Covid and all of the changes to our personal lives and to our society that have come with it have been overwhelming. One cannot open a newspaper, turn on the radio or walk into a store without a blunt reminder that life in America has changed. Life at Cuyahoga Falls Veterinary Clinic has changed as
read moreWe’ve talked compliance before. It’s one of the greatest challenges in medicine, either on the human side or the veterinary side. We’ve also talked ProHeart6 before. This is the injectable heartworm preventive that also helps with intestinal parasite control, and it covers dogs for 6 months. ProHeart6 has been our go-to internal parasite control preventive
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In Ohio we’ve historically called it “flea control.” You may recall the names: Frontline, Advantage, Advantix, ParastarPlus, the many generic versions of Frontline. Then some ticks were found in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, so we brought on Bravecto and then Simparica and called it “flea and tick control.” But now in 2018 I’m calling
read morePlease note: there are more graphics and numbers in this post than I usually get into on this blog. But hang in there… this is important for our dogs… and for us! There hasn’t been a whole lot of *new* in veterinary medicine in northeast Ohio over the past couple of decades as it relates
read moreDear Valued Client, Recent developments in the pharmaceutical world have set up conditions where the cost of treatment for canine hypothyroidism, levothyroxine, will increase. For a long time, various manufacturers of levothyroxine sold their product without any regulatory oversight. These manufacturers reverse-engineered their product from the patented levothyroxine on the human market. The Food and
read moreA 6 year old female-spayed Collie presented to me in September of 2013 with a growth in the mouth, right out in front of the left incisors. It didn’t respond to initial antibiotic and anti-inflammatory therapy, so surgery was scheduled to get a biopsy. The result: Acanthamatous amelobastoma From IDEXX Laboratories: Oral mucosa: The submucosa
read moreI’ve been fortunate over the past couple of years to spend some time with Juniors and Seniors from Cuyahoga Valley Christian Academy‘s School of Medical Professions (SOMP). Mr. Rick Lyons has put together a very good program that both exposes the medically inclined high school students to a variety of career options as well as
read moreOne of the reasons we like veterinary medicine is because no two days are the same. We see rare and interesting cases and presentations every day and we have to be on our toes all the time. Here are some of the more unusual cases from 2013, and for more, visit our Flickr Set. Dentigerous
read moreSometimes we’re presented with a dog that is kicking his leg out in an odd way when running. Sometimes we’ll see a dog that walks normally for the most part, but will occasionally hold up a back leg for a step or two, extend it backward, and then resume normal walking. Both of these scenarios
read moreThe puppy had just been delivered to his happy owner. He was bouncing around, yapping, playing like a puppy should. And then he started to act tired. Real tired. His nose got snotty, he lost his appetite, he couldn’t seem to get comfortable. His owner knew something was wrong. As I entered the examination room,
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