Heart Murmurs In Pets
By Dr. Tiffany Hughes Emergency Intern You bring your pet in to see your veterinarian for their annual wellness visit and everything seems to be going well. After listening to…
Foxtails, the Unseen Foe
Foxtails pierce the skin and migrate, leaving tissue damage and infection in their wake.
Summer Time: Healthy Dog Living Can Be Easy
It is essential to understand and prepare for summer circumstances that can harm our pets.
Spinal Emergencies in Dogs and Cats
If your animal has acutely lost movement and feeling, he or she should be put into a crate to prevent further trauma and brought to a neurologist for immediate assessment
Thanksgiving Day Foods That Can Kill Your Dog
Lurking within that pumpkin pie is a deadly danger for your dog.
Marijuana toxicity and your pet
Symptoms include: wobbliness, urine dribbling, tremors/twitching, seizures, dilated pupils, inability to get up, slow heart rate or fast heart rate, hyperactivity, agitation, inability to regulate body temperature, depression and vomiting.
“Ouch, my back hurts!” IVDD and your Dog.
IVDD is the degeneration and protrusion or extrusion of disc material into the vertebral canal, causing compression and damage to the spinal cord, leading to a variety of clinical signs…
Sugar free gum toxic for your dog
The gum contains a substance known as xylitol which has been shown to exert toxic effects in dogs.