January 17, 2017
Feline Urination Issues The seasons are changing, and I know winter is in full swing when I start to see the appointments for cats urinating ‘inappropriately’ as we call it in the veterinary industry. (Of course, at home, it generally goes by the name ‘The !@^%#$^$ cat is peeing everywhere!!’ ) Though it can occur […]
November 18, 2016
What Does an Overweight Pet Mean? The rate of overweight and obese pets – about 1 in 4 dogs and 1 in 3 cats – has reached epidemic levels in the USA and Canada. The clinical definition of obesity is over 20% body fat. This condition is linked to numerous other diseases, including arthritis, diabetes, […]
October 1, 2016
Why do animals itch, bite and scratch? This seems like a pretty straight forward question but in fact finding the answer can be very complicated, time consuming and frustrating. Atopic dermatitis is a very common form of allergy and has been defined as a genetically predisposed inflammatory and pruritic allergic skin disease with characteristic clinical […]
