by Memorial Drive Veterinary Clinic | Jun 16, 2023 | Blog
Unleash the Fun Safely: 4 Essential Dog Park Safety Tips for Pet Owners The dog park can be a dangerous place for the unprepared, so when venturing into an off-leash play area with your canine companion, follow our tips to keep them safe. #1: Protect your dog against...
by Memorial Drive Veterinary Clinic | Jun 6, 2023 | Blog
The Ultimate Guide: How to Welcome a New Cat into Your Home In honor of Adopt a Shelter Cat Month—which should be every month, in our opinion—our team wants to smooth the way for bringing a new cat into your home. Cats are sensitive creatures, and it can be stressful...
by Memorial Drive Veterinary Clinic | May 17, 2023 | Blog
Understanding Cranial Cruciate Ligament Tears in Pets While watching a sports event, it’s common to cringe when an athlete goes down, clutching their knee. You are likely aware that they may have torn their anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), one of the crucial...
by Memorial Drive Veterinary Clinic | May 10, 2023 | Blog
Spotting, Treating, and Preventing Hot Spots in Pets When your pet’s skin becomes intensely itchy, they may scratch, lick, and chew to the point of creating a hot spot. Help alleviate your furry companion’s discomfort by learning more about these highly...
by Memorial Drive Veterinary Clinic | Apr 17, 2023 | Blog
5 Pet Soft Tissue Surgeries General veterinary hospitals perform a variety of surgeries on pets, including routine procedures like spaying or neutering, as well as more serious operations that can save a pet’s life. While many soft tissue and orthopedic...
by Memorial Drive Veterinary Clinic | Apr 10, 2023 | Blog
How to Protect Your Dog From Getting Heartworms Heartworms are a specific kind of roundworm that reside in the heart, lungs, and adjoining blood vessels of animals that are infected, resulting in heartworm disease, which has the potential to be lethal. Although it can...
by Memorial Drive Veterinary Clinic | Mar 23, 2023 | Blog
Three Strategies to Cope with Grieving the Loss of a Beloved Animal Companion When a pet passes away, it can feel like you have lost an essential family member or friend. That’s because pets are dear parts of our lives that cannot be replaced. As such, coping...
by Memorial Drive Veterinary Clinic | Mar 15, 2023 | Blog
Five Common Household Dangers for Your Furry Friend As National Animal Poison Prevention Week (March 19 to 25) nears, our team wishes to spread awareness of some common household items that could be toxic for your beloved pets. #1: Medications Unfortunately,...
by Memorial Drive Veterinary Clinic | Feb 11, 2023 | Blog
Why Is My Pet Limping? When your pet suddenly develops a limp, you may wonder whether it is a problem that requires urgent care or an issue that can be managed at home with rest. Let’s run through the list of the most common reasons pets limp and when a limp turns...
by Memorial Drive Veterinary Clinic | Feb 1, 2023 | Blog
How Dental Disease Affects Your Senior Pet’s Overall Health As your furry pal ages, they are faced with many health changes. Their vision dims, their hearing becomes muffled, and their gait becomes unsteady. They also are likely to suffer from pet dental disease,...
