GRAPES ARE TOXIC TO DOGS!! And, so are raisins and currants. ⁣ ⁣ While grapes are a healthy and tasty snack for us, they can cause kidney...

Coprophagia: the eating of feces! This can be a common behavioral complaint that I get from pet parents. Unlike rabbits, which need to...

A cherry eye is the common term for prolapse of the 3rd eyelid gland. Dogs and cats both have an “extra eyelid” located inside the lower...

Anemia is not a disease but, instead, refers to a decrease in the number of circulating red blood cells (RBC), hemoglobin (Hb), or both....

Kennel cough (KC) is also called tracheobronchitis OR canine infectious upper respiratory COMPLEX. It is referred to as a COMPLEX because...

First I need to ask you...I need to ask you first… How does a chicken leave the hen-hen house? Obviously, though the eggs-it. Okay, okay…...

MAD COW DISEASE or Bovine spongiform Encephalopathy continued Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) or Mad cow disease is considered a...

LETS TALK ABOUT testing for BSE or mad cow disease! Many of you may remember the devastating early 2000’s and the impact that BSE (Bovine...

This sounds like such a depressing topic to bring up. But, its not. We are so lucky in the world of veterinary medicine that we have the...

There is 𝗡𝗢 𝗦𝗨𝗖𝗛 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚 as 𝗛𝗢𝗥𝗠𝗢𝗡𝗘-𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 𝗠𝗘𝗔𝗧!⁣ ⁣ 𝗦𝗨𝗥𝗣𝗥𝗜𝗦𝗘: hormones occur naturally in animals, people,...

NEWS FLASH: Your pet DOES NOT need to show dental PAIN to have dental disease! ⁣ Think of your dogs teeth as little icebergs. We can only...

The pancreas is an organ that sits really close to the stomach and the beginning of the small intestine. It is all about secretion! It...

It’s interesting how social media has a way of portraying people’s lives as “almost perfect”. Usually, we tend to post about when things...

An FHO is a surgical procedure that attempts to restore pain-free mobility to the diseased or damaged hip joint. We do this by removing...

A 6 month old kitten presented to me for a 1 month history of lethargy, not wanting to move, falling over, and acting painful. Before...

Well.. the plot thickens. Welcome to the world of veterinary medicine when as soon as you think things are going right, something decides...

More about Ethel… she’s just such a special dog so I can’t stop bringing her up! I wanted to explain why she was showing signs of facial...

When you see an emaciated animal, the first thing you want to do is feed it as much as much as you can. But, this is actually SUPER...

A gastropexy is a preventative procedure to “tack” the stomach in place to prevent it from twisting in the abdomen. If the st omach...

This little girl was raised by a farming family. A family that was dedicated to feeding the world. A family that never stopped working...