by Dr. Regehr Shawnee Vet at Perimeter Veterinary Center I have been bragging to my friends the past several weeks about “Molly”, my little old chocolate Labrador, becoming more active and agile since she has been getting massages. For 8 weeks Molly has been getting a weekly massage here in the office by a client named Bree.Bree is human massage therapist who is also a certified canine massage provider. She is dog mom to “Sabra” … Read More
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Tips for Pets as Holiday Gifts
ReplyWow, December is already upon us. Can you believe it? I know I can’t. I love holiday commercials, Christmas music, learning other people’s holiday traditions, and above all I love holiday lights. Just think about the commercial where the little girl comes down the stairs, snow is falling outside the picture window, her parents are peaking around the corner as she opens the noisy box containing a new fluffy puppy. What the commercial doesn’t … Read More
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What has Your Pet Eaten Lately: Curbing Inappropriate Behaviors
As most of you know, I recently acquired a crazy new fuzzy family member. Since my pets have all come from shelters, it’s been a very long time since I had a puppy in the house. As I deal with all the issues I’m always discussing with clients, some of my old blogs have become very relevant. So here’s one from last spring that is currently near and dear to my heart. :) Welcome … Read More
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Socializing Your New Puppy
Welcome back to Tales & Tails with Dr. Andrea Ferrell. As a lot of you know, I’ve recently added another small furry ball of crazy to my family. She’s a 17 week old French Bulldog/Shih tzu mix and she’s hilarious. Apparently a “breeder” had decided to “hybridize” the two breeds, but when they arrived, she unfortunately didn’t think they were cute enough to sell at a premium and dumped the four … Read More
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Hip Dysplasia and Arthritis are not the same thing
By Dr. Regehr (original release 8/2013) Molly doesn’t worry about hip dysplasia, but I do. Is there anything that strikes more fear in the veterinarian’s mind than the discussion of orthopedic issues like Hip Dysplasia? Aside from itchy skin, probably not. Why is that? With all orthopedic (bone and muscle) issues we have two problems that need to be managed. We have to first treat the current problem and for your pet that may be … Read More
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Is your dog afraid of thunderstorms?
With storm season upon us, I am republishing a post from last spring about living and managing pets with storm phobia. Welcome to Tails and Tales this week with Dr. Regehr. We have had a few thunderstorms already this spring. This time of year gets the phone ringing about storm phobias in dogs. Dogs have a variety of phobias, but storm phobia is the most common we see. Worse though are dogs that have it, … Read More