    • Bailey Chair Fluoroscopy
    • DIC – Disseminated Intravascualr Coagulation
  • Diaphragmatic Hernia
    • Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia in Dogs
    • Intussusception in Dogs: Symptoms, Causes and Treatment
    • Pericardial Diaphragmatic Herniorrhaphy (PPHD)
  • Diarrhea
    • Slippery Elm Soup Recipe
    • Slippery Elm Use Explained by a Veterinarian
    • What Some ME Owners Have Used for Their Dog
  • Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM)
    • Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM)
  • Diseases That Can Happen Same Time as ME
    • Deaf – Dogs Can Learn to Read Sign Language
    • Genome-Wide Association Studies for Multiple Diseases of the German Shepherd Dog
  • Disorders of the Esophagus
  • Distemper
    • New Strain of Canine Distemper Virus Arrives in North America
    • Report on Effectiveness of NDV Treatments
    • Using Botox for Treating Generalized Myoclonus
  • DNA Testing
    • DNA Study on Labradors
    • Some Basic Info
  • Dog Food
  • Drinking Water
  • Drugs
  • DVM Accredited Colleges
    • Clolleges in Australia
    • Colleges in Canada
    • Colleges in Other Countries
    • Colleges in the United States
  • DVMs for ME Dogs
  • EARS – Common Causes
    • Ears – Treatment
  • Eating Dirt (Pica)
  • Eating Stool (Coprophagia)
    • More Detailed Options to Stop This Acgtion
    • Quick Fix List to Try
  • Eating Too Fast
    • Tricks to Slow Eating Habits in an ME Dog
  • Emergencies
    • For Our ME Dogs Specifically
    • What to Do in Case of an Emergency
  • End of Life
    • Quality of Life Scale
  • Epilepsy
    • Causes
    • Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
    • Triggers, Treatment and Additional Tips
  • Esophageal Dysmotility
    • Cricopharyngeal Achalasia
    • Esophageal Achalasia
  • Esophagitis
    • How to Treat
    • Slippery Elm Recipes
    • Slippery Elm Soup / Slippery Elm Tea
  • Esophagus
    • Esophageal Diverticula
  • Essential Oils
    • An Exciting New Line of Healing Products for Pets: Essential Oils
  • Evacuation – Have a Plan
    • Disaster Preparedness for Your Pets
    • Pet Freindly Hotels and Restaurants – Links
    • Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards (PETS) Act
    • Sample Checklist for an ME Dog
  • Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency (EPI)
    • List of Appropriate Enzymes for EPI
  • Eyes
  • Feeding an ME Dog
    • Calculate How Much Food Your Needs
    • Creative Feeding Positions
    • Feeding Dogs Raw Diet Could be Dangerous
    • General Feeding Ideas
    • Having Multiple ME Dogs and Children
    • Lightweight Chair for Travel
    • Portable Chair for Travel or Shipping
    • Vertical (Upright)
  • Feeding Tube
    • Owners Information and Stories
    • Permanent versus Temporary Clarification
    • Rusty’s Feeding Tube Video
  • Feet and Nail Products to Use
  • Financial Help
    • Financial Assistance for Vet Care Costs (AVMA)
    • Vet Bill Help: 20+ Organizations That Help You Pay Veterinary Care Bills
  • First Aid
    • FAR Better than Tomato Juice as a Skunk Rinse…
    • Sample of a First Aid Kit
    • Where to Purchase First Aid Kits
  • Flea and Tick Control
    • FDA Warning If Using Isoxazoline
  • Food Options
    • Satin Balls
    • Vital Meatballs – Already Made
    • Weight Gain – One Owners Approach
  • Foods That Can Kill Your Dog
    • Thanksgiving Day Foods That Can Kill Your Dog
  • Frosty Paws
  • Gacking
  • Gas (Flactulence)
  • General
  • Genetics – Owners and Breeders
    • Clemson Canine Genetics
    • Research Studies
