To start the New Year off correctly, we are encouraging all pet owners to catch up on preventive care - or wellness care. Perhaps the most important part of wellness is the regular physical exam. Dogs and cats cannot communicate to us minor problems they may be experiencing: try to let someone know you have [...]
To start off the new year, I wanted to review the important preventive care that our dog and cat friends need - and our human families also! Dr. Evans and I were just talking about her backyard that borders on an elementary school playground/sports field. Many people bring their dogs there in the evening to [...]
Last week I told you that my dogs got into some medication and were hospitalized for 3 days. They are doing perfectly fine now. Being the client rather than the doctor made me think a lot about whether or not my dogs would be considered œgood patients. Dogs and cats who do not adapt [...]
I am writing this article just moments after admitting both of my dogs to the Tucson Emergency Vet Clinic. I am visiting my brother and just found that one or both of my dogs ate a whole bottle of doggy pain killers - the chewable kind that taste so yummy. Both of them appear perfectly [...]
Yesterday, I cleaned the teeth of one of my favorite patients. Miss Kitty came in for a routine physical exam a few years ago and her owners were expecting a clean bill of health. Instead I found a mass in her abdomen. We noted she had lost some weight over the past year and the [...]
Many people will want to give pets as gifts this Christmas - others will want to give gifts to pets! If you are considering a live animal as a present, please be 100% sure that the recipient will want this gift and will be willing and able to care for it for up to 20 [...]
As we enter into the cooler months, many pet owners think they can be less vigilant with external parasite control, but this is not true. Ticks on the Central Coast are more active in the winter. Ticks will come from the grass/brush and attach to the less densely haired areas of dogs, cats and people. [...]
As we enter into the cooler months, many pet owners think they can be less vigilant with external parasite control, but this is not true. Ticks on the Central Coast are more active in the winter. Ticks will come from the grass/brush and attach to the less densely haired areas of dogs, cats and people. [...]
About 2 months ago I saw a wonderful little dog who was just not feeling right. He was moving a little slowly and not eating as vigorously as usual. We found a fever, increased respiratory rate and a worsened heart murmur. Chest x-rays revealed a little area of abnormal lung tissue and blood work showed [...]
Krieger wasn ™t feeling well last May. His appetite was off and he was a little slow, but nothing more specific than that. Examination and full labwork were both normal. He never really got back to his usual self, but he seemed to be doing okay. Since Krieger is a long-haired German Shepherd, his owners [...]