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VCA Animal Hospitals offer free boarding to Station Fire evacuees
VCA offers safe boarding for evacuated pets.
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Paving the Way Toward Regenerative Medicine Technologies
With the goal of facilitating a better understanding and treatment of many disabling human diseases and conditions, on March 9 President Obama removed the ban on federal funding of embryonic stem-cell research, which had been in place since 2001. During that time, however, stem-cell research for treatment of certain animal conditions has proceeded unfettered. [...]
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Dog Paw Care
It is very easy to overlook the care and maintenance of your pooch’s paws, but that doesn’t mean that you should. After all, dogs walk around completely barefoot, so if there is a problem, they are guaranteed to feel it. The summer is an especially crucial time for pet parents to ensure that their dogs’ [...]
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Thin Hair and Fair Skin – Beware!
Even though summer has come late for some parts of the country, by now most of us have experienced a few scorchers. Just as we need to be aware of our pet’s potential for getting overheated, we also need to remember to protect our pooches from sunburn. Thin-haired and fair-skinned breeds such as Bull Terriers, [...]
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Keeping Dogs Safe from Overheating
During the hot summer months, many veterinarian offices and animal hospitals are full of pets affected with health issues directly related to the rise in temperature. It is important to consider the safety of your canine during the summer by ensuring that you provide them with of cool water and a place to rest that is [...]
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Vaccination to Prevent Canine Influenza Approved
A vaccination to prevent canine influenza has been given a one-year conditional license in the U.S.
Latest Posts
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HOW TO Treat Your Dog’s Fungal Infection
Malassezia pachydermatis is a natural yeast found on the skin of dogs. It can become activated by an abnormal overgrowth of the yeast, causing an infection.
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Find A Vet’s HOW TO section helps answer your questions about dog care. We post a new topic every Wednesday, so be sure to check back each week.
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HOW TO Remove the Skunk Smell from Your Dog
To neutralize the odor associated with skunk spray, you need to break down the oils so that they can be washed off the fur or skin, and you need to change the chemical structure of the volatile compounds so that they become substances with little to no odor.
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Our Ask a Vet, Patrick Mahaney, has advice for the pet parent of two dogs who won’t eat and look miserable.
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My Springer Spaniel is Prone to Urinary Infections – How Can I Help Her?
She is prone to urinary infections – always has been – and I’ve learned to see the signs and to take her urine to my vet to be tested. They say they see blood, but not a lot of white blood cells, so they want to put a tube up her to get a sterile sample.
