Written By Marissa Greenberg, DVM Several articles ago I discussed Slink’s summer haircut. While it made her much more comfortable, it also made it much more apparent without all her thick hair, that she had lost weight and had lost a lot of muscling, especially in her hind legs. These are very common occurrences with [...]
We have nicknamed Jasmine “the Energizer Bunny” because she truly keeps going and going! Jasmine was diagnosed with asthma in 2011 and then developed intestinal lymphoma in 2012. She has been taking an oral form of chemotherapy for her intestinal cancer and it is working amazingly well. Intestinal lymphoma is usually fatal within 6 months [...]
Written by Jennifer Evans, DVM I just got back from a road trip through the mountains of Northern California with my 4 year old Lab, Ventana and we had a great time! We started in Mount Shasta then drove west to the Trinity Alps Wilderness Area, and finally home by way of the Pacific Coast. [...]
Sienna with his owner, Liz Say “Hi” to Sienna, one of the toughest little dogs you will ever meet! Sienna came in on an emergency after being chewed up by a big dog. He had such severe wounds that Dr. Bisson was worried that they may have penetrated into his abdominal cavity! Luckily [...]
Max with veterinary assistant, Zack Max is an 11 year old Maltese that came to see Dr. Markoff in 2012 for some frustrating skin issues. He had been diagnosed with a type of mite called Demodex. Because this diagnosis came while he was an adult, a specialist dermatologist was concerned that he might [...]
A few years ago, Lulu’s parents told Dr. Evans that Lulu had been leaking urine since she was a year old! They had been to 3 previous vets about the issue. The last vet had helped diagnose bladder stones but they came to Animal Care Clinic for confirmation. Dr. Evans very quickly diagnosed both a [...]
Lennox with Dr. Greenberg and his owner Say” hello” to Lennox, a 9 year old Scotty (Scottish Terrier). Several months ago, Lennox started acting funny and he was whining and shaking a lot. Not long after this, he began to have seizures. They came on quickly and were quite frequent, so our friends [...]
Written By Marissa Greenberg, DVM For the first 14 years of her life, mealtime for Slink was simple- food went in the bowl and she ate it all. Over the last year, that has slowly changed. It all started back in February. When I’d put food in the bowl Slink would eat just part of [...]
Pixie with Dr. Evans Pixie is 6 years old and came in to Animal Care Clinic because her owners were worried about an ear infection. Dr. Evans not only managed the ear infection, but found a mass that was of concern – it was raised and inflamed. Dr. Evans performed a needle aspirate [...]
Say Hello to Mira! This little puppy showed up at Animal Care Clinic after an amazing young couple drove to the central valley to rescue her from the streets. During her first visit, Dr. Markoff diagnosed Sarcoptic mange, hip dysplasia and diarrhea that could have been the beginnings of either parvovirus or distemper. The necessary [...]
