Pet poisons in your purse | Dr. Justine Lee
As an emergency critical care veterinary specialist and toxicologist, I wish more people would follow these 4 simple steps to pet-proofing their house: Crate training their dog appropriately (so they view it as their safe den) Keeping weekly pill holders out of reach of dogs (by storing them in an elevated kitchen cupboard) Not putting all their medications into a plastic ziploc bag when they pack their suitcase Hanging up your purse or backpack By doing these simple 4 things, you can...
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Pet food recall from Natura Pet for Cat and Ferret food | Dr. Justine Lee
Natura Pet Recalls 5 Lots of Dry Cat and Dry Ferret Food due to Vitamin Insufficiency Do you feed your cat or ferret Natura EVO dry food? Please read below to make sure that your bag isn’t affected by a pet food recall for insufficient vitamin or excessive mineral content! When in doubt, please contact 1-855-206-8297 for further information! November 24, 2014 – Fremont, Nebraska – Natura Pet Products has initiated a limited, voluntary recall of certain dry cat and dry ferret food lots...
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How to celebrating Thanksgiving with your dog | Dr. Justine Lee
As a veterinarian, I’m not the type to read a lot of animal books. After all, I live it. When Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World’s Worst Dog came out, people raved about how I should read this best seller. As an avid reader, I wasn’t wowed – I gave it 2 out of 5 stars (After all, who wants to see a poorly behaved dog getting so much positive feedback?). Besides which, we veterinarians are used to euthanizing (sounds harsh, but true), so it wasn’t quite the tear-jerker...
Read MoreStressed out? | Dr. Justine Lee
Stressed out? Try these veterinary-recommended meditative techniques found in this awesome video by #kittentherapy #TidyCat
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Is alcohol poisonous to dogs? | Dr. Justine Lee
As an emergency critical care veterinary specialist, I’ve seen it all… from dogs poisoned by illicit drugs (like marijuana and cocaine) to animal abuse to dogs poisoned by alcohol. While most are (thankfully) unintentional poisonings, the rare poisoning is intentional. So, today’s topic? Drunk dogs. Believe it or not, alcohol poisoning does occur in dogs, but thankfully it’s usually from atypical sources. While I’ve met lots of chocolate Labradors named Guinness and yellow Labradors...
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