Levittown Animal Hospital Blog

There was a local news report last night about dogs dying from canine influenza and how they all need to be protected with this new vaccine.  It was your typical media scare-tactic garbage to generate an audience …and it did lead to my office phone ringing off the hook this morning.  Does your dog need [...]

I get asked that question a lot.  Sometimes I know the answer, but often I don’t …and that’s by design, as I try not to let my perception of what’s “expensive” influence my medical recommendations for my patients.  It my job to answer “What does the patient need?” not “What can the client afford?” [...]

Occasionally i receive the odd request from a client for a written prescription for a special food.  This is odd to me since there really is no such thing as a prescription food, despite the fact that Hill’s has trademarked the brand name “Hill’s Prescription Diet.”  The FDA has no regulatory

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I know. I know. It wasn’t long ago that I wrote my “Dogs are not small humans” blog.  But a few additional good lessons can be learned from my interaction with a client yesterday.  This client had an appointment for later in the evening, but my receptionist encouraged her to bring her sick dog in [...]