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You guys remember my baby Sakura right

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Maizey was in again recently! Her fur is so soft

This is Maizey she's beautiful and she makes some funny faces

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One of my favorites, Gingerbread, was in yesterday

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Older Bozz content to prove he's the cutest thing on the planet

I can't believe I've never shown you guys Bozz before. He's one of my favorites

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This is Taylor

SURPRISE ATTACK

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Btw if you're thinking of getting a corgi. Think again

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Westie nose

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I can't believe I've never shown you guys Bozz before. He's one of my favorites

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I reblogged on my fandom again LOL the "ace attorney" tag should have tipped me off but it didn't

Anyways Kacie was in on Saturday I love this sweet girl

This beautiful girl is named Kacie. I cut her nail too short today and it bled everywhere, I felt so terrible about it that I cried and this sweetheart just kept wagging her tail through it all.

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Appointment: "male dog with enlarged nipple"

Every tech: Wouldn't it be hilarious if it was a tick?

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I have a vague suspicion that Ruckus would like me to play tug with him

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Treating fleas

Fleas never really stop being an issue in vet med, but as we in the northern hemisphere are rapidly entering summer, it is once more kicking up in intensity.

In a perfect world, everyone should have their pets on prevention year-round and we'd never have to deal with them, but that's not an achievable outcome.

If your pet does have fleas, you need to treat all pets in the household with effective prevention for at least 3 months while managing the environment. Let me break that down a little further:

"all pets in the household" means every non-human mammal in the house. I don't care if you're only seeing fleas on your one dog - other dogs, cats, ferrets, bunnies, guinea pigs, etc all need to be treated too. All of them.

"effective prevention" unfortunately at least in the US probably means prescription medication, which means your pets have to have a current (generally within last 12 mo) exam on file with a veterinarian. Frontline and other fipronil- or pyrethrin/oid-based products available OTC have become largely ineffective in the last decade or so. I know it's more expensive to get prescription prevention. But I promise it's more expensive in the long run to spend money on products that don't work well and then still have to buy the good stuff afterwards.

"at least 3 months" is because of the flea life cycle and how prevention works. The stuff you give your pets kills the adult fleas when they bite, so they disappear and stop making more fleas. Flea eggs will continue to hatch for a couple months after that. If you treat for less than 3 months you will have the same fleas again. If you stop treating after 3 months you can get fleas again (just like you got them in the first place) but are not guaranteed to.

"managing the environment" means doing what you can to minimize the number of flea eggs that are around. This helps keep your pets comfortable (less itchy) and healthy (reduced risk of illness from fleas). Mostly I have people focus on good household hygiene like vacuuming and washing bedding frequently. If you do use a flea "bomb" product, read the packaging carefully first - most of these are toxic to pets and so have to keep pets out during and for a period of time following treatment.

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Wish my doctor could have seen me attempting to solo restrain a very anxious 150 pound great dane so we could clean his ears. Maybe then she wouldn't say that my job doesn't count as exercise

Fuck i am so sore

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Receptionist to vet: so Name called to say that Pet is suddenly holding up her left rear leg and won't put any weight on it

Me, walking past: torn acl! *continues walking to break room*

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There's a dog here today named Luna Moon.

I am helping treat Moon Moon at my work and I'm mentally giggling every time I see it.

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No this is so real. The amount of ""lab mixes"" I see that look nothing like a lab is significant

Me: Okay, I'm here for Pet?

Owners: *stand up*

Me: oh, wow. I was definitely expecting less hair!

Owners: why?

Me: well, we have her listed as a lab mix.

Owners: she IS a lab mix!

Dog: *is a long haired, upright-eared, black and tan dog*

Me: uh hunh. Sure.

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Genuine question because I've never seen this breed before recently: The daycare I work at recently brought in a K9 therapy dog to show off to our kids and like, let them pet it or whatever. Deputy said she was a "double doodle" (golden doodle and labradoodle I think?). What are those breeds like? I didn't know those kind of dogs were even a thing.

it's a mutt bred from two mutts.