Month: June 2016

Roni Holewinski, CVT Industry Representative at Pet Poison Helpline® We hear all the complaining and grumbling from friends on social media about fireworks waking the baby and scaring the dog.  If you are one of these people, please read on, and if you aren’t, read on anyways and educate your friends.  Fourth of July celebrations…

Pet Poison Helpline® has partnered with VitusVet, a mobile app solutions provider, to give pet owners and veterinary professionals access to potentially lifesaving information from an app on their mobile phones.  Pet Poison Helpline® has managed over one million cases since its inception over 12 years ago, and provides treatment advice for poisoning cases of all species,…

Maja Ferrell Veterinary Assistant While you and your four-legged best friend are busy enjoying sunny days at the dog park, cooking out on the grill, or splashing around in their favorite lake, it can be easy to forget that, while summer weather can be gorgeous. it can also be a time for flooding, tornados, and…

Katilyn Leach, CVT Veterinary Information Specialist Warm weather is here and summer is just around the corner which means it’s finally time for fun in the sun with your four-legged companions! Summer is a wonderful time to be a dog owner and outdoor activities can be a great way to bond with your dog, however when temperatures…

Holly Hommerding, DVM Associate Veterinarian, Clinical Toxicology Summer brings with it copious amounts of sunshine and warm weather, and with it, follows the aching need to break our cabin fever and explore the great outdoors.  As gardening and yard work efforts increase, so do the inadvertent exposures of our pets to the various tools of…