Category Archives: Traveling with Pets

How to Plan a Road Trip with Your Pet: A Veterinarian’s Safety Tips

A dog in the backseat of a car
Since the holidays are nearly over, many of you might be thinking about a winter getaway to some place with better weather than where you celebrated the holidays. If that getaway includes a road trip with your favorite furperson riding shotgun, today’s blogpost is an essential read to ensure the safety of both you and your pet.

What Dog Owners Should Know about Respiratory Illnesses

A dog on an exam table
Lately, there have been a surprising number of stories in the news about respiratory illnesses in dogs. First, there is the mystery respiratory illness that has been dominating the veterinary news cycle. Now there’s a shelter outbreak of respiratory disease in San Diego. And we can’t forget about the common and persistent Canine Infectious Respiratory Disease Complex, also known as kennel cough. I’ll summarize the latest in canine respiratory illnesses in today’s blogpost.

World Rabies Day 2023: The Importance of Vaccines

A veterinary professional administers a vaccines
Vaccine hesitancy is a relatively recent phenomenon. In 1955, when Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine became available, the public’s reaction differed greatly from the response to the COVID-19 vaccine release sixty-six years later. There was a good deal of vaccine hesitancy in 2021 that was not evident in 1955. Vaccine hesitancy is now spilling over into veterinary medicine.