Vaccines are an important part of keeping your pet healthy. They help to prevent some illnesses and be instrumental in helping to alleviate the symptoms of other illnesses. Unfortunately, some pet owners do not get the recommended vaccines because of myths they have heard about them. To make sure you have the right information, here are some misconceptions about pet vaccines and the truth:
Your Pet Is Not Boarded
Boarding facilities will often refuse to allow a pet to stay if it has not had all the required vaccines.
Lyme disease is a serious medical condition that can affect humans and dogs. If you've got dogs, and they spend time outside, you've got to take steps to protect them from this dreadful disease. Lyme disease is actually carried by ticks, which means whenever your dogs are exposed to ticks, it's potentially exposed to Lyme disease. You don't need to keep your dogs indoors 24/7, but you do need to take some special precautions to protect them from exposure.
The holiday season brings on many changes in your pet's home life. For this reason, it's important to implement new safety tips so that you can be sure your pet is kept safe with these small life changes during this time of year. Here are four little-known pet safety tips for the holidays:
Put Trash Where Pets Can't Find It: Any trash can that can easily be knocked over or one that can be dug through because it's short needs to be kept somewhere else.
Did you know that your puppy can get ear infections, just like human children? It's true. Unfortunately, your puppy can't tell you when its ears hurt. It's up to you to know what to look for. Luckily, there are some signs that will help you determine, not only that your puppy has an ear infection, but what's causing the infection in the first place. Here are three signs that your puppy has an ear infection.
When you decided to become a veterinarian, you likely did not go into the field because you wanted to spend a great deal of time focused on business matters like marketing strategies, market share, and competing with other veterinary clinics in your area. Because of this, you may have decided to move your practice from a dense city area where there are numerous veterinary clinics, to an under-served rural area in which there may not be a licensed veterinarian for many miles.
