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Managing Your Pets Anxiety

Managing Your Pet’s Anxiety

How to Manage Your Pet's Anxiety Someday soon, things will begin to return to a new "normal." Businesses will reopen and people will be encouraged to leave their homes for work and for entertainment. When...
Preparing Your Pet For Emergencies

Preparing Your Pet for Emergencies

Preparing Your Pet for Emergencies By all accounts, 2020 has been a challenging year. Aside from the COVID-19 pandemic, we have also seen unprecedented fires blazing on the west coast. On the east coast, there...
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Summer Series: Heatstroke

The summer has so much to look forward to! Beaches, barbecues, fireworks, hiking, lakes and so much more. While our pets may not take part in all of these activities, they may join us for some of...
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Preventive Care Reimagined

Preventive care is a critical concept of veterinary medicine, and yet many owners do not fully understand it. The concept behind preventive medicine is that if we are proactive with our medical care, we can not only...
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Tips for a Happy + Healthy 4th of July

As a pet parent of an anxious Jack Russell Terrier, the Fourth of July, requires a great deal of preparation for us all, Pancho included, to enjoy the celebrations. While many public fireworks are canceled...
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Tips for Bringing Home a Cat

Tips for Bringing Home a New Cat June kicks off Adopt a Cat Month and that fuzzy little kitten or sweet older cat has caught your eye! People have many reasons for choosing to add...
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How to tell if your pet is stressed

It might be hard to imagine, but during the COVID-19 pandemic, our pets can experience stress. Just as our routines and normalcy, were affected, our pets have been at home. Many pets may enjoy the...
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Should I Schedule my Pet an Appointment During COVID-19?

While we are all practicing social distancing and shelter in place initiatives during the unprecedented times of COVID-19, we want to remind our customers that our centers remain open for essential visits for your pet. But what...
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Tips for bringing home a new pet

Tips for Bringing Home a New Pet With many families home right now, we have seen an increase in pet adoptions. To me, this speaks to the human-animal bond. As we see people needing to distance...
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Coronavirus and your pet

With coronavirus dominating the news these days, we thought it'd be a good idea to share some information about how this outbreak could affect your pet. We hear a lot about how to protect ourselves using...
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Choosing A Diet For Your New Puppy

Your puppy is your new best friend, and you want to provide the best foundation for him or her to grow and thrive. You certainly don’t want to unknowingly feed a harmful or inadequate diet....