Author Archives: Regan

Let’s talk ticks…

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It’s that time of year again….well truth be told EVERY SEASON is tick season! While the general rule is that ticks are active in the environment at temperatures above freezing, there can be warmer pockets of ground that will allow ticks to be active even in cooler weather. Ticks are not born with disease causing agents. […]

How can my pet tell me he or she is in pain?

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Nature has granted us the ability to feel pain or discomfort to help us survive.  Think about how our body responds to stimulus that is painful.  We sense discomfort or pain and automatically remove our body from the painful stimulus or vice versa.  The higher the degree of pain, the quicker we respond. Although our […]

My pet seems healthy, so why go to a vet?

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Just like we visit our doctor once a year for a check up and just like the doctor sends you to a lab for yearly blood and urine testing, we do the same for our pets!  It is said that our pets age five to seven times as fast as we do.  So, checking up […]