Pre Surgical Exam = massage💆♀️ Poppy is in for her surgery today and was such a good girl! 🐕
Perry is one of our patients! He loves the water and playing at the splash pad! 💦 ☀️ Perry wants you to know the splash pad at Rotary Park is open! What a smart pup! 🐶 #smartdog #waterdogs #splashpad #rotarypark #splashpadrotarypark #forestontario #lambtonshores #sillyperry #sarnialambton #gooutside #dogslovewater #forestvet #forestveterinary
Zeus is excited about heartworm testing! We took a little bit of blood 🩸 and confirmed he is negative for heartworm and three tick borne diseases.
Get your test booked and pick up prevention and be ready to give the first dose on June 1st!
Pregnancy Ultrasound 🐶
Using ultrasonography, we are able to use non-invasive imaging that shows us internal structures…in this case, a puppy! We are able to collect images using ultrasonic waves instead of radiation (radiographs).
Have questions about ultrasound for your pet? Give us a call! ☎️
519-786-2306 📱
Wellness RVTs 🩺
Schedule your pet’s annual examination and vaccines with our specialized Registered Veterinary Technicians! 🐕 🐾 🐈
RVTs Sara, Anne, & Abbie are ready to provide preventative care to your furry family members ♥️
➡️ NOW BOOKING 🗓️
Call 📱our office to inquire about this new and exciting service!
519-786-2306 ☎️
Continue to follow our Facebook and Instagram pages to learn more about our new RVT Wellness program and the amazing staff behind it! ✅
Next time I say we’re doing a contest that I have to manually enter everyone’s name to randomly select the winner, remember to tell me- NO! 🤣
You guys blew us out of the water with this one, over 150 enteries!!
🎉🥳 Congrats to Allan Little! Let us know what clinic you would like to pick up your prize at! 🥳🎉
(Hopefully the facebook quality didn’t wreck this video!!)
Did the long weekend mess with anyone else’s internal clock!? How about that storm last night messing with anyone’s alarm clock!? 😅🙋🏼♀️
Here’s a weigh in “Wednesday” on a Thursday morning! 🤣🎉
We dropped another 0.4KG this week (.88lbs) 🎉🎉
Check out the footage from our big run. Again, thank you to all those who generously donated to our emergency fund. We have some tallying to do but will soon announce the total funds raised
If you know Dr. Jamie, you know she always puts 115% effort into everything she does!!
With that being said- she is running ahead of schedule today!! Stay on the lookout and be sure to offer any encouragement if you see her!
Join us for a finish line after party at the Forest vet clinic (6378 Townsend line) where we will have cold drinks, hotdogs for $2 and hamburgers for $3! All proceeds go towards our emergency animal fund! 🥰🥰
🎉🎉🎉🎉 Let’s go Jamie!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉
September first 📆 (wow august flew by!!)
Who remembered to give their dog their heartworm medication today!? 🙋🏼♀️
#nexgardspectra #safeforanothermonth #goodboy #dontforget
We’re back for another weigh-in Wednesday!
We are still eating 238g of Royal Canin Advanced mobility support + Satiety a day!
Irwin spends a lot of time in the backyard, but until he loses a bit more weight, we are keeping our walks to 2-3 times a week to not overdo it on his joints!
This week he weighed in at 33.9KG which is 0.5KG down!
I took some time to talk with one of the veterinarians because I was wondering- how much weight can he safely lose a week?
The answer to this is: about 1% of his body weight!
For Irwin this means that we want to keep his loss around 0.3-0.5kg a week, meