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Maybeck Current COVID-19 Protocol Update

Most are aware that the CDC recently relaxed mask guidelines for fully vaccinated individuals to be free to not wear masks even when inside.  In light of this naturally clients have been asking when we will transition from curbside service to having clients present in the building again. 

Our intention is to go back to normal service as soon as possible, but we have yet to put a definitive time frame on when that will be for several reasons:


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Maybeck Animal Hospital in the Age of Coronavirus

Early in the novel coronavirus, aka, COVID19, pandemic in the United States, when little was still known about its full implications, the Maybeck Animal Hospital doctors and medical team never wavered from their commitment to serving the health care needs of our patients and our beloved clients who love them.  Unable to social distance in the waiting room and exam rooms, we began by serving our clients curbside donning masks for our clients' protection in early March, 2020. 


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Maybeck Animal Hospital Gives Back To Animal Rescue Abroad

Maybeck Animal Hospital Animal Rescue AbroadMaybeck Animal Hospital Certified Veterinary Technician, Jill Goldenberg, and I recently traveled abroad to join the Isla Animals Rescue in its annual spay/neuter campaign in Mexico.  Based out of Isla Mujeres, a resort island off the coast where many Americans, Canadians, and Europeans own homes, Isla Animals is dedicated to rescuing and homing stray dogs and cats that are a rampant problem in the area. 


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Grain Free Dog Food Link To Heart Disease Simplified

As many dog owners are aware, the FDA published a list of 16 grain free diet brands linked to a significant uptick in the incidence of the deadly canine heart disease, Dilated Cardiomyopthy (DCM), and an incidence of DCM in dog breeds where it was never before seen.  DCM historically was a strongly genetically linked disease in a small handful of large to giant breed dogs, such as Doberman Pinschers and Great Danes.  Alarmed by seeing a growing incidence of DCM in breeds where it was never before seen, a large group of veterinary cardiologists in the Baltimore area performed retrospective h


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Why Pet Insurance?

One of the more tragic circumstances we face in the veterinary industry are times when owners are left with the impossible decision of putting themselves or their families in financial peril by paying for much needed pet health care, versus opting for minimal care that they can afford or even euthanasia if an injury or illness is grave enough.


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Offensive Breath is Never Normal

Let's face it, our cats and dogs rarely have pleasant breath, but because we are so accustomed to our dogs and cats having some level of stinky breath, pet owners all too often write off offensive breath as just a normal part of canine and feline existence. Of course, the word offensive is a subjective term observed by the person taking in the scent of the breath, but let's just say that once breath reaches the point of smelling like a decaying fish carcass or fecal matter, it has reached the point of offensive.


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Early Screening for a Silent Killer

We are all too familiar with the epidemic of high blood pressure, aka. hypertension, in people, but most pet owners are not aware that hypertension is a common and potentially serious condition in dogs and cats.  Studies have concluded that up to ten percent of dogs over the age of 7, and a whopping twenty plus percent of cats over 7 suffer from hypertension.


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