    • What Breeders Need to Know
  • Gastroesophageal Intussusception (GEI)
  • Geriatric Vestibular Syndrome (GVS)
    • GVS – “Old Dog Disease”
    • More Information on GVS
  • Grieving
    • The Legnd of Rainbow Bridge
  • Gurgling (Borborygmi) in the Stomach
  • Gurgling in the Throat
  • Handicap Equipment
  • Harnesses and Leashes
  • Heartworms
    • Heartworm Medication Q&A’s
  • Heat Stroke
    • Cooling Vest for Dogs
    • Different Articles About Heat Stroke in Dogs
  • Helicobacter (H.pylori Gastritis)
  • Hollistic and Homeopathic Explained by Doctors
  • Horses and ME
  • Hotels That Take Dogs
  • Hurricane Preparation
    • Evacuation Information from New Media Source
    • Examples of Checklists
  • Hydration – General
    • Calculate What Amount of Water is Needed Daily
    • How to Keep Your Dog Hydrated
    • Subcutaneous Fluids
  • Identification Methods
  • Idiopathic ME
  • Incontinence
  • Insurance
  • Journals
  • Kidneys
    • Chronic Renal Disease (CRD)
  • Knox Blox
  • Laryngeal Paralysis (LP)
    • Complications From Surgery
    • LP Can Co-Exist with ME
    • Specifics to Treat LP
    • Surgical Options
  • Last Resort Help
  • Leg Weakness
    • Panosteitis (Pano)
  • Lessons Learned
    • Lessons Learned About Managing Sonnig
  • Life Expectancy
  • Links to Some Valuable ME Information
  • Loss of Appetite
    • When ME Dogs Lose Appetite
  • Lower Esophageal Sphincter (LES)
    • Endoscopic Botulism Toxic Injection: Benefit and Limitation
    • Esophageal Achalasia
    • Heller’s Myotomy
    • LES and Use of Botox
    • Prokinetic Agents
  • Lymphoma
    • Studies Have Linked Lawn Pesticides with Canine Malignant Lymphoma
  • Managing Megaesophagus by Dr Kathy Morris
  • Map of ME People Worldwide
  • ME Awareness Ideas
  • ME K9 Celebrities
  • Medical Information on the Internet
    • Merck Veterinary Manual
  • Medications (Prescription and Over-the-Counter)
    • Common Meds Used for ME Dogs
    • Gastrointestinal Prokinetic Drugs
    • How to Give Meds (Mouth and Feeding Tube)
    • Other Meds and Supplements
    • Safe over the counter Drugs Safe for Dogs
    • Signs of Mestinon Overdose in MG Dogs
    • Where to Purchase Meds
  • Megaesophagus (There is Hope)
    • Causes of Megaesophagus
    • Coexisting Conditions
    • For Veterinarians and Staff – General Info About ME Management
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • ME Can Resolve – High Level Read for DVMs
    • Megaesophagus “Diseaser of the Esophagus”
    • More Interesting Information Answering Questions by Owners
  • Memorials – From a Few Owners
  • Mode of Inheritance (MOI)
  • Motility
  • Mucous
    • More About Mucous
  • Muzzles
  • Myasthenia Gravis (MG)
    • Advances in Treatment of Canine MG
    • Drugs That Could Affect MG
    • MG Study – MHC Haplotyping of Dogs with Acquired MG
    • Supportive Care
    • Testing Information for Myasthenia Gravis
    • Where MG Tests are Sent for Evaluation
    • Where to Get Meds for MG
  • Nasal Congestion
  • Nasal Discharge
    • Stopping a Nose Bleed
    • Taking Care of Your Dogs Nose
  • Natural Food
  • Nausea
  • Nebulizers
    • Nebulizer Miscellaneous Detailed
    • Set Up for Large Dog Using Crate
    • Using a Nebulizer
  • Neutering and Spaying
    • Spay-Neuter Considerations to Maximize Health
  • Newbie Help
    • More Extraneous Information
  • Nighttime Sleeping
  • Not Eating
  • Nutritional Food
  • Outdoor Pest Control (Insecticides and Other Drugs)
  • Panting Excessively
  • Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA)
