Keep Your Pet Healthy With the Correct Nutrition
Good health and nutrition practices start as soon as you bring home your new pet. By making sure you know what your dog or cat needs, which is not human food no matter what they say, their chances are much better to be around for a long time and enjoy a healthy life.
So, when you are eating your food, don’t give in to those puppy-dog or kitty-cat eyes. They might not agree, but it really is for the best.
Start Early to Give Your Dog a Long, Healthy Life
If you are a first-time puppy owner, you probably have numerous questions regarding its care. What do you do if they are vomiting or have diarrhea? What does it mean when they scratch all the time and their coat looks dry? How do you house train them? What do you feed them? What should you do when they cry all night after you bring them home? Working together, we can help your new puppy grow into a happy, healthy dog. The doctors at Elizabeth Animal Hospital have answers to any of the above questions and more. To ensure the best possible care:
- Schedule a physical examination with us as soon as you get your new puppy.
- Protect your puppy from parasites and infectious diseases.
- Vaccinate and take preventive measures to guard against disease.
- Spay/Neuter your puppy.
Pick up your New Puppy Care Pack when you come in for your first veterinary visit with us. Inside you will find:
- Puppy nutrition and Care Guides for Your New Dog from Hill’s® Science Diet and Iams®
- FREE SAMPLE of Iams® Puppy Food
- Health Insurance for Pets brochure
- Dog Health Brochures:
- Protect your dog from a common respiratory disease: Kennel cough/Bordetella/ITB
- Canine Parvovirus
- A Guide to Understanding Vaccination for Your Dog
- Pets Have Teeth, Too!
- Rocky Mountain Poison Center brochure - Poison Prevention for pets Brochure on Zoonotic diseases: The Shared Threat. How to protect your family and your pet
- CareCredit® information - Helping You Get the Care Your Pet Needs - Today
- Order form for Safety Reflective Pet Tags
- Dog health parasite protection information on interceptor® and revolution®
- Anesthesia and Your Pet
- Information on Giardia
- Handout on House Training Your Puppy
- Petlink™ Pet Tracking System (microchip) brochure
For more information, please visit http://www.partnersforhealthypets.org
Keep Your Dog Healthy in Its Old Age
Dog health changes can occur in a short amount of time. Dogs age faster than people, on average seven times faster than humans. That means that diseases can worsen within a matter of weeks.
- Most dogs reach adulthood by age two.
- Many are entering middle age by age four.
- Most dogs, particularly large breeds, are entering their senior years by age seven. Smaller dogs are seniors by age eight.
Please come into Elizabeth Animal Hospital to find out your dog's "real" age - its age in human years. We have special aging charts. Once you know, you can better answer the question, "Does my dog act its age?"
Dogs that appear normal can have an underlying problem that may only be detected during an examination by one of our veterinarians. That is why we recommend twice-a-year wellness exams for life. This gives us the opportunity to discuss:
- Nutrition
- Behavior
- Conditions of normal aging.
Other concerns you have, such as changes in your dog’s weight, food and water consumption, elimination, grooming, and other behavior.
We hope to help your dog live a longer, healthier, and happier life by providing quality veterinary care throughout the life of your dog.
For more information, please visit http://www.partnersforhealthypets.org
Start Early to Give Your Cat a Long, Healthy Life
If you are a first-time kitten owner, you probably have numerous questions regarding its care. What do you do if they are vomiting or have diarrhea? What does it mean when they scratch their skin all the time and their coat looks dry? Are all kittens that hyperactive? What do you feed them? Why do they yowl? Is that kind of frenetic behavior normal or do you have a monster cat? The doctors at Elizabeth Animal Hospital have answers to any of the above questions and more. To ensure the best possible care:
- Schedule a physical examination with us as soon as you get your new kitten.
- Have your kitten tested for feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) and feline leukemia (FeLV).
- Protect your kitten from parasites and infectious diseases.
- Vaccinate and take preventive measures to guard against disease.
- Spay/Neuter your kitten.
Pick up your New Kitten Care Pack when you come in for your first veterinary visit with us. Inside you will find:
- Kitten Nutrition and Care Guides for Your New Cat from Hill’s® Science Diet and Iams®
- FREE SAMPLE of Iams® Kitten Food
- Health Insurance for Pets Brochure
- Cat Health Brochures:
- Common Viral Infectious Diseases of Cats
- A Guide to Understanding Vaccination for Your Cat
- Pets Have Teeth, Too!
- Rocky Mountain Poison Center brochure - Poison Prevention for pets
- Brochure on Zoonotic diseases: The Shared Threat. How to protect your family and your pet
- CareCredit® information - Helping You Get the Care Your Pet Needs - Today
- Order form for Safety Reflective Pet Tags
- Cat parasite protection information on interceptor® and revolution®
- Anesthesia and Your Pet
- Information on Giardia
- Handout on Destructiveness In Cats
- Petlink™ Pet Tracking System (microchip) brochure
For more information, please visit http://www.partnersforhealthypets.org
Keep Your Cat Healthy in Its Old Age
Cat health changes can occur in a short amount of time. Cats age faster than people, on average seven times faster than humans. That means that diseases can worsen within a matter of weeks.
- Most cats reach adulthood by age two.
- Many are entering middle age by age four.
- Most cats are entering their senior years by age eight.
Please come into Elizabeth Animal Hospital to find out your cat's "real" age - its age in human years. We have special aging charts. Once you know, you can better answer the question, "Does my cat act its age?"
Cats that appear normal can have an underlying problem that may only be detected during an examination by one of our veterinarians. That is why we recommend twice-a-year wellness exams for life. This gives us the opportunity to discuss:
- Nutrition
- Behavior
- Conditions of normal aging.
- Other concerns you have, such as changes in your cat's weight, food and water consumption, elimination, grooming, and other behavior
We hope to help your cat live a longer, healthier, and happier life by providing quality veterinary care throughout the life of your cat.
Attention Cat Owners! Cats are brought to the veterinarian only about half as often as dogs. Some veterinarians believe cats hide illness better than dogs so cat owners may not notice subtle changes in behavior. That makes twice-a-year wellness exams during your cat's life very important.
For more information, please visit http://www.partnersforhealthypets.org