What nutritional supplements can help my dog with calm behavior? There are several nutritional supplements that may be offered to help your pet with calm behavior. If these are not effective, or if your pet has severe anxiety, then your veterinarian may also recommend medications to help relieve anxiety. Some of these are daily medications [...]

What should I do if my pet is exposed to poison? If you are concerned that your pet has eaten bait or other packaged poison, please gather the package and any other pieces of the material that your pet ingested and carefully place it in a ziploc bag to bring with you. This step [...]

Mosquitoes are responsible for transmitting several vector borne illnesses including heartworms. Heartworms are now endemic in North America, and are unfortunately very prevalent in the southern states, including North Carolina. Once transmitted by the infectious larval form by a mosquito, it can take up to 2 years for a heartworm to reach adult size and [...]

Our pets need routine dental care just like we do. It is important that dogs and cats have routine dental cleanings and polishings every 6-12 months to maintain dental health and systemic health. Depending on your pet’s breed, they may need to start dental care as young as 12-15 months. Small breed dogs and dogs [...]

July 2021 Many pets can be sensitive to noises such as thunder or fireworks.  Individual pets may vary in their sensitivity to these loud noises from mild to severe phobias.  Thankfully there are a variety of strategies you can use to help ease your pet through these occurrences. These strategies may include non-medical and medical [...]