Most dogs and cats need their teeth cleaned professionally at some time in their life between the ages of 6-10 years old, sometimes earlier. And then again possibly a few years later. Some pets accumulate tartar more rapidly than others, and needs a prophylactic cleaning, which includes sedation, anesthesia, careful monitoring, scaling, polishing and placement of a sealant. If your pet has bad breath, it is probably a sign that they need and oral exam and likely a dental cleaning. We can do that in our clinic on wheels right in your driveway. Your pet is up and walking around before we leave. We may suggest bloodwork first if they’re a little older, just to make sure they are healthy for the anesthesia. We use the safest anesthetic protocols there are. And sometimes, if your pet is amendable, we can scrape/chip some tartar off during our exam, while they are fully awake, which will buy several months of time before they actually need to be anesthetized for a dental cleaning.
Vaccination
Regular checkups and wellness exams are critical to your pet’s wellbeing. They give us a chance to evaluate the overall health of your pet, and they allow us to detect potential problems before they become serious. We start out with puppy and kitten vaccination series. They need to be checked over and given a vaccine every 2-4 weeks from the time they are weaned at 8 weeks of age until they are OVER 4 months old. This is when they can get their rabies vaccine as well. After these series of exams and vaccinations, they need to be examined yearly. Annual wellness checkups provide the chance for your pet to receive needed diagnostics and treatment in a wide range of service areas. Additional services that may be conducted during your pet’s annual check up include
Nutritional Counseling
Comprehensive Examination
Regular checkups and wellness exams are critical to your pet’s wellbeing. They give us a chance to evaluate the overall health of your pet, and they allow us to detect potential problems before they become serious.
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During a therapy Laser session, Dr. Emberton will hold the laser handpiece directly over the affected area for somewhere between 3 and 10 minutes. There is no pain associated with the treatment, and most dogs will relax during this time. Your dog may feel a gentle and soothing warmth, tingling, or no sensation at all. As areas of pain and inflammation become more comfortable, any anxiety and tension your dog may have at first, will dissipate rather quickly.
Dental health is vitally important to your pet’s health. It is not just a matter of bad breath when not healthy, but rather issues of bacteria getting in the bloodstream and causing other serious health problems. Heart disease, and kidney disease, just to name a couple. An oral examination is part of a complete physical examination and is performed at your pet’s first puppy visit. We check throughout the puppy and kitten vaccination series that the teeth are developing normally. Special attention must be paid to the mouths of small and toy breed dogs, as they are more prone to gain retained deciduous (“baby”) teeth which don’t fall out as permanent teeth come in. Sometimes these teeth must be extracted to allow adult teeth to develop properly. You can prevent gum problems by having us extract these teeth at the time of your pet’s spay or neuter procedure.
Both dogs and cats can engage in aggressive behavior and roaming when they have not yet undergone the neutering procedure. The aggressiveness can surprise their human family when the dog attempts to bite or even act in a sexual manner towards people. Unneutered pets also spray their urine to claim a territory as their own. This odor is not only extremely unpleasant, it can be difficult to eliminate as well. After neutering surgery, the risk of testicular or prostate cancer in male pets drops significantly. For large and giant breeds of dogs, waiting until they are one year of age might be advisable to help decrease joint arthritis at a later age. However, if when they reach puberty between 6-9 months of age, they are exhibiting any unwanted signs of aggression, bullying, territory marking, etc, it is best to neuter them right away.
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