  • Paying It Forward
  • PEG (Percutaneous Gastrostomy Tube)
  • Perianal Fistulas
  • Peripheral Vestibular Disorder (PVD)
  • Persistent Right Aortic Arch (PRAA)
    • Abstract – PRAA Surgery is Promising
    • Critical Considerations When Your Dog Will Get PRAA Surgery
    • Endoscopy for Diagnosing and Treating Gastrointestinal Disease (Includes Comet’s Story)
    • Links and Other Resources
    • More About PRAA
    • Persistent Right Aortic Arch (PRAA) Surgery
    • Some of the Surgeons Performing PRAA Surgery
    • Thick Band Found During PRAA Surgery
  • Pesticides and Insecticides
    • In Case You Suspect Your Dog Has Been Poisoned
    • Pesticide Poisoning
    • Treating House and Yard
  • Pet Sitters for ME Dogs
  • Pharmacies and Prescriptions
  • Phlegm
  • Physical Therapy and Alternatives
  • Pilots and Paws
  • Poison Control
    • 5 Plants Poisonous to Animals
    • Peanut Butter – Is It Safe for Dogs
  • Power Outage
  • Prescriptions
  • Protective Collars
    • Dog Wearing a Protective Collar
    • How to Make Your Own Pro Collar
  • Probiotics
    • Dog Foods Containing Probiotics
    • Other Uses for Probiotics
  • Puppies
    • An Owners Story of Her Puppy
    • What to Feed and When
  • Quality of Life
  • Rabies Vaccination
  • Rainbow Bridge
  • Raw Diet
  • Recipe – Bone Broth & Gelatin Squares
  • Reflux
    • An Owners Story
  • Regurgitation
    • Difference Between Regurgitation and Vomiting
    • What to Do
  • Rehoming Megaesophagus Dogs
  • Remission
    • Niko’s Story of Remission
  • Rescue
    • What to Know Prior to Adopting Shelter Pets
  • Research
    • Curcumin
    • Increased Incidence of Megaesophagus in Dogs in Latvia 2014-2016
    • Team Develops Treatment for Canine Megaesophagus
  • Reverse Sneezing (Paroxysmal Respiration Gag Reflex)
  • Safety
    • More Safety Tips
    • Roll Bar Fence – Keep Pets in & Others Out
  • Seizures
  • Sildenafil
    • Efficacy of Liquid Sildenafil as a Novel Treatment for Canine Generalized ME
    • Research on the Mechanisms of Contraction in the Esophagus
    • Sildenafil Improves Clinical Signs and Radiographic Features in Dogs with Congenital ME
    • Sildenafil Survey From ME Dog Users
    • Understanding Esophageal Transit to Improve Mgmt of Canine ME
  • Sleeping
    • Examples of What Might Work
  • Slippery Elm
    • A Guide to Using Slippery Elm
  • Snacks and Treats
  • Stress
  • Strictures
    • Achalasia, Esophageal Achalasia and Cricopharyngeal Achalasia
    • Esophageal Stricture
    • Other, Less Common Vascular Anomalies
    • Persistent Right Aortic Arch (PRAA)
  • Stuck in Esophagus (Food and/or Objects)
  • Subcutaneous Fluids (SubQ)
    • Videos of How to Give SubQ to Your Dog
    • When Performing Fluid Therapy
  • Success Stories
    • Moe’s Story
  • Supplements
  • Support – Help with Grief
  • Surgery
    • Owners Experiences with Surgery
    • Recovery
  • Survey – How Did Your Dog Get ME
  • Swallowing Disorders
  • Swimming
  • Teeth
  • Temperature – How to Take It
  • Thymoma
    • Abstract Regarding MG
    • Abstract Regarding Survival
  • Titer Test
  • Torsion of the Lung
  • Training
  • Transporting an ME Dog
    • Flying an ME Dog into Heathrow (UK)
    • Ground Transport
    • Pilots and Paws
    • Sample Transport Request Liability Waiver
    • United Pet Safe Program
  • Travel with Your ME Dog
  • Tributes
  • Tumors
  • Underlying Causes of ME
  • Urinary Incontinence in Dogs
  • Urinary Tract Infections (UTI)
  • Vacations
    • Your Guide to Pets and Hotels
  • Vascular Ring Anomoly (VRA)
  • Vestibular Syndrome
