Emergency / Critical Care
Animals should not eat sugarless gum. There is a supplement called xylitol that is toxic to dogs. In some cases, it takes only 1 or 2 pieces of the gum to become toxic.
Our Goal
We aim to provide you with the ability to make educated decisions about the care of your beloved pets. Although veterinary medicine is complicated and and confusing, it is generally logical. This means that with some facts, a reasonable plan of action can be taken. We will provide you with the tools to obtain this knowledge thereby allowing you to make the best choice. Not everyone is going to make the same medical decisions.
We aim to provide you with the ability to make educated decisions about the care of your beloved pets. Although veterinary medicine is complicated and and confusing, it is generally logical. This means that with some facts, a reasonable plan of action can be taken. We will provide you with the tools to
- Date:2010-12-23
- The cold
- In cold weather, there are some new things to watch. Antifreeze – The typical antifreeze that is used i...
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- Date:2010-10-25
- NSAIDS – Aspirin, Rimadyl, Deramaxx, Zubrin, Etogesic, etc
- NSAIDS are the class of drugs that are similar to aspirin. Just like people they are very good at relieving m...
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- Date:2010-10-13
- Blue buffalo dog food
- Blue buffalo dog food has been found to have a problem with its dog food. There have been multiple dogs who h...
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- Date:2010-10-7
- Cats peeing outside the litterbox
- This is a common problem in cats. There are two main reasons why cats will do this – a medical issue an...
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- Date:2010-10-5
- Parvo
- This is a quick discussion of a virus in dogs called the parvo virus. It is a common virus in dogs and is spr...
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- Date:2010-09-15
- Blue buffalo
- I saw a commercial yesterday about how great Blue Buffalo dog food is. The main point of the commercial was t...
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- Date:2010-09-14
- Lyme disease (basics)
- Lyme disease is a tick borne disease that is common in the northeast united states. It caused by the bite of ...
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- Date:2010-09-1
- Mistakes
- Vet medicine is just like human medicine is an inexact science. This means that no matter how skilled a veter...
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- Date:2010-08-19
- collecting urine
- Getting urine can be a difficult thing to do because no one likes to touch urine – or at least most peop...
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- Date:2010-08-10
- The same plan for you is good for them
- The best way to care for your pet is to do the same things for them that you do for yourself. 1) Moderate ex...
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- Date: 2009-10-08
- Dogs
- This is from a population of dogs in Sweden. This is actually a very difficult thing to determine because many...
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