Claresholm Veterinary Services

10/10/2024

09/13/2024

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This story helps remind us of the importance of an annual physical exam for your pets!!

Diesel, an 8 year old Corgi, presented to the vet clinic one day for an ear infection. When the vet went to lift him from the floor onto the exam table to have a look at his ear they noticed that his abdomen felt enlarged and abnormal. Once on the table they felt his abdomen further and were concerned for a growth in his abdomen. His ears were checked and an ear infection was found and treated. It was also explained to the owner that although he came in for an ear infection that we were concerned for Diesel’s overall health and that we recommended an abdominal xray. Obviously quite a shock to the owner when he came in for just a suspected ear infection.

Luckily Diesel’s owner agreed to the xray. On the xray we could see a large abdominal mass that was taking up almost his entire abdomen. An abdominal ultrasound was then performed and it was found that the mass was attached to Diesel’s spleen.

It was explained to the owner that the spleen is a very vascular organ and that the tumor had the risk of rupturing at any point and potentially causing him to bleed out. It was also explained to the owner about the different types of growths that can happen on the spleen and that some can be metastatic and spread to the heart etc and that some can be benign. Fortunately, dog’s can live without their spleens so we are able to surgically remove them. There are surgical risks and there is the risk that if it is a metastatic tumor that it could have already spread but Diesels owner was willing to take the risks to try to give him a chance at a longer life!

Diesel came back the next morning for a splenectomy. His spleen was removed along with the 5 lb tumor that was attached to it. Diesel recovered very well and at his 2 week post op check was looking great! The tumor was not sent to the lab to find out what type it was so we don’t know if it was benign or metastatic to be able to estimate a life expectancy for Diesel but it has been over 3 months now and he’s still as happy as can be.

Crazy to think that he came in for an ear infection and the next day had a 5 lb tumor removed out of his abdomen and that he was showing no signs to his owner at home that he had anything wrong.

We recommend that every pet have an annual physical exam and general wellness check so we can help detect any underlying conditions your pet may have prior to them causing severe problems. Sometimes in older animals this general wellness check includes a blood panel so we can find things that our physical exam cannot detect.

09/12/2024

Caption this!

09/02/2024

Ouch! 🐶🦴🩹

This little dog broke its radius and ulna. It was put under anesthetic to realign its bones and to put a cast on. The last 2 photos are after it was casted and it looks like it will heal up nicely!

Did you know that younger dog’s bones heal faster?

08/16/2024

🇺🇸Travelling with your pet to the USA?

Updates to CDC’s August 1 dog importation rule: If you are bringing a dog into the US from a dog rabies-free or low-risk country, you now only need to fill out the simple CDC Dog Import Form. Technical issues with this form have been resolved. Be sure to fill out the form in order because how you answer each question influences what you see in the other sections of the form. Other forms are no longer needed for these dogs.

The requirements for dogs arriving from high-risk countries have not changed, and these dogs are still required to have additional documents. Read the full requirements: www.cdc.gov/dogtravel

08/13/2024

It has been busy busy around the clinic lately and so we’ve been a bit silent on here!

Comment below and let us know if you’d like us to post more cases (with permission from owners of course!).

This guy was playing fetch and really caught the stick!

Just the edge could still be seen by his tonsils to pull it out easily under sedation but it was completely vertical and embedded in his neck, lots of important structures here that he is lucky he missed. 🍀

08/13/2024

“Meet me at the County Fair”

Great community spirit everywhere around Claresholm this past weekend!

05/29/2024

🍀4-H Show and Sale Day is coming up June 4th! Check it out and support the kids 🍀

We are proud to highlight, Cheyenne Symens, senior member with the Stavely Parkland 4-H Club. You do not get any more homegrown than her market steer, Hunk. His mother was one of her past 4-H female projects, Gidget, and his Grandmother was her first bucket calf as a Cleaver, Cherry Blossom. Hunk is a Limousin X. Hunk has been an excellent eater since the day he was born and has such an easy going temperament. Cheyenne also has a market lamb named Wooly Nelson who loves to hang out with her brother’s lamb Lady BaBa. Wooly is a ewe and she is a Suffolk X. This year she is also showing a yearling heifer and a 2-year-old cow calf project. Her heifer is a purebred Angus named Glitter and her 2-year-old is a purebred Angus named Angel. Cheyenne would like to thank her past years buyers, Rosedale Liquor Store and Davis Chevrolet GMC Buick for purchasing and also her family for being such a huge help to her as she completes her first year of university on her way to becoming a vet. All her animals have been fed an all-natural ration and have never been implanted.

05/27/2024

🍀4-H Show and Sale Day is coming up on June 4th! Check it out and support the kids🍀

We are proud to highlight Colby Symens, senior 4-H member with the Stavely Parkland 4-H Club. Colby has two market projects this year. His market steer project’s name is Philly Cheesesteak. Philly has an amazing appetite and great disposition but watch it cause he is a biter. He loves to steal Colbys gloves or rip his coat with his teeth. His market lamb is Lady BaBa and she is great friends with his sister’s lamb Wooly Nelson. Lady Baba is a ewe and she is a Suffolk X. Colby has three female beef projects, a Purebred Angus heifer, Queen Ruth, his two year old cow is an Angus named Kool Aid and his mature cow, Jazzy. He would like to thank his past year’s buyers Wynnyk Farms, Rosedale Liquor Store and Symens Land and Cattle. Colby would also like to thank his family for all of their help and support this year. All his animals have been fed an all natural ration and have never been implanted.

05/18/2024

For all our clients who use dart guns to treat their cattle check this out!

VAHS is teaming up with the Beef Cattle Research Council to bring you...

"Who Darted?" - A Seminar & Workshop on Remote Drug Delivery Best Practices

Learn how to identify and treat common diseases on pasture, and lots of tips and tricks when selecting, filling, loading, and safely firing darts. Lunch is provided!

Interested in attending? Shoot (no pun intended 😉) an email to [email protected] to reserve your spot! (You do not need to be a VAHS client to attend.)

Please note: Spots are limited, so it's first come, first served!
- Only 2 participants per operation are permitted.
- PARTICIPANTS MUST BE 18 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER and be active cattle producers.

Payment of $25/attendee is due at the time of registration confirmation, payable by etransfer ONLY.

05/03/2024

‼️Ticks are out in full force! We have even been seeing them on baby calves 😢

Here is the link for doing an electronic submission at home yourself if you find a tick. It allows you to see what species it is and if it is a vector for Lyme disease.

A public platform for image-based identification and population monitoring of ticks in Canada.

04/09/2024

The winner of our March Customer Appreciation draw is Jodi Macaulay. Jodi will receive a gift card to our clinic in appreciation for being one of our amazing customers. Check her out at Willow Creek Boston Terriers!

04/06/2024

It is flea and tick season! Get your preventatives ordered to take advantage of our case discount!

Tick Talk is an online hub for everything you need to know about ticks, tick season, where ticks can be found, and tick prevention.

03/17/2024