    • ME Owner Experience
  • Veterinarians
  • Veterinary Information Network (VIN)
  • Vomiting
  • Watching Your Dog When Not Home
  • Weather
  • Weight Gain – Things You Can Safely Add
  • Wheelchairs
  • Words of Wisdom
  • X-Rays
  • Zygomatic Arch as it Relates to Myasthenia Gravis
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Pages

  • Home Page
  • About the Author
  • Contact Me
  • Guestbook
  • Acid Reflux
  • Acronyms
  • Acupuncture
  • Addison’s Disease
    • Addison’s Disease for Veterinarians
  • Administering Medications
  • Adoption and Rescue Help
    • Sample Adoption Application and Contract
    • Sample Adoption/Foster Application and Contract
    • Sample Foster or Adoption Application
    • The crucial first 3 weeks after adoption (Video)
  • Adverse Reaction to Medications
  • Allergies
  • Alternatives to Bailey Chair
  • Anatomy of a Dog – External
  • Anatomy of a Dog – Internal
  • Anesthesia and Surgery
  • Antacids
  • Antibiotic Responsive Gastritis (ARG)
  • Antibiotics
  • Anxiety
    • Use of a Mannequin for Separation Anxiety
  • Appetite Stimulants
  • Arthritis
    • Osteoarthritis (Hips, Shoulders, Knees, Elbows)
  • Aspiration Pneumonia (AP)
    • Meds Used to Teat AP
    • Novel Canine Oxygen Therapy Techniques
    • Occult (Hidden) Aspiration Pneumonia
    • Take 3 X-Ray Views
    • Transtracheal and Tracheal Wash in Dogs
    • Treatment of Aspiration Pneumonia (AP)
    • What to Do First
    • Why Most ME Dogs with Pneumonia Don’t Cough
  • Australia Study and Report of ME Caused by Pet Food
  • B12
  • Bailey Chair Information
    • Chair Tail
    • How to Build a Bailey Chair
    • How to Get in Chair from the Back
    • Measuring and Building a Chair Video
    • Written Plans for Building a Chair
  • Bedding
  • Beginners
    • Mega Esophagus There Is HOPE
  • Blenders and Processors
  • Blindness
  • Bloat and Torsion
  • Bloodwork
  • Boarding and Vacations
    • Example of 1 ME dog owners detailed plan
  • Books
  • Breeder Information
    • Need to know immediately
  • Burping Your Dog
  • Calorie Boost
    • Supplements and Their Contents
  • Cancer
    • Hemangiosarcoma
      • 5 Immune-Boosting Benefits of Turkey Tail Mushroom
      • Clinical Trials for Spleen HSA
      • Hank’s Cancer Diet Blog
      • Immunotherapy Clinical Trial – University of Penn
      • Investigation of a Traditional Chinese Medicine Herbal Therapy protocol for Treatment of Dogs with Stage II Splenic Hemangiosarcoma after Splenectomy
      • The Shine On Project: Hemangiosarcoma Detection Test
    • Potential Cancer Prevention Using Mushrooms (Beta Glucans)
      • Fight Back Against Cancer
      • Probiotics and Prebiotics
  • Care Givers
  • Cats
  • Causes of ME
  • Chair Information – General
  • Chair Tail
  • Chemotherapy
  • Christmas Letter from a Dog Mom (for a smile)
  • Cleaning Floors
  • CNM (Centronuclear Myopathy)
  • Collars
  • Community Awareness
  • Constipation
  • Cooling Your Dog Down
    • 10 Summer Tips to Stay Cool
  • Coupage
  • CPR and Heimlich
    • CPR – More Info
    • Giving a Cat CPR
    • Heimlich Maneuver – More Info
  • Degenerative Myelopathy (DM)
    • DNA testing for Degenerative Myelopathy
    • Stages of Degenerative Myelopathy
  • Dental
  • Diabetes
  • Diagnosing ME and Related Illnesses
    • Bailey Chair Fluoroscopy
    • DIC – Disseminated Intravascualr Coagulation
  • Diaphragmatic Hernia
    • Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia in Dogs
    • Intussusception in Dogs: Symptoms, Causes and Treatment
    • Pericardial Diaphragmatic Herniorrhaphy (PPHD)
