Boogie Shoes: End of the Year To-Do List
With the weather changing and holiday festivities just around the corner, it’s time to take a little pause. At my house, we’re making a...
A Healing Touch for Shelter Dogs
Animal Samaritans No-Kill Shelter provides a refuge for at-risk, adoptable dogs and cats by housing, feeding, socializing, and providing medical care until they find...
Feline Hyperthyroidism
If you’re a cat owner, you may or may not have heard of a relatively common condition in older felines known as hyperthyroidism. Hyperthyroidism...
No, Polly Doesn’t Want That Cracker!
“Polly want a cracker?” This cliché phrase has dictated and driven how parrots have been fed for more than a century. The classic bird...
Best Friends Are the Best Medicine
Over the last 16 years, I have practiced in a variety of veterinary settings as a veterinarian whose role is to create healthy and...
Pandemic Puppies
Most people will look back on 2020 as the Year of the Pandemic. Veterinarians will also remember it as the Year of the Pandemic...
Dogs of Many Colors
Unique color coated dogs—increasingly, I see interesting new color variations of standard dog breeds in advertisements, social media, and in the hospital. Not only...
Boogie Shoes: Walking Aids for Pets with Mobility Challenges
If you’ve been following me on social media for a while, you know I’m known for my “boogie,” which is caused by a neurological...
A Guinea Pig’s Diet
More than just pellets
WEEEEEEPPPPP! That noise of beloved guinea pigs when they want food, hearing you coming home, fresh from the grocery store, or...
DOES MY PET HAVE ALLERGIES? IT’S TIME TO FIND OUT.
THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR PET'S ALLERGIES
It might sound crazy, but allergy symptoms in cats and dogs are very often overlooked, leading to bigger...