Tag Archives: COVID19

Grooming Your Pet During the Pandemic

A woman bathes a golden retriever in a bath tub

During the Animal Medical Center’s Facebook Live and Zoom sessions, grooming has been a common question from our audience. Since many groomers are closed, DIY grooming has become the norm. Home grooming has resulted in some pet injuries and AMC’s emergency room has had to patch up a few pets after grooming mishaps. Here are

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Social Distancing at the Animal Medical Center

The front entrance to the Animal Medical Center of New York City

New York City has been ground zero before and seems like we are ground zero again when it comes to the COVID-19 pandemic. Like many New Yorkers, I’m fielding numerous calls and emails from friends asking if we are ok here in NYC. The answer is we are. The Animal Medical Center continues to be

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COVID-19 & Pets: Your Questions Answered

A screenshot of a video in which Dr. Ann Hohenhaus answers questions about COVID-19 and pets

This week’s blog post is a bit of a departure from our regularly scheduled programming. Since the current COVID-19 outbreak is at the front of everyone’s minds, I conducted a Facebook Live event last week to answer questions from concerned pet owners. You can watch the full video and read the transcript below. At the

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Can my pet make me sick? Can I make my pet sick?

A labrador retriever in a field at dusk

The 2019n-COV virus from China, also known as the Wuhan coronavirus, has raised concerns about the role of pets as a source of infections or in the spread of infections. Thankfully, there is currently no evidence for a role of pets in the COVID-2019 outbreak. However, there are diseases spread between animals and people. These

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