By staying informed, minimizing outdoor exposure, creating a safe indoor environment, and prioritizing your pet's well-being, you can help protect them from the harmful effects of wildfire smoke.
Leg amputation surgery can improve the quality of life for many pets who are in pain and are unable to use the affected leg.
Masses require surgical removal when they cause pain, impact your pet’s health and ability to function, or are cancerous.
Nasal fold resection surgery decreases the skin folds (wrinkles) around your dog’s nose to decrease incidence of skin infections and/or rubbing of hairy skin against the eyes.
The goals of working with this normal puppy behavior are to redirect your puppy’s desire to put something in her mouth onto acceptable chew toys and to teach her to be gentle when a hand is in her mouth.
It’s perfectly normal and reasonable for dogs to bark from time to time, just as children make noise when they play outside. However, continual barking for long periods of time is a sign that your dog has a problem that needs to be addressed.
A perineal hernia occurs when these muscles weaken, allowing the pelvic and abdominal organs to protrude or bulge in the region around the anus
Perineal urethrostomy is performed to prevent a urethral blockage so that your cat can pass urine and avoid the life-threatening emergency of urethral obstruction.
An abdominal hernia occurs when your pet’s abdominal contents push through a hole in the abdominal wall muscles.
A pet colopexy surgery, or surgical fixation of the colon, is a procedure performed to secure the colon (large intestine) to the abdominal wall to prevent its abnormal movement or twisting.
An entropion repair is surgery to correct a condition in which the eyelid rolls inward and allows hair to rub on the eye. Entropion is uncomfortable for pets and causes soreness, redness, and irritation of the eye and can lead to damage to the cornea and vision loss.
Enucleation is a surgery performed to remove a pet’s eye(s). After recovering from surgery, pets may feel more comfortable and happy.
When a pet sustains a fracture in the radius and ulna, repair surgery is often necessary to realign the broken bones, stabilize them, and facilitate proper healing.
Stenotic nares are abnormally narrow nostrils that make it difficult for a pet to breathe. Rhinoplasty surgery may be necessary to help your pet breathe.
Tibial fracture repair surgery is a procedure performed to treat fractures or breaks in the tibia, which is the larger bone located in the lower leg.
Toe amputation (sometimes called digit amputation) is the complete removal of a pet’s toe. Most pets recover fully without having their gait impacted.
An ultrasound is a diagnostic imaging technique used in veterinary medicine to visualize a pet’s internal structures and organs. It utilizes high-frequency sound waves to produce real-time images of the body’s tissues and organs.
A vaginal prolapse occurs in unspayed female pets when swollen internal vaginal tissue protrudes or pushes out through the vulva.
A pinnectomy is a surgical procedure that removes a pet’s external ear flap.
Positive reinforcement is the presentation of something pleasant or rewarding immediately following a behavior. It makes that behavior more likely to occur in the future, and is one of the most powerful tools for shaping or changing your pet’s behavior.
