Heartworm is a life-threatening disease that is very easy to prevent and difficult to cure. Therefore, to keep your dog or cat in good health and save you costly medical bills, heartworm prevention is essential. Heartworm is a disease that passed on to dogs and cats by a mosquito bite. According to Sheldon Rubin on [...]
Knowing how to train your pet properly can be one of the biggest challenges for dog owners. To train your pet dog successfully, factors like their emotional makeup, temperament, and personality have to be taken into consideration. So, what can you do if your dog constantly barks, jumps up on others, or shows aggression to [...]
Managing Chronic Pain In Dogs Dogs feel pain by the same pathways as humans. However, since they cannot “tell us where it hurts” it can take a little more investigating to determine where the pain is coming from. Dog also instinctively will try to hide pain as a mechanism of survival so it [...]
I have been seeing more and more people with huge hearts trying to help their pets. Unfortunately, veterinary medicine is an extended degree just to learn what they can and cannot have – put simply, pets are not small people. They have very different metabolisms and those change depending on the type of drug and [...]
While everyone spending most of their time separate from others, there is one benefit that we are getting to see a lot more dogs out and about for walks! This is good for everyone’s physical and emotional health, including your dogs (who are wondering why you are all in their home all day)! I thought [...]
Since you cannot get more shock value than a tiger case, I thought now would be a good time to go over some of the latest information on COVID-19. Please keep in mind this a developing situation so for the most up to date information, you can link here to the CDC FAQ . Risks [...]
Human Coronavirus (COVID-19) Measures Please read this important message from our Hospital Director Dr. Jenna Cooper: At Banderas Pet Hospital we always strive to provide personalized, family first veterinary medicine. Our focus currently is to ensure that our patients, their owners and our staff are all kept healthy during this time. While the situation around [...]
The Recent FDA update on diets related to heart disease in pets “In July of 2018 the FDA began an investigation on reports of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) in many “grain free” labelled diets”. Today they released additional information including a list of brands being reported by clients. The popularity of grain-free diets has boomed [...]
What to do if your pet is licking its feet One of the most common symptoms that I will see a pet for is excessive paw licking and the brown paw staining that goes with it. Most pet owners are unaware of what is causing it and take it as the pet just being annoying [...]
Getting your pet microchipped makes sense for any pet owner. If your pet is microchipped, you have a greater chance that your furry friend finds their way home if they run away. Unfortunately, many pet owners whose dogs go AWOL never see their beloved pets again. Let’s look at some of the reasons why it [...]
