Compassionate Care Veterinary Clinic

You could find creative ways to trim your dog’s nails yourself OR you can come to the next $10 Discount Nail Trim Saturday. This Saturday, and the first Saturday of every month. Space is limited, so call ahead and reserve your spot today! https://www.facebook.com/charlotte.demuynck/videos/10222553483094192/

If the cold weather has got you down, just think of Iggy. https://www.facebook.com/298519640517387/videos/2723913074542759

Cash and Waylon are feeling pretty flashy after their day at the S'paw.

Keeping your pet's feet protected and healthy during this extreme cold is very important. Follow these tips to help protect your pet! http://petslady.com//10-tips-protect-your-dog-freezing-paws

THE INVISIBLE SLIMY MONSTER IN THE WATER BOWL Ever rub your fingers on the inside of your pet's water bowl and you feel a slippery slime of sorts? Well that invisible goo is called Biofilm. Biofilm is a collection of organic and inorganic, living and dead materials collected on a surface. It is made up of many different types of bacteria bound together in a thick substance that acts as a glue to both hold the bacteria together and adhere it to a surface. Biofilm can often be... good bacteria but there is also the bad! Biofilms provide a safe haven for organisms like Listeria, E. coli and legionella where they can reproduce to levels where contamination of products passing through that water becomes inevitable. Bad Biofilms have been found to be involved in a wide variety of microbial infections in the body such as urinary tract infections, middle-ear infections and bladder infections. Many pet parents are guilty of simply refilling the water bowl over and over without a wash and this becomes a wonderful environment for biofilm to soak around in. How to reduce Biofilm: Remember to clean your pet’s water bowl at least once a week if you can and change water daily. For pet daycares where a host of different bacteria float around in water bowls, wash daily! For best results, run your water bowls through a hot cycle in the dishwasher with an eco friendly, non-toxic soap to really clean out the biofilm! Rodney Habib Pet Health Site "An educated, informed and well-researched community of pet owners can only put more pressure on the pet food industry to be better! When pet owners know better, they will only do better!" (P.S. - I am going to get lambasted over the "wash once a week at least" concept. However, after a wonderful discussion with a well known pro-active veterinarian/scientist, when she studied the bacteria looming in pets' water bowls she found if you have a healthy beast, biofilm can actually be full of wonderful, healthy bacteria. It's like playing in the mud as kids and having good bacteria all over you! So sometimes cleaning regularly can wash all the good stuff away. ) See more

We just wanted to remind everyone that if you haven’t started your dog or cat’s flea and tick prevention for the year, we recommend getting that on board now. It only takes a couple of mild temperature days for fleas to start reappearing, and we’ve already seen patients with fleas this week, so they are out there. https://www.akc.org//whats-your-states-flea-and-tick-seas/