Blog: pet health

Dog having surgery

Expect the Unexpected

Remember in high school when you thought “I will never use this or need this again!” from your English or Math class? Well, sometimes us vets think this too as we pour through our books during vet school. Such was the case with “teratoma” – cancer that produces bone and hair.

Getting Your Pets Ready for Winter Time

Pet Health Tips for Colder Weather

With the changing temperatures comes more than colourful foliage, crisp air, and excitement of the holiday season. Protect your cat or dog from health hazards with the following safety tips!

Dog scratching itself

Tick Prevention Starts Now!

We have felt it has been coming for the last few years but now I think it has arrived—a 9 month (debatably a full year) tick season. December into January this year we saw a record number of flea infestations—I mean, we see a lot of fleas, but not usually...

cat nutrition

Jessie’s Weight Loss Story

Jessie is a 5 year old grey Domestic Short Hair who has come to the Park Road Veterinary Clinic for her care since she was just a kitten. When Jessie was 3 years old she started to gain some weight and at 4 years old she was up to 14.3lbs...