Written by Gustavo Rayas, RVT Ever since I graduated veterinary school in Mexico, I have had the dream to come back and help my school to improve and develop. Then six years ago Dr. Markoff and I were talking about an idea to visit my vet school in Mexicali. We started brainstorming about what [...]
Written by Stephanie Ruggerone November brought two exciting œevents to ACC employees. Dr. Evans received her long awaited guide dog puppy, œPayton , and Practice Administrator Stephanie Ruggerone ™s guide dog puppy, œRecco , represented Guide Dogs of America at a four day Las Vegas fundraiser! œPayton is an adorable female [...]
Written by Nicole Gunkel, RVT December is here along with all our winter holidays! I'd like to take a moment today to wish everyone a fabulous December! As a group each December, our entire team likes to highlight an individual charity group and offer a unique way to give a nice gift while [...]
Written by Marissa Greenberg, DVM Marissa and Cramer Many of you read Dr. Evans ™ article about fostering pets until they find their œforever home. Dr. Evans ™ foster kittens came from one of the local shelters, but there is also something called breed rescues and they are often in need of [...]
Recco and Stephanie Written by Stephanie Ruggerone, Practice Administrator Many of you are already aware of Animal Care Clinic's association with Guide Dogs of America, as a portion of the donations received at our annual Wine Gala Open House benefited this wonderful organization. What you may not know, is just as it takes [...]
written by Marissa Greenberg, DVM I ™ve been given the opportunity to be a guest lecturer at Mrs. Anna Bates' brand new veterinary science class at San Luis Obispo High School. Mrs. Bates and I attended Cal Poly together, and she is now a very popular teacher in the Agriculture Education department at SLO High. [...]
I ™ve been thinking about exercise and diet a lot lately (see why in the next paragraph.) This Monday I saw 5 dogs in a row that were physically fit, and I found myself truly amazed. At least 70-80% of the pets we see each day are overweight. Those that are not carrying extra pounds [...]
As we prepare for our big Open House and wine tasting Gala on April 6, 2008 I am reminded to warn you that grapes have been shown to be toxic to dogs. While this is a relatively recent discovery, we do know that some dogs will develop kidney failure in response to ingestion of any [...]
Happy Easter weekend and welcome to spring! I have taken on a crazy project and I think it is time to go truly public with it. Several friends from ACC and I, all of whom are not runners, have decided to train with the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society to run a full marathon in June! [...]
San Luis Obispo ™s Relay For Life is going on today at Santa Rosa Park. In honor of this American Cancer Society fundraiser, I thought I would tell the story of Riley. Riley was an 8 year old Australian Shepherd with a vital career as an agility dog. One morning his œmother called me. [...]
