Blog
What 1,000 Blogposts Have Taught Me About Pet Owners
This blogpost marks a personal milestone: my 1000th blogpost since I started blogging in 2008. Over that time, much has changed—in our country, at the Schwarzman Animal Medical Center and in veterinary...
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CatsDecember 17, 2025
Why Do Cats Get Hairballs? Causes, Risks, and New Research
Cats are wonderful creatures with whom to share our homes and lives. They entertain, comfort and sooth. While cats, like Mary Poppins, are practically perfect in every way, they do have one...
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Internal MedicineDecember 10, 2025
How Veterinary Internal Medicine Treats Pancreatic Diseases in Dogs and Cats
I hear a great deal of confusion from pet families about the role of veterinary internal medicine specialists. Much of this confusion seems to come from trying to map human medicine definitions...
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Avian and ExoticsDecember 03, 2025
When a Turtle Can’t Lay Eggs: How Veterinarians Treat Dystocia in Exotic Pets
Medical professionals have special words for most conditions. One of those words is dystocia, which refers to a prolonged or difficult birth. In a previous blogpost, I wrote about one potential outcome...
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Diet Dogs Pets and FamilyNovember 26, 2025
New Insights Into Canine Diarrhea: What Dog Owners Should Know This Thanksgiving
I debated long and hard about writing a blogpost on diarrhea the day before Thanksgiving. It seems like I should write about gratitude, but the diarrhea topic won out. Why? ...
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Pets and FamilyNovember 19, 2025
AMC’s Holiday Pet Gift Guide 2025
Because pets are family, we include them in our holiday celebrations. Each year, the Schwarzman Animal Medical Center publishes a holiday gift guide for pets featuring a mix of fun gifts, health...
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Diagnostic ImagingNovember 08, 2025
World Radiography Day: Honoring the Veterinary Radiologists Behind Every Diagnosis
November 8th marks World Radiography Day, commemorating Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen’s discovery of x-rays in 1895. This breakthrough revolutionized medicine and is considered one of the most significant advances in medicine. For this...
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About the author
Dr. Ann Hohenhaus is a third-generation veterinarian, double board-certified in Oncology and Small Animal Internal Medicine. As AMC’s Director of Pet Health Information, she writes AMC’s weekly blog, hosts a monthly “Ask the Vet” podcast, and regularly speaks to national news media about animal health. In addition, she has contributed widely to research articles and textbooks, lectures internationally, and has won prestigious awards for her work in both veterinary medicine and journalism. In 2021, she joined the influential World Small Animal Veterinary Association’s Oncology Working Group, which she currently chairs.
