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Adverse Vaccine Reactions
Vaccination has provided our pets and us with a freedom from fear of certain diseases. I am personally grateful to have received Polio vaccination as a child and avoiding the years in a wheelchair that my Great Aunt Alice faced after surviving polio as a young girl. I am also personally grateful that I will […]
Read MoreClicker Training for Cats
While naysayers will say that cats can’t be trained, in fact cats train us every day. Anyone have a cat that comes and paws you in the morning until you get up and feed him? Yup, that smart cat figured out how to train you! To tip the balance in your favor try calling “come” […]
Read MoreFeline Perfume
Have you ever wondered why cats rub their faces, foreheads and tails against you, other cats and objects? Cats recognize the members of their social group or family by their appearance and smell. Every cat has its own unique smell. This unique natural feline perfume is produced in glands of the skin located at […]
Read MoreIliopsoas strains in performance dogs
Injury to the muscle can occur from traumatic events like the dog slipping and ‘splay legging’, from repetitive over use (which often occurs in agility), or if the pet has a concurrent injury causing them to chronically tuck the pelvis and hold the hip in a flexed position to protect the other injury/painful area. Mild […]
Read MoreDiesel and Druscilla: Meredith’s Cats
Both my cats came within my first year of working in a veterinary practice…my first cat within the first three weeks. Diesel was six months old when I started working at a practice in Dartmouth and he had a very charming personality. He was for adoption having been found wandering around some train tracks covered […]
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