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 [...]
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 [...]
George with after eating some flowers Written by Marissa Greenberg, DVM Most of you are familiar with my dog family members, Mico and Slink. What most of you don’t know is that I have a reptile family member too. Although I am very attached to my California Desert Tortoise, named George, please know [...]
Written by Marissa Greenberg, DVM As a veterinarian in San Luis Obispo, I’ve often seen people with longhaired dogs give them summer haircuts. My old girl, Slink, doesn’t have very long hair, so I never thought this would be something I would do for her. But rewind to a few months ago, when our SLO [...]
Written by Marissa Greenberg, DVM As our beloved dogs get older one of the most common problems is that they start to lose their hearing, just like people do as they age. As a veterinarian in San Luis Obispo, I very commonly have people asking me about their old dog’s hearing loss. Unfortunately it is [...]
Written by Marissa Greenberg, DVM There comes a point in all of our dog’s lives where we can start to see signs of aging. Some of these signs might be very normal parts of the aging process, but other could indicate Canine Cognitive Dysfunction (CCD), which is very similar to dementia in people. Though there [...]