Tank was lucky to have one of our amazing veterinary nurses, Lyndsey, notice that something wasn't quite right when she was emptying his anal glands. Dr. Markoff confirmed that Tank had a cancerous mass in his anal gland. He had surgery with our friends at CARE Hospital in Santa Barbara to remove it, and now [...]
Murphy is a 5-year-old Shih Tzu that was adopted by his owners when his show career was over. During Murphy’s first check up at Animal Care Clinic, Dr. Evans noticed that he still had some of his baby teeth and he had a lot of dental tartar causing gum infections. A few days later, Dr. [...]
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 [...]
photo courtesy Una Photo Written by Marissa Greenberg, DVM Most of you are familiar with my canine family members, Slink and Mico, and you may have read about my reptilian family member, George, the Desert Tortoise. Now I want to introduce you to one member of my equine family and give you an [...]
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 [...]
Written by Marissa Greenberg, DVM As general practitioners at Animal Care Clinic, we all perform surgeries like spays and neuters. Sometimes we do more extensive surgeries like taking out a spleen (called a splenectomy), taking out bladder stones, or removing an object from the gastrointestinal tract that a patient shouldn ™t have eaten! But sometimes [...]
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 [...]
Written by Marissa Greenberg, DVM Radiation therapy is used to treat many forms of cancer in humans and our pets. Radiation may not cure all cancers, but it can also be used to decrease the size of a tumor, to make future removal less invasive. It has also been shown to reduce the pain associated [...]