Caitlin goes by Cate here at ACC, and has been a part of the Customer Service Team since November 2007. Cate grew up in rural Mc Arthur located in Northern California. She is married to Travis of our nursing team and has two children, her stepson Skyler and daughter Hailey. Cate loves hiking, tide pooling [...]
By Bonnie Markoff, DVM Thank you, Shawna for your question about grooming Persian cats. This can be a big problem for many cat owners! The fine hair of a Persian easily clumps together to form matts - those Rastafarian type clumps of fur that cannot be broken up with a brush. Matts can be very [...]
Written by Jennifer Evans, DVM We ™ve all heard the saying ˜fighting like cats and dogs ™ but sometimes cats and dogs can be the best of friends!! If raised together, dogs and cats are often great buddies; playing, sleeping and even eating together. There is something quite profound about seeing a large pit bull [...]
Written by Marissa Greenberg, DVM Though it hasn ™t felt like it lately, winter is here! As you plan any trips this winter, consider including your dog if you are going to the snow! Most dogs seem to take to the snow naturally, and just love playing in it! When I moved to [...]
Zack joined the veterinary nursing team in July 2008. Originally from Bakersfield, Zack moved to San Luis Obispo to attend Cal Poly. He is an Animal Science major and would like to attend vet school some day. Zack is interested in most physical activities and it is very likely to come across him playing volleyball [...]
Spaying and neutering can provide tremendous health benefits to your dog and cat. If you choose to breed a pet, be sure you understand the responsibilities this entails. Dogs and cats should be screened for genetic diseases and sound reproductive health before breeding. And you need to be sure you can provide good homes for [...]
By Bonnie Markoff, DVM, ABVP It ™s Christmas time. A time I often reflect on how God has blessed us so richly. One of his greatest blessings is the animals. This morning our pastor used a wonderful animal analogy in explaining God ™s mercy on us. I wanted to share it with you and expand [...]
Lavella has been the Customer Service Manager since coming to us in July 2008. She is a native of San Luis Obispo and has lived here a majority of her life. She has worked for the IRS while living in Fresno, been a Phlebotomist as well as an EMT, and most recently as a Lasik [...]
Four employees of Animal Care Clinic (Bonnie Markoff, Travis Morris, Ashley Ventimiglia, and Nicole Gunkel) took a trip to Mexicali, Mexico in what we deemed a "fact finding mission." Our own Gustavo Rayas along with our new friends from the Mexicali vet school, Tomas Renteria and Julio Mercado, have a vision to improve upon the [...]
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 [...]