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Feeling Great!

Nothing justifies your decision to perform a procedure like the hapiness evident in your pet after it has been completed. It’s tough to know how much a recommended procedure will help your pet until after you have gone ahead and done

Home Care

Being able to do treatments and care for our pets at home is a wonderful way to save money! It also really gives us the feeling that we are making a difference in our pet’s life. Whenever possible, I do encourage my clients to take on

Did you know we could DO THAT?

The other day I treated a dog that had a chronic (long term) ear infection. This dog had been treated for his ear infection 2-3 times by the former veterinarian and it was still a problem. Well, there are a few reasons this could have

Cats urinating outside the litter box

I so often hear stories about people’s cats urinating outside their litter boxes. This happens not only in my practice, but when I travel or meet people who discover that I am a vet. There are some basic “rules” to follow when you are

Car Manners for your Dog

Harness with tether Traditional seatbelt A lot of dogs do not ride along with us in our car the way we truly want them to, but is that the dog’s fault? If you have not taken the time to teach your dog how to act in the

Setting Heartworms Straight

Every dog owner knows that their pet should be on monthly heartworm prevention. Heartworms sure sound like a bad thing – I mean worms that live in the heart – not cool, right? Right!I have discovered lately that some thoughts and general

Dr. Amy’s most recent CE: Class IV Laser Therapy

I have attended several CE courses in the past month. The most recent was a discussion hosted by a laser manufacturer about the benefits of laser therapy. Of course this leads to immediate skepticism: a lecture hosted by a company that

Cognitive Dysfunction Syndrome (CDS)

Did you know that dogs and cats can develop behaviors in their old age that are the same as dementia in humans? We know that we (humans) are prone to cognitive impairment as we age and that it affects our memory, attention, problem

Arthritis in pets

Arthritis is a common problem in our pet dogs and cats. In fact, many of our senior pets suffer from arthritis pain to some degree, whether they indicate it to us, or not. Degenerative joint disease is the number one cause of chronic

My dog nearly bloated…

Many dog owners and some non-dog owners know what bloat is. The movie â€œMarley and Meâ€ brought the issue to the surface for a while, though now many who saw the film still donâ€™t know how that dog died. I never saw the movie, but I