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Keep Your Pet’s Kidneys Healthy by Avoiding Kidney Toxins

A dog and a cat lying next to each other
March 9, 2017 is World Kidney Day. This year’s theme is “Healthy Lifestyle for Healthy Kidneys” and one part of a healthy kidney lifestyle is avoiding exposure to substances known inflict damage on kidneys. Since dogs and cats have kidneys just like you and I, my contribution to World Kidney Day will be to highlight substances

A Good Day @The AMC!

I had an especially good day at The Animal Medical Center one day last week and so did everyone else. Our hard work was rewarded with positive outcomes for many wonderful pets. A cancer check up Becky, a graceful Golden Retriever, had an appointment for a follow up on her thyroid tumor which was surgically

Lost in Translation

Veterinarians request a lot of information from pet owners. We interrogate them: What does his cough sound like? We dictate to them: Give these pills three times a day. And we expect them to understand a foreign language — doctor talk. Mistranslated doctor talk results in communication gaps between veterinarians and pet owners. Here are