  • Diarrhea
    • Slippery Elm Soup Recipe
    • Slippery Elm Use Explained by a Veterinarian
    • What Some ME Owners Have Used for Their Dog
  • Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM)
    • Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM)
  • Diseases That Can Happen Same Time as ME
    • Deaf – Dogs Can Learn to Read Sign Language
    • Genome-Wide Association Studies for Multiple Diseases of the German Shepherd Dog
  • Disorders of the Esophagus
  • Distemper
    • New Strain of Canine Distemper Virus Arrives in North America
    • Report on Effectiveness of NDV Treatments
    • Using Botox for Treating Generalized Myoclonus
  • DNA Testing
    • DNA Study on Labradors
    • Some Basic Info
  • Dog Food
  • Drinking Water
  • Drugs
  • DVM Accredited Colleges
    • Clolleges in Australia
    • Colleges in Canada
    • Colleges in Other Countries
    • Colleges in the United States
  • DVMs for ME Dogs
  • EARS – Common Causes
    • Ears – Treatment
  • Eating Dirt (Pica)
  • Eating Stool (Coprophagia)
    • More Detailed Options to Stop This Acgtion
    • Quick Fix List to Try
  • Eating Too Fast
    • Tricks to Slow Eating Habits in an ME Dog
  • Emergencies
    • For Our ME Dogs Specifically
    • What to Do in Case of an Emergency
  • End of Life
    • Quality of Life Scale
  • Epilepsy
    • Causes
    • Frequently Asked Questions and Answers
    • Triggers, Treatment and Additional Tips
  • Esophageal Dysmotility
    • Cricopharyngeal Achalasia
    • Esophageal Achalasia
  • Esophagitis
    • How to Treat
    • Slippery Elm Recipes
    • Slippery Elm Soup / Slippery Elm Tea
  • Esophagus
    • Esophageal Diverticula
  • Essential Oils
    • An Exciting New Line of Healing Products for Pets: Essential Oils
  • Evacuation – Have a Plan
    • Disaster Preparedness for Your Pets
    • Pet Freindly Hotels and Restaurants – Links
    • Pets Evacuation and Transportation Standards (PETS) Act
    • Sample Checklist for an ME Dog
  • Exocrine Pancreatic Insufficiency (EPI)
    • List of Appropriate Enzymes for EPI
  • Eyes
  • Feeding an ME Dog
    • Calculate How Much Food Your Needs
    • Creative Feeding Positions
    • Feeding Dogs Raw Diet Could be Dangerous
    • General Feeding Ideas
    • Having Multiple ME Dogs and Children
    • Lightweight Chair for Travel
    • Portable Chair for Travel or Shipping
    • Vertical (Upright)
  • Feeding Tube
    • Owners Information and Stories
    • Permanent versus Temporary Clarification
    • Rusty’s Feeding Tube Video
  • Feet and Nail Products to Use
  • Financial Help
    • Financial Assistance for Vet Care Costs (AVMA)
    • Vet Bill Help: 20+ Organizations That Help You Pay Veterinary Care Bills
  • First Aid
    • FAR Better than Tomato Juice as a Skunk Rinse…
    • Sample of a First Aid Kit
    • Where to Purchase First Aid Kits
  • Flea and Tick Control
    • FDA Warning If Using Isoxazoline
  • Food Options
    • Satin Balls
    • Vital Meatballs – Already Made
    • Weight Gain – One Owners Approach
  • Foods That Can Kill Your Dog
    • Thanksgiving Day Foods That Can Kill Your Dog
  • Frosty Paws
  • Gacking
  • Gas (Flactulence)
  • General
  • Genetics – Owners and Breeders
    • Clemson Canine Genetics
    • Research Studies
    • What Breeders Need to Know
  • Gastroesophageal Intussusception (GEI)
  • Geriatric Vestibular Syndrome (GVS)
    • GVS – “Old Dog Disease”
    • More Information on GVS
  • Grieving
    • The Legnd of Rainbow Bridge
  • Gurgling (Borborygmi) in the Stomach
  • Gurgling in the Throat
  • Handicap Equipment
