3 Services Your Emergency Pet Clinic Should Offer Blog It's always a good idea to scout out an emergency pet clinic and register your animal as a patient with them as soon as possible after bringing them home. This will ensure that you have a solid plan of action to take if something serious comes up and your furry pal needs emergency medical attention. But not all emergency pet clinics are created equally, so you'll want to do some comparison shopping before deciding which one to sign up with. 22 February 2017 Alternative Animal Therapy For An Aging Dog: A Pet Parent's Guide Blog As a dog gets older, they experience a lot of the same problems that elderly humans do. From arthritic and painful joints to a higher risk of certain illnesses and diseases, as the pet parent of an aging pooch, you may find yourself at the animal clinic a little more than you used to. It may come as a surprise to find out that your veterinarian is offering alternative animal therapy for your aging dog. 21 February 2017 What Mistakes Are You Making With Your Dog's Dental Care? Blog As with humans, a dog's dental health is linked to other health conditions. Therefore, it is important that you take the steps necessary to care for your dog's teeth. To help you avoid mistakes with your dog's dental hygiene, here are some errors you should avoid. Using Toothpaste for Humans It might seem logical to brush your dog's teeth with your toothpaste, but you could actually hurt your dog. Human toothpaste has ingredients in it that could cause abdominal pain and other types of discomfort. 16 February 2017 Does Your Feline Have A Urinary Tract Infection? Signs To Watch Out For Blog Urinary tract infections are one of the most common issues to plague cats. Unfortunately, some owners can overlook the early symptoms, which results in the infection being left untreated until it becomes quite serious and spreads into the kidneys. At this point, the condition can be life-threatening -- so it really is best to detect and treat it earlier! Here are some signs that may indicate your kitty cat is suffering from a urinary tract infection, or UTI. 15 February 2017 Trying To Introduce A New Cat Into Your One-Cat Household? Tips For You Blog If you love animals and cats in particular, it is only natural that at some point you may want to go from having one cat in your home to having two. However, if you have recently adopted your second cat, you may find yourself trying unsuccessfully to introduce your new cat into your household. It can sometimes be quite difficult for two cats to become accustomed to one another in a household, especially if one of those cats is already established there. 14 February 2017 3 Important Reasons To Take Your Pregnant Dog Into The Veterinary Clinic Blog If your dog is pregnant, or you will be breeding her soon, it is important that you take her into the veterinary clinic during her pregnancy. This article is going to discuss 3 reasons why this is important. Find Out If She Is In Fact Pregnant The first reason to go into the veterinary clinic during your dog's pregnancy is to check and make sure that she is in fact pregnant. 14 February 2017 Doggy Diagnosis | 3 Dog Stroke Warning Signs That Shouldn't Be Ignored Blog Just like people, dogs have strokes too. Though it's not talked about often, dogs can suffer from blood clots and obstruction of blood vessels, which lead to strokes. Additionally, if a dog's blood vessels burst, the rupturing can cause bleeding in the brain, which also leads to strokes. With these facts in mind, it's important to know the signs that your pup has had a stroke. Listed below are three warning signs that your pup has had a stroke and needs to be taken to an animal hospital like Lamb's Gap Animal Hospital. 9 February 2017 ©2018 | Help for Painful Joints