Nutrition
One of the services offered with all appointments is a Nutritional Assessment. This allows us to evaluate the nutritional intake and the needs of each dog/cat to promote health and manage diseases.
These regular evaluations are crucial for ensuring that pets receive high-quality diets that meet their specific health needs, ultimately enhancing their quality of life.
Vaccines
Vaccines help teach your pet’s immune system how to recognize and fight off certain disease-causing agents. Vaccines work primarily by stimulating the immune system’s production of antibodies that identify and destroy these agents—before they can cause disease. This helps prevent or lessen the severity of future disease.
Why is it important to have my pet vaccinated?
Vaccination protects your pet from highly contagious and/or deadly diseases and improves your pet’s overall quality of life. Experts agree that widespread use of vaccines within the last century has prevented death and disease in millions of animals.
Vaccination prevents many pet illnesses.
- Vaccination can help avoid costly treatments for preventable diseases.
- Vaccination helps protect other animals and—in some cases—people, safeguarding your family and the broader community.
- Vaccinations guard against life-threatening diseases found in wildlife, like rabies and distemper.
- Reputable boarding, daycare, grooming, and training services require up-to-date vaccinations to keep all pets safe.
Many local and state laws require certain vaccinations—even for indoor-only pets.
All dogs should have the following core vaccines:
- Distemper
- Adenovirus
- Parvovirus
- +/- Parainfluenza
- Leptospira
- Rabies
In addition to these, other vaccines are just as essential for some dogs based on their lifestyle and risk. These include:
- Lyme disease
- Bordetella
- Canine influenza
All Cats should have the following core vaccines:
- FVRCP (feline distemper vaccine)
- Rabies
In addition to these, other vaccines are just as essential for some cats based on their lifestyle and risk. These include:
Feline Leukemia
Parasite Control
Parasites can cause significant illness to our beloved animals. Effective parasite control relies on safe, broad-spectrum preventative medications and routine annual diagnostics.
Key Prevention and Treatment Strategies
- Heartworm Prevention: Administer year-round preventative medication to dogs and outdoor cats. Start puppies on preventatives as early as the product label allows (generally by 8 weeks of age), and begin routine heartworm testing at 7 to 12 months of age, followed by annual checks.
- Intestinal Parasites: Screen fresh fecal or stool samples annually for adult pets, and check samples with every new puppy or kitten. Begin anthelmintic deworming treatments for puppies and kittens starting at 2 weeks of age, repeating every 2 weeks until regular broad-spectrum control begins.
- External Parasites (Fleas and Ticks): Use veterinarian-approved monthly or extended-duration topical liquids, chewable tablets, or collars (such as Seresto or Bravecto) consistently throughout the year.
- Environmental Hygiene: Pick up dog feces daily from your yard and immediately in public areas. Cover sandboxes when not in use and wash your hands thoroughly after handling pet waste to prevent zoonotic transmission to humans.
Veterinarian’s Oath
Being admitted to the profession of veterinary medicine, I solemnly swear to use my scientific knowledge and skills for the benefit of society through the protection of animal health and welfare, the prevention and relief of animal suffering, the conservation of animal resources, the promotion of public health, and the advancement of medical knowledge.
I will practice my profession conscientiously, with dignity, and in keeping with the principles of veterinary medical ethics.
I accept as a lifelong obligation the continual improvement of my professional knowledge and competence.
