When I found my dog, Boo Boo, wandering the streets last fall, it was obvious she had some problems. For starters, she was much too thin (she resembled a bobble head).  She also had large patches of hair missing from…

We recently had an incidence of typhus here in Southern California.  Although the disease is rare, the rates are slightly higher in the Los Angeles metropolitan area than they are everywhere else.  According to media reports, the person who recently…

AAAHHH! Attack of the Fleas! As we are in the throes of the warm months of Summer, it is important to regularly give your dog a flea preventative treatment, even if she or he is an indoor dog. For the…

If you care about your kitty, and I’m assuming you do because you are reading a pet care blog, it is important to regularly give him or her a flea preventative treatment, even if she or he is an indoor…

With Halloween coming up, it’s the perfect month to discuss the microscopic world of little critters. Warning: you may begin to feel very itchy while reading this.
As a vet I get the distinct honor of encountering almost every kind…