Veterinary Blog

Many people ask how much dry and canned food their pets should be getting, thinking that the combo is something essential to raising their pet correctly. In reality, you can actually feed any combo yo

As we continue along our tour of common cat issues, we will look at the most common infection seen in cats: Herpesvirus. Unlike herpes in humans, the virus does not require direct physical contact bet

With everyone stuck indoors, its no surprise that folks have become more aware of their pets’ gas problems. I am certainly fielding a lot of questions about it. While often hilarious, especially to ki

In the last two parts of this series, we talked mostly about airborne allergies and the diseases they cause in pets’ skin and ears. Today we will look at the other major cause of allergies: food. In t

Valentine’s month seemed like a good time to talk about keeping our pets’ hearts healthy and strong. Like with many things, owners tend to see pets as small humans and feel they need the same care as

The New York Times published an article in the Spring that, thankfully, has gotten a lot of traction: grain free diets potentially linked to fatal heart disease in dogs. It is something that was suspe

Heartworm disease in dogs is clearly not a new problem. Anyone who has had a dog in the last 40 years has experienced regular heartworm screening at the vet’s office and given their dogs daily to mont

We are at the peak of hot weather for the season and we need to stay extra-vigilant with our dogs to make sure they don’t have any negative impacts from the heat and sun. Here are some tips to remembe

Moving on in my talks about re-emerging diseases, I will talk about one that affects people as well as pets. While we are not sure of why they are coming back, hookworm infection is on the rise. This

This is easily the most common question vets are asked by new dog owners at the first visit. It is always asked in such a way they clearly think that we will have an immediate answer off the top of ou

When pets aren’t feeling well, the technicians field a lot of calls from clients who want to give their pets some of their own medications. Most of the time, they are instructed not to do so. While fr

I’ve been getting comments from folks that I write a lot about dogs and need to do some more feline-centric writing for a bit. So, this will be the first of several articles focusing on feline issues