Hello everyone,
Those of you who have been into the office, I appreciate the opportunity to serve you.
We are having an open house on Saturday, April 26 from 11:00 am - 3:00 pm. It will give everyone a chance to see the 'behind the scenes' place for the office, and the opportunity to meet all of the staff.
We will have special stations set up, and different items available for raffle as well.
There will be more details soon.
We also have received new puppy packs from Interceptor - the Heartworm medication that protects against Heartworm, roundworms, hookworms and whipworms. So if you know of someone with a new puppy, we would appreciate a recommendation.
Thank you.
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Saturday, March 22, 2008
Happy Easter
Hello to all this Easter season.
I wanted to remind everyone that the Easter Lillies, are wonderful plants, but can be very toxic to dogs and cats. Make sure wherever you enjoy these wonderful plants, the pets can not get on them to chew on the leaves. It can be very disastrous.
A full text of our VIN partner article is below.
The problem is that with just a few bites of the leaves, the toxic principal within the leaves will enter the cat or dog's body, and start its harmful effect on the kidney. And cats seem more affected than dogs.
http://www.veterinarypartner.com/Content.plx?P=A&S=0&C=0&A=339&EVetID=3002627
So have a safe and Happy Easter! have fun with those Easter egg hunts!
I wanted to remind everyone that the Easter Lillies, are wonderful plants, but can be very toxic to dogs and cats. Make sure wherever you enjoy these wonderful plants, the pets can not get on them to chew on the leaves. It can be very disastrous.
A full text of our VIN partner article is below.
The problem is that with just a few bites of the leaves, the toxic principal within the leaves will enter the cat or dog's body, and start its harmful effect on the kidney. And cats seem more affected than dogs.
http://www.veterinarypartner.com/Content.plx?P=A&S=0&C=0&A=339&EVetID=3002627
So have a safe and Happy Easter! have fun with those Easter egg hunts!
Saturday, March 15, 2008
continuing education
The Mississippi Valley Veterinary Medical Association had a terrific meeting last week, and we all were able to learn a lot of valuable information that will help our pets.
We all went to a session on team building, and learning how to utilize each other's talents better. On Thursday, there were conferences about behavior - specifically separation anxiety, and a conference about fleas. We learned all about the life cycle, and how the particular medications help to get rid of the fleas if they are found on on the pet.
For flea preventative, we recommend Frontline Plus. There are several different products available that also do a good job, but for our local population of pets, we found Frontline to work the best. If you have questions, we will be happy to answer them for you.
The Eastern Illinois Veterinary Medical Association also had a conference on Thursday with advanced laser techniques, and new flea control products.
During the CO2 laser presentation, we refreshed our memories on the physics of the CO2 laser, and also learned different techniques to help with 'stenotic nares' - and elongated soft palate. The nares condition is something we see in dogs that have the 'smashed in look' to the nose. Medically we call that 'brachycephalic'. If their nostrils are not open enough for them to breath normally when the mouth is closed, then something should be done to help the dog breath better. While not performing surgery may not present a problem immediately, what we do know is that over a lifetime of trying to breath through narrowed openings will creat problems at 8+ years of age with (medical jargon alert!) everted Laryngeal sacules. This condition causes little sacs in the larynx area (adam's apple) to 'pouch out' into the airway, and thus causing an obstruction problem.
More on the other mouth surgery later. :-)
We all went to a session on team building, and learning how to utilize each other's talents better. On Thursday, there were conferences about behavior - specifically separation anxiety, and a conference about fleas. We learned all about the life cycle, and how the particular medications help to get rid of the fleas if they are found on on the pet.
For flea preventative, we recommend Frontline Plus. There are several different products available that also do a good job, but for our local population of pets, we found Frontline to work the best. If you have questions, we will be happy to answer them for you.
The Eastern Illinois Veterinary Medical Association also had a conference on Thursday with advanced laser techniques, and new flea control products.
During the CO2 laser presentation, we refreshed our memories on the physics of the CO2 laser, and also learned different techniques to help with 'stenotic nares' - and elongated soft palate. The nares condition is something we see in dogs that have the 'smashed in look' to the nose. Medically we call that 'brachycephalic'. If their nostrils are not open enough for them to breath normally when the mouth is closed, then something should be done to help the dog breath better. While not performing surgery may not present a problem immediately, what we do know is that over a lifetime of trying to breath through narrowed openings will creat problems at 8+ years of age with (medical jargon alert!) everted Laryngeal sacules. This condition causes little sacs in the larynx area (adam's apple) to 'pouch out' into the airway, and thus causing an obstruction problem.
More on the other mouth surgery later. :-)
Friday, March 7, 2008
Even veterinary family pet can have an 'oops'
Hello everyone,
We had a great conference at the Par-A-Dice Hotel, and in Champaign. We'll look forward to giving you some interesting information in upcoming blogs.
I thought I would address an issue that we had at home. Our dog, Zinn, a newfoundland, had some small mats behind his ears. I did not realize the family was about to work on that, and they took a scissor to the mats.
Any of you that know about how that stuff works, knows it did not end up well. When one pulls up on a mat to cut it, the skin comes up as well. And it is very common to cut the skin. That was done here, and our dog now has an almost 2 inch cut behind his right ear.
So we gave him an injection of antibiotics, he is on oral medication, and I sutured it up, and then trimmed up the area with clippers.
So don't cut your pet's mats out with a scissor - come in so we can trim those for you.
We had a great conference at the Par-A-Dice Hotel, and in Champaign. We'll look forward to giving you some interesting information in upcoming blogs.
I thought I would address an issue that we had at home. Our dog, Zinn, a newfoundland, had some small mats behind his ears. I did not realize the family was about to work on that, and they took a scissor to the mats.
Any of you that know about how that stuff works, knows it did not end up well. When one pulls up on a mat to cut it, the skin comes up as well. And it is very common to cut the skin. That was done here, and our dog now has an almost 2 inch cut behind his right ear.
So we gave him an injection of antibiotics, he is on oral medication, and I sutured it up, and then trimmed up the area with clippers.
So don't cut your pet's mats out with a scissor - come in so we can trim those for you.
Monday, March 3, 2008
Conference that all staff will attend
Thank you for checking our Blog for information on our clinic.
There is a terrific conference for Doctors and the staff right here in Peoria. So we will be closing the office on Wednesday and Thursday we can attend.
This will allow us to better help our client's pets health. It gives us the opportunity to learn the latest ideas in the way of preventative medicine.
I know a couple of the Thursday session presentations are regarding separation anxiety. When we get back, we will have a wealth of information to share.
Look here for those updates.
Thank you
Dr Ramirez
There is a terrific conference for Doctors and the staff right here in Peoria. So we will be closing the office on Wednesday and Thursday we can attend.
This will allow us to better help our client's pets health. It gives us the opportunity to learn the latest ideas in the way of preventative medicine.
I know a couple of the Thursday session presentations are regarding separation anxiety. When we get back, we will have a wealth of information to share.
Look here for those updates.
Thank you
Dr Ramirez
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