Other Causes. If your puppy or dog has not been properly vaccinated and begins to shiver, cough, run a fever or discharge mucus from his eyes and nose he may have distemper, a virus common in puppies and adolescent dogs.
Evaluation and Treatment. Heel pain can have many causes. If your heel hurts, see your primary care doctor or orthopaedic foot and ankle specialist right away to determine why and get treatment. Tell him or her exactly where you have pain and how long you've had it. Your doctor will examine your heel, looking and feeling for signs of tenderness and swelling.
Let's be honestâ¦going to the doctor is a pain in the butt. Sometimes more literally than others. A proctologist, or colorectal surgeon, specializes in medical issues concerning the colon, rectum, and anus. You rectum, they'll fix 'em. Just the thought of having to visit one of these badonkadonk specialists is enough to send a shiver right down your spine and into your coccyx.