Levittown Animal Hospital Blog

I’ve made it clear to most people reading this blog that I don’t agree with the way most other veterinarians vaccinate dogs and cats.  They give too many too often, and their entire preventative care plan revolves around vaccinations.  This awful cycle begins as soon as puppies are born.  Unfortunately I have also seen breeders and puppy stores subscribe to a philosophy of massively over-vaccinating puppies -starting them as early as 5 weeks of age and repeating multi-valent vaccines as often as every seven days!  And we wonder why there are so many dogs with chronic Read more »

Hi everyone! I know I haven’t written in a while -that wasn’t by choice.  I’ve just been terribly busy.  Since I last updated this blog, my hospital passed it’s AAHA accreditation evaluation -a distinction held by less than 15% of animal hospitals in the U.S.  We are also about to start a major construction project, demolishing and rebuilding the hospital’s outdoor dog runs that date back to the mid-60’s.  So what prompted me to sit down with my laptop and write tonight?  A frustrating conversation with a client, of course! Read more »

The following article was sent to me by a client this morning.  Good to finally hear that action is being taken against some of these people…

By BARBARA LEONARD

MINEOLA (CN) – Queens-based pet dealers use bait-and-switch tactics to sell unfit dogs, and violate Read more »

I had this conversation with a friend of mine last week.  He owns a local dog training company.  No, that’s an understatement. He owns and operates the largest dog training company in the New York Tri-State area.  Since the collapse of the economy, his business has suffered –not because dog don’t need to be trained, but because Read more »