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Protect Your Pets Against Rising Health Care Costs

I was inspired to write this blog post after I was informed this week of our reference laboratory’s across the board fee increase of 5%.
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Why yearly heartworm screening when my dog is given heartworm prevention year round? (and other commonly posed heartworm prevention questions)

This is a question that is commonly posed to me in clinical practice, and to be fair, a fair one.  If you are giving your dog year round heartworm prevention, why do we still ask you to have your dog get a heartworm test once a year to renew the heartworm prevention prescription?  If you live in

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New Help for Obese Dogs and Cats
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The Monsters Within

I got a text from my neighbor this morning, asking me if I could get her into the clinic later today, as she suspected her kitten has worms.  My neighbor has a wonderful family, doting husband, 4 great children, 2 of which are toddlers.  She also is a responsible and loving pet owner to a one yea
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Everything You Need to Know About Joint Chews

There are more joint chew supplements on the market for dogs and cats then we can count, but the big question remains, do they actually work?  The short answer is, maybe, but the real answer like most things I write about, is a bit more complex.  Okay, more than a bit. 
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The 4 Most Important Health Concerns in Dogs

Dogs are susceptible to any number of diseases, many of which they share in common with humans.  While a lot of these diseases have their roots in genetic inheritance as the result of inbreeding, unethical breeding, and in some cases just bad luck, the 4 health concerns below are the most prevale
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Winter Fleas? Pets are Itching for Relief!

It may seem strange that I choose to write a flea article just as most of the nation is being hit with winter storms.  However, those snowstorms can lull pet owners into a sense of false security when it comes to fleas.  While those fleas may be effectively killed outside, they are doing just fin
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Unsubstantiated Mass Hysteria Targets Trifexis

I don’t know what it is about the psyche of certain people.