An Essential Feline Grooming Tool – Why Texture and Placement Matter The list of supplies needed when owning a cat can be staggering. Food, litter, toys, bed, nail clippers and grooming brush…it’s overwhelming! Just shopping for a scratching post, for example, means confronting dozens of sizes, shapes, and materials. When… read more →
Think Your Dog is Smart?? Consider the service dogs trained to detect low blood sugar in diabetics or monitor owners for the onset of seizures. How about the YouTube dog who cleans the house, pulls off his owner’s clothes and closes the dishwasher door which starts it. Every day we… read more →
The Tales The Tail Tells : How to know what’s going on in your cat’s head, just by looking at her tail! We’ve all been there – your feline friend’s tail wrapped across your face when you wake up in the morning, or the light, swishing motion she makes with… read more →
Do Pets Develop High Blood Pressure? We have learned over the past twenty-five years that pets can develop high blood pressure. Just like in people, high blood pressure is difficult or impossible to detect unless you screen for it. When you go to the doctor, it is relatively easy to… read more →
Things That Make You Go Hmmm…The Science of Wet Dog Smelly It is a truth universally acknowledged that wet dogs are pretty stinky. In this newsletter, you can learn all about the science behind that stink. You smell your dog (or anything, for that matter) when different molecules hit the… read more →
Wishing All Our Family of Clients and Their Pets a Happy and Safe Fourth of July Many of us will be celebrating Independence Day with backyard barbecues, drinks, and fireworks. While this can make for a fun holiday for neighbors, friends, and family, it can be bad news for your… read more →
Sight is a very important sense to your pet dog, cat, or rabbit. I want to provide a broad overview of what is normal appearance and anatomy, then discuss the most common ocular diseases, and to finally make you aware of some ocular emergencies. Like humans, our pet’s eyes have… read more →
There is nothing more frustrating to the bunny or cat owner than trying to remove stubborn hair mats from your pet. Every year we have to suture cuts on pets’ skin that are unintentionally inflicted by well-meaning owners wielding scissors trying to cut out those huge hair mats. Over the… read more →
Let’s deal with heat and humidity first. Everyone knows not to walk an older, overweight pug in the heat of midday, but many may not realize the key role that humidity plays in the develoment of heat stroke. Because pets have very few sweat glands located only between foot pads… read more →
As veterinarians our job is not only to provide complete health care for our patients, but also to help cultivate the human-animal bond that forms between families and their beloved pets. Then we send home pills. And messy liquids. And transdermal gels. And pastes. Suddenly the bond is stretched thin… read more →