Blog: pet health
Hypothyroidism in Dogs
As I sit thinking on what to blog about this month, my mind goes blank. It’s my month to pound out a blog and in spite of the plethora of things to blog about, I have nothing. There are so many interesting topics to choose from in a vet clinic, from the…
Do You Have an Itchy Dog?
Allergic Skin Disease is one of the most frustrating conditions to treat in veterinary medicine. You may be asking yourself, “how can skin infections be that hard to treat?”. Well, there are many different allergens that can cause a flare up in your dogs skin. For example: your dog may…
Heartworm Disease
Can a mosquito infect a dog with a deadly disease? Unfortunately the answer is yes and this happens repeatedly every year to dogs in Canada, the United States and worldwide. Our beloved family dog is what is called the “natural host” for heartworm, and that means that this foot long…
Tick Alert!
Ticks are on the rise and they will continue to expand northward at approximately 46km per year. They can be found in areas of Southern British Columbia, southeastern and south central Manitoba, southern, eastern and northwestern Ontario, southern Quebec, southern New Brunswick and parts of Nova Scotia. Our most…