  • Harnesses and Leashes
  • Heartworms
    • Heartworm Medication Q&A’s
  • Heat Stroke
    • Cooling Vest for Dogs
    • Different Articles About Heat Stroke in Dogs
  • Helicobacter (H.pylori Gastritis)
  • Hollistic and Homeopathic Explained by Doctors
  • Horses and ME
  • Hotels That Take Dogs
  • Hurricane Preparation
    • Evacuation Information from New Media Source
    • Examples of Checklists
  • Hydration – General
    • Calculate What Amount of Water is Needed Daily
    • How to Keep Your Dog Hydrated
    • Subcutaneous Fluids
  • Identification Methods
  • Idiopathic ME
  • Incontinence
  • Insurance
  • Journals
  • Kidneys
    • Chronic Renal Disease (CRD)
  • Knox Blox
  • Laryngeal Paralysis (LP)
    • Complications From Surgery
    • LP Can Co-Exist with ME
    • Specifics to Treat LP
    • Surgical Options
  • Last Resort Help
  • Leg Weakness
    • Panosteitis (Pano)
  • Lessons Learned
    • Lessons Learned About Managing Sonnig
  • Life Expectancy
  • Links to Some Valuable ME Information
  • Loss of Appetite
    • When ME Dogs Lose Appetite
  • Lower Esophageal Sphincter (LES)
    • Endoscopic Botulism Toxic Injection: Benefit and Limitation
    • Esophageal Achalasia
    • Heller’s Myotomy
    • LES and Use of Botox
    • Prokinetic Agents
  • Lymphoma
    • Studies Have Linked Lawn Pesticides with Canine Malignant Lymphoma
  • Managing Megaesophagus by Dr Kathy Morris
  • Map of ME People Worldwide
  • ME Awareness Ideas
  • ME K9 Celebrities
  • Medical Information on the Internet
    • Merck Veterinary Manual
  • Medications (Prescription and Over-the-Counter)
    • Common Meds Used for ME Dogs
    • Gastrointestinal Prokinetic Drugs
    • How to Give Meds (Mouth and Feeding Tube)
    • Other Meds and Supplements
    • Safe over the counter Drugs Safe for Dogs
    • Signs of Mestinon Overdose in MG Dogs
    • Where to Purchase Meds
  • Megaesophagus (There is Hope)
    • Causes of Megaesophagus
    • Coexisting Conditions
    • For Veterinarians and Staff – General Info About ME Management
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    • ME Can Resolve – High Level Read for DVMs
    • Megaesophagus “Diseaser of the Esophagus”
    • More Interesting Information Answering Questions by Owners
  • Memorials – From a Few Owners
  • Mode of Inheritance (MOI)
  • Motility
  • Mucous
    • More About Mucous
  • Muzzles
  • Myasthenia Gravis (MG)
    • Advances in Treatment of Canine MG
    • Drugs That Could Affect MG
    • MG Study – MHC Haplotyping of Dogs with Acquired MG
    • Supportive Care
    • Testing Information for Myasthenia Gravis
    • Where MG Tests are Sent for Evaluation
    • Where to Get Meds for MG
  • Nasal Congestion
  • Nasal Discharge
    • Stopping a Nose Bleed
    • Taking Care of Your Dogs Nose
  • Natural Food
  • Nausea
  • Nebulizers
    • Nebulizer Miscellaneous Detailed
    • Set Up for Large Dog Using Crate
    • Using a Nebulizer
  • Neutering and Spaying
    • Spay-Neuter Considerations to Maximize Health
  • Newbie Help
    • More Extraneous Information
  • Nighttime Sleeping
  • Not Eating
  • Nutritional Food
  • Outdoor Pest Control (Insecticides and Other Drugs)
  • Panting Excessively
  • Patent Ductus Arteriosus (PDA)
  • Paying It Forward
  • PEG (Percutaneous Gastrostomy Tube)
  • Perianal Fistulas
  • Peripheral Vestibular Disorder (PVD)
  • Persistent Right Aortic Arch (PRAA)
    • Abstract – PRAA Surgery is Promising
    • Critical Considerations When Your Dog Will Get PRAA Surgery
    • Endoscopy for Diagnosing and Treating Gastrointestinal Disease (Includes Comet’s Story)
