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Summer Safety Tips
Always provide fresh, clean water. Take walks early or late in the day and check the pavement temperature—if it’s too hot for you, then it’s too hot for your dog! Keep your pet current on heartworm, and flea/tick prevention. These critters love this hot weather too!...
Spring’s here! A time for long walks, fresh air, and disease?
Spring’s here! A time for long walks, fresh air, and disease? What you need to know about Leptospirosis & Lyme Disease in Minnesota Leptospirosis is a serious bacterial disease that infects dogs, wildlife, and humans. The disease-causing bacteria is spread through...
Heartworm Preventatives with Snow on the Ground?!
Heartworm Preventatives with Snow on the Ground?! Why Minnesotans should use Heartworm Preventatives Year-Round Minnesota is known for a couple of things: much of the year it’s cold & snowy, and our state bird *should* be the mosquito! Heartworm disease is...
We Love You, Mellie
It is with very heavy hearts that we share Mellie has crossed the rainbow bridge. Being the face of Pilot Knob, she has touched so many lives. It takes a special cat to be a clinic cat and she has definitely earned her angel wings. We will miss her sass and opinions...
Ticks: Tanks of the Bug World– How to Protect your Dog from Tick Diseases in Minnesota
We recommend checking for three tick diseases yearly at our clinic. In 2019, 16% of our patients tested were positive for at least one disease transmitted by ticks. This may not seem like a huge number, however, that is 677 of OUR patients alone! Imagine what the...
Make this One Addition to your Pet’s Healthcare Routine and Reap the Benefits of a Healthy Mouth!
By including at home dental care in your pet’s daily routine you can decrease disease-causing bacteria, freshen breath, and help prevent oral pain and extensive dental procedures. If dental care is new to you and your pet start slow! Commit to 3 days per week of...
Keep your Cats Entertained with these DIY Ideas!
Ball Pit Place plastic balls in a kiddie pool or your bathtub. You can find plastic playpen balls for children at toy stores or amazon. Kitties love batting them around and chasing them. Box Jumping This game combines your cat's natural love of boxes, food, and...
Keep your Dogs Entertained Inside (Great Ideas for Winter in Minnesota!)
Hide-and-Seek Tell your dog to "stay," hide yourself in another room and call them to find you. A great game to play and a way to reinforce basic commands! Or, you can tell your dog to "stay" and hide smelly treats around the room. Make it easy by letting your dog...
Grain-Free Diets: A Cause for Concern? Update 6/28/19
There are updates regarding the link between grain-free diets and Dilated Cardiomyopathy in dogs. To read the latest report (including brands affected) click here: https://www.fda.gov/…/fda-investigation-potential-link-betw… We recommend you make sure your grain-free...
Grain-Free Diets: A Cause for Concern?
Recent research has emerged associating the development of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) with long-term use of some grain-free diets. While this is a very active point of research, we want you to have information to make safe decisions for your pets. Here is what we...
