How Do I Tell If My Dog Has an Environmental Allergy?
So... I’m guessing your dog is scratching? That’s usually the first reason that people think their dogs have allergies. Scratching dogs are not because of allergies all the time. Some of the time, yes, butt not all scratching dogs scratch due to allergies. . Still,...
What Does a Cat in Heat Look Like?
I think we’ve all seen the cartoons of the cute little demure female cat in the house and the 15 Tom cats outside singing, loud cat songs. That’s the cartoons. It’s not quite the same. Cats have very different cycles than humans. (Just as different as dogs are...
What Do I Do About Pet Dandruff?
Let’s start with this: what is pet dandruff? Basically it’s dry skin. And what makes skin dry? Dryness. Dry food. Dry environment. Dry skin. Winter. What you really want to know is how to fix it and ultimately the fix comes from the inside. But first - outside...
How Do I Do an Elimination Diet?
And more importantly, why? And maybe even more importantly than that, what is an elimination diet? So let’s start there:What is an elimination diet? It’s a diet where we eliminate everything going into the mouth of your pet. Usually, it’s a dog. Simply because...
Why Surgical Margins Are BS
There I go. Bold and aggressive. Again. I cannot tell you how many times clients have said to me that their dogs tumor was cut off and the surgeon “thinks he got it all“ because they had 2 cm margins. And because of this information, the pet owner thinks that their...
What’s the Best Wipe?
Wipes. Why do we use them? Why do we like them? People like them because they’re convenient and easy. You don’t have to do any effort- you just wipe and you throw it out. And of course we all use them- because tons of us used these things on our human children....
Questions To Ask Before Vaccinating
So you got a new kitten or puppy. . And you want to do everything right. . You have the information given by the breeder - what the breeder thinks is right. . You have the information given by the veterinarian that was required to examine your new kitten/dog three...
The Best Plans
For many, this is the season of giving, receiving, and planning for next year. And many humans received new pets this gifting season. . I was thinking about making a bunch of suggestions of neat little gifts and toys, etc. But they are going to depend on the size the...
How to Read Your Pet’s Food Labels
I often read pet food labels to clients when they come meet me for the first time. People are usually shocked. I mean, they know kibble is highly processed and not healthy. But they don’t KNOW. They just don’t know how bad it really is. Recently, I was working with a...
Convincing Cats to Eat Real Food
This might be the most difficult discussion I have with people! How to get their cats to stop eating junk food- and to eat healthy food. It’s not difficult because the humans don’t want to do it. It’s difficult because cats are worse than your sisters cousins aunt’s...