Physiotherapy offers wide ranging benefits to pets, including pain relief, improved mobility and increased strength and resilience. Pets suffering from orthopaedic and neurological conditions will find physiotherapy especially beneficial. While dogs, cats and horses...
Pet health should be top of mind when adopting a puppy or kitten as the sooner you adopt healthy habits, the longer and healthier your pet will be with you. These pet health tips come courtesy of our friends at Rogz Pet Insurance Pet health must include teeth Your...
If only forever... that's how we feel about our relationships with our pets. We want them with us always and forever. At the EberVet Petcare Group our mission is to keep you and your pet together for as long as compassionately possible. In other words, through our...
Coccidiosis is an intestinal tract infection caused by a single-celled organism (a protozoa) called coccidia. There are four different species that can infect dogs. These microscopic parasites spend part of their life cycle in the lining cells of the intestine....
Pet vaccinations cover the most serious viral diseases and some bacterial diseases. It is not possible to vaccinate animals against all diseases, thus the most common and/or serious diseases are included in the vaccines. These vaccines are divided into core and...
How to toilet train a new puppy is a question veterinarians are frequently asked. For many new pet owners, those first few weeks after taking a puppy into your home can be frustrating and if you don't do it right, your puppy's peeing habits will damage your bond with...
Adopting a pet from a shelter is a wonderful act of compassion. There are thousands of animals abandoned, surrendered or confiscated from situations of abuse and neglect in our country every year. Covid-19 has only made things worse. Fortunately there are dozens of...
Adopting a puppy or kitten is a big responsibility, not to be taken lightly. Your pet will likely live for at least 10 years so before taking him or her into your home, consider carefully whether your current lifestyle, and your future lifestyle, can cope. Other...
House training a puppy is a minefield of good intentions, frustrations, misinformation and myth and doing it incorrectly can have serious long term implications for you and your puppy. The good news about house training Your dog’s wired to make house training...
New puppy owners are understandably anxious about what to feed their babies. There are so many food choices out there, as well as the latest fads and fashions and this can be confusing. However, feeding your new puppy the correct diet from day one will set up him for...
Socialising your new puppy from the moment he or she enters your home is essential for his long-term development - and your sanity! A well-socialised dog is a pleasure to have around. But socialising a puppy isn't always easy. The important thing is to treat your new...
Doctors have a way to protect pets from diseases: it's called vaccination. Here’s why our clinics recommend them. What is a vaccine? Vaccine history starts with an epidemic of smallpox, which killed millions of people. In 1796, a physician named Edward Jenner noticed...