    • Links and Other Resources
    • More About PRAA
    • Persistent Right Aortic Arch (PRAA) Surgery
    • Some of the Surgeons Performing PRAA Surgery
    • Thick Band Found During PRAA Surgery
  • Pesticides and Insecticides
    • In Case You Suspect Your Dog Has Been Poisoned
    • Pesticide Poisoning
    • Treating House and Yard
  • Pet Sitters for ME Dogs
  • Pharmacies and Prescriptions
  • Phlegm
  • Physical Therapy and Alternatives
  • Pilots and Paws
  • Poison Control
    • 5 Plants Poisonous to Animals
    • Peanut Butter – Is It Safe for Dogs
  • Power Outage
  • Prescriptions
  • Protective Collars
    • Dog Wearing a Protective Collar
    • How to Make Your Own Pro Collar
  • Probiotics
    • Dog Foods Containing Probiotics
    • Other Uses for Probiotics
  • Puppies
    • An Owners Story of Her Puppy
    • What to Feed and When
  • Quality of Life
  • Rabies Vaccination
  • Rainbow Bridge
  • Raw Diet
  • Recipe – Bone Broth & Gelatin Squares
  • Reflux
    • An Owners Story
  • Regurgitation
    • Difference Between Regurgitation and Vomiting
    • What to Do
  • Rehoming Megaesophagus Dogs
  • Remission
    • Niko’s Story of Remission
  • Rescue
    • What to Know Prior to Adopting Shelter Pets
  • Research
    • Curcumin
    • Increased Incidence of Megaesophagus in Dogs in Latvia 2014-2016
    • Team Develops Treatment for Canine Megaesophagus
  • Reverse Sneezing (Paroxysmal Respiration Gag Reflex)
  • Safety
    • More Safety Tips
    • Roll Bar Fence – Keep Pets in & Others Out
  • Seizures
  • Sildenafil
    • Efficacy of Liquid Sildenafil as a Novel Treatment for Canine Generalized ME
    • Research on the Mechanisms of Contraction in the Esophagus
    • Sildenafil Improves Clinical Signs and Radiographic Features in Dogs with Congenital ME
    • Sildenafil Survey From ME Dog Users
    • Understanding Esophageal Transit to Improve Mgmt of Canine ME
  • Sleeping
    • Examples of What Might Work
  • Slippery Elm
    • A Guide to Using Slippery Elm
  • Snacks and Treats
  • Stress
  • Strictures
    • Achalasia, Esophageal Achalasia and Cricopharyngeal Achalasia
    • Esophageal Stricture
    • Other, Less Common Vascular Anomalies
    • Persistent Right Aortic Arch (PRAA)
  • Stuck in Esophagus (Food and/or Objects)
  • Subcutaneous Fluids (SubQ)
    • Videos of How to Give SubQ to Your Dog
    • When Performing Fluid Therapy
  • Success Stories
    • Moe’s Story
  • Supplements
  • Support – Help with Grief
  • Surgery
    • Owners Experiences with Surgery
    • Recovery
  • Survey – How Did Your Dog Get ME
  • Swallowing Disorders
  • Swimming
  • Teeth
  • Temperature – How to Take It
  • Thymoma
    • Abstract Regarding MG
    • Abstract Regarding Survival
  • Titer Test
  • Torsion of the Lung
  • Training
  • Transporting an ME Dog
    • Flying an ME Dog into Heathrow (UK)
    • Ground Transport
    • Pilots and Paws
    • Sample Transport Request Liability Waiver
    • United Pet Safe Program
  • Travel with Your ME Dog
  • Tributes
  • Tumors
  • Underlying Causes of ME
  • Urinary Incontinence in Dogs
  • Urinary Tract Infections (UTI)
  • Vacations
    • Your Guide to Pets and Hotels
  • Vascular Ring Anomoly (VRA)
  • Vestibular Syndrome
    • ME Owner Experience
  • Veterinarians
  • Veterinary Information Network (VIN)
  • Vomiting
  • Watching Your Dog When Not Home
  • Weather
  • Weight Gain – Things You Can Safely Add
  • Wheelchairs
  • Words of Wisdom
  • X-Rays
  • Zygomatic Arch as it Relates to Myasthenia Gravis

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