How to have a successful first-time visit to the Vet with your cat.
Put yourself in their shoes For too many kitties a visit to the vet can feel just like an alien abduction. Cats are creatures of habit--...
Dear New York Times and Washington Post, Grain Free Diets DON'T Break Hearts--Meat Free Diets DO
POPULAR GRAIN FREE PET FOODS LINKED TO HEART DISEASE. A torrent of articles on "grain free" diets linked to taurine- deficient...
Watch out for pesky foxtails
As the weather warms up-- in fields, along sidewalks and wherever lawns aren't watered or mowed grass goes to seed which turn into...
What is a euthanasia drug doing in dog food?
A few years ago our technician checked off the wrong box on our laboratory request form and accidentally ordered a test the dog didn't...
The Look and Sound of Cat Asthma
Our Veterinary Hospital sees many asthmatic kitties in Long Beach-- often mistaken for "vomiting hairballs". Often their X-rays will...
A case of an old dog and a dangerous toy
"Jack just isn't right" she said. "He isn't acting like himself. I've been racking my brain but I don't know what it is" Jack is an...
