11/27/2024
Furfetti family.
It's unfortunate it has come to this but I need to make this public. In the picture below is a picture of an individual lice, note that it is on a finger tip and the size of the lice compared to the finger print, they are TINY!
In the last 26 hours, we have sent 5 dogs home, all with lice, 4 of these were all full size doodles, all 4 visited the same place within the last month, 2 other very recent cases from the dog park. We used to go months without seeing a case of lice, now we arent going a week or even a day without seeing an infestation. This comes as a detrimental financial impact because we are a 100% commission driven industry, if we have to send a dog home because of lice or fleas, that income is never replaced. The last 26 hours have been a $600 loss.
If you are utilizing services such as dog daycare, boarding facilities or the dog park I BEG YOU to please PLEASE use preventative treatment given ONLY by your veterinarian. Simparica Trio is a MONTHLY treatment, meaning it needs to be given monthly. Any area where dogs are in a common area whether it a grooming salon, a veterinary clinic, the dog park or a DOG DAYCARE you will always have a risk of coming into contact with these kinds of things and it's is solely your choice to use preventative treatment.
GOING FORWARD, if you choose not to use preventative treatment and your dog comes into our facility with any visible parasites, you will be charged the entirety of the service you were supposed to receive in addition to a sanitizing fee.
Your dog will not be permitted back into our space for 14 to 28 days depending on the severity of the infestation and we will require proof of purchase of preventative medicine from your veterinarian at your next visit.
We will be asking EVERYONE if they have visited a daycare or boarding facility since their last grooming apt and if you have, we will also be asking for proof of CURRENT preventative treatment which daycares also need to enforcing 100% of the time.
Unfortunately we are not the only ones impacted by this epidemic, our friends at Unleashed along with others in our community are noticing a large increase in dogs with active parasite infestations.
Those of you concerned about your dogs health and wellness we are open, honest and happy to have a conversation during business hours.
**KENNEL COUGH** If your dog is coughing or weezing (showing any symptoms of kennel cough) they will not be permitted in our building for 14 to 21 days AFTER their last known symptoms. We cannot enforce honestly, however, knowingly bringing your dog into a space where other dogs are could be detrimental to any immune suppressed or senior dogs. Kennel cough and other viruses like kennel cough are AIRBORNE and can be passed through literal breath. Please be kind and considerate.
Sincerely a very tired from cleaning Aimee, Melissa and Chelsea.
