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Bringing your senior pet in for an annual wellness checkup can reassure you that your dog or cat is healthy. It can also help us to detect hidden diseases or conditions early. 

All too often I hear clients saying that they wished they had known something was wrong with their family pet earlier because they would have had them examined more quickly.

I'd just finished my first training shift as a receptionist at HCVH when I got the email from the Atlantic Veterinary College at the University of Prince Edward Island.

There are many differences between Lyme disease infection in humans and in dogs. In dogs, illness may never even occur and most dogs never show symptoms. 

Of course, as pet owners we worry about protecting our animals against pests like ticks and fleas that can hop onto them; but what about internal parasites?

Here are a few lesser known facts about some of the more common breeds we love so dearly as our companions and where they originated from

Some pet emergencies are obvious, but others can be a bit subtle. Many animals are stoic and hide their illnesses, which can make things more complicated. 

A thousand times I’ve thought of you, A thousand times I’ve cried. If love alone could have saved you, You never would have died.