Smokers sometimes comment that they feel picked-on, like a minority group with no rights. MyPetsDoctor.com is not here to pick on smokers, just to ask them to make considerations for pets we love. Pets are subject to the same effects from secondhand smoke as people. I once had a Doberman patient who belonged to a [...]
Today our morning was joined by a walk-in patient, a precious little Pomeranian named Bouncer. Poor Bouncer has been having problems with passing out. It has occurred four times in the past year. Physically, his examination was normal and his EKG was normal. His chest radiograph (X-ray) shows some enlargement of the right ventricle of [...]
Here is a real-life example of what can (and did) happen when fear of anesthesia causes a pet owner to delay important needed care. Dutchess came to our hospital in October, 2008, for a routine vaccination visit. We had previously diagnosed cataracts in both eyes, a heart murmur in her chest, a growth that needed [...]
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