Links

Mar 10th, 2007

Veterinary Information/Standards

American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) – This organization provides standards to raise the bar of veterinary excellence, making sure our pets receive the care they deserve. Check this site to view their pet care library and find out if your animal hospital has AAHA accreditation!
American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) – Want to know more about veterinary medicine, public and animal health? This site has some great resources!

Pet Health Info

Veterinary Partner.com – This website is designed specifically for clients by the veterinarians and experts of the Veterinary Information Network (VIN), the largest online veterinary database.

Merck Veterinary Manual – Want to find out more about specific diseases/ailments? Check out this site. It’s loaded with tons of good scientific inormation on anything you can think of!
Toxic Plants Database – Check out either Cornell University or the University of Illinois for some great info and pictures regarding plants that are dangerous for your pet to ingest.
National Animal Poison Control Center (NAPCC) – There are so many things you might not think of that can be dangerous to your pet. The ASPCA has tons of info on poison prevention tips, lists of poisonous substances and other things you should know!
Companion Animal Parasite Council (CAPC) - Find out more about common parasites and your pet. This site has great information regarding parasites and parasite control.
Growing Up With Kids – The website is an educational program devoted to bringing parents a resource for information and advice on how to help them foster strong, healthy relationships between their children and their pets.
Pet CARE Television Network - This company has a long list of educational HD videos. This programming is very informational and the company also provides take home DVDs if you’re interested.

Nutrition

Purina Diets – We carry and recommend Purina’s premium line of dog and cat food Pro Plan. We also carry a full line of Purina’s Veterinary Prescription Diets. These links will give you more information on the Purina diets we prescribe and recommend.
Reading Pet Food Labels - Here’s a page from the FDA that explains and goes through how to read and interpret pet food labels. There are certain regulations on the information that should be present, which can be very confusing.
More pet owners are interested in making home-made diets for their pets. This can be dangerous for your pet, especially cats, if specific nutritional needs are not met! Here are two websites that will assist and provide you and with diet recipes and reliable diet supplements so you can create balanced diets for your pet(s) at home: Balance IT or PetDiets.com.

Specialists/Referrals

UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital (VMTH) – Three of our four doctors came to us with an education from Davis, and have not hesitated at referring some of our more complicated cases there.
Washington State Universiy College of Veterinary Medicine – Our own Dr. Greenberg obtained her veterinary education here.
Sage Veterinary Specialty Centers – This group of veterinary specialty hospitals are located all across the California Bay Area. We often refer clients for special services with their pets and we work often with many of the specialty veterinarians.
Veterinary Medical & Surgical Group (VMSG) – We’ve sent some very happy clients down to Ventura for certain more advanced procedures.
Pet Specialists of Monterey, Inc. – This is Dr. Greg Marsolais’ new hospital in Monterey that we will very likely be referring to in the future as they get their specialty services up and running.

Local Businesses

Farm Supply Company – Located across the street from us on Tank Farm Road, you can find anything you need for your pet and home.
Thousand Hills Pet Resort – Located just around the corner from us, Thousand Hills offers doggie daycare and pet boarding.

Miscellaneous

CareCredit – Vet bills or other medical bills piling up? Check out CareCredit! It works like a credit card and can be used for your veterinary bills. They offer various payment plans for your situation.
Microchip Lookup – AAHA has now launched a site to aid in microchip identification, petmicrochiplookup.org. The purpose is to identify which registries should be contacted if a lost pet is found to have a microchip since there are multiple registries, not just one.
Camp Cocker – We help treat the dogs of Camp Cocker on a regular basis to get them ready to be adopted. This non-profit group is run by volunteers and supported by donations. Check out their website to learn more, see who needs homes or donate to help Camp Cocker keep saving dogs in need.
Second Chance at Love Humane Society - Our hospital has worked very close with Second Chance in taking care of their dogs medically. Cheri Lucas has some great dogs needing homes. If you’re looking for an addition to your family check out their dogs available for adoption!
Trupanion Pet Health Insurance – Through our own research into veterinary insurance companies, this is the company we found was the best. It is the most straight forward company and has the best coverage.