by My Vet Animal Hospital | May 20, 2019 | Health
You’ve done the research. You already know that your squishy-faced furbaby has different needs. As any loving paw-rent would, you do the very best you can to keep your lovable furbaby happy and healthy. Your veterinarian may have already told you that your bulldog has...
by My Vet Animal Hospital | May 18, 2019 | Health
When I was a kid, I thought blood tests did everything. Spoiler alert: They don’t. Like all diagnostic tests, blood tests must be read in context. That is, we don’t randomly prescribe blood tests, we must know what we’re looking for. Here are three things you probably...
by My Vet Animal Hospital | Mar 7, 2019 | Health
What is IBD? Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an interesting disease. Your body sends white blood cells, which are usually sent to fight bad guys, to infiltrate the gut lining. This is because your body has detected some protein it doesn’t quite like. This may be...
by My Vet Animal Hospital | Mar 7, 2019 | Health
As soon as you get a new dog, you’ll hear about the vaccinations they need. For a new pet parent, that can be confusing! You’ll hear one thing from a breeder, another thing from Google, and another thing from a random person at a park. Let’s start with this:...
by My Vet Animal Hospital | Oct 30, 2018 | Health
Who’s ready for summer? While I do love the summer sun, I love staying cool even more! I get super stressed when thinking of Chu overheating, especially on those days I can feel the heat radiating off the pavements. I’m even more conscious when we’re at the park...
by My Vet Animal Hospital | Sep 20, 2018 | Health
Hip dysplasia is a disease of the hips that commonly affects large breed and giant breed dogs. It is a complex disease – one that cannot be easily distilled to a single gene or a single factor – that affects the hip joints in such a way that degeneration...
