Winter Pet Care: Second Winter Edition
March 5, 2019
Raise your hand if you thought we would be talking about winter pet care in March? Me, either. But now that we are having another polar blast, let’s…
Dental Health Month: Feline Tooth Resorption
February 25, 2019
February is National Pet Dental Health Month. Let’s review one of the most common problems we see in our pet cats: Tooth resorption. To understand tooth resorption, we have…
Tip Time: Cutting Mats
February 13, 2019
It might not feel like it right now, but spring is right around the corner! For many of our pets, spring means shedding. And shedding can mean mats! Some mats…
Hill’s Pet Nutrition Voluntarily Recalls Select Canned Dog Food for Excessive Vitamin D
February 1, 2019
Hill’s Pet Nutrition is voluntarily recalling and withdrawing select canned dog food products due to potentially elevated levels of vitamin D. While vitamin D is an essential nutrient for dogs, ingestion of…
Did You Know…?
January 29, 2019
Polar Vortex got you down? This week, I wanted to highlight a service that you might not be aware we offer: An online store. You can order therapeutic diets, prescription…
Training Tips Tuesday – Hand Touch
January 15, 2019
Welcome to our second Training Tip Tuesday of January 2019! This week we will talk about a deceptively simple skill that is one of the first things I like to…
Nutrition and Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Dogs: An Update
November 28, 2018
Nutrition-Induced Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM): Position Statement We have written about this issue recently, but as it is an emerging problem we wanted to remind and update you all about this…
Children and Pets
November 15, 2018
Whether you live with children of any age, or have them over as guests in your home, it is important to know several things. Many interactions between children and animals…
Feeding Your Senior Cat
November 14, 2018
There are several serious medical causes for weight loss in cats, particularly senior cats. Often weight loss is the earliest sign of a problem, so it should always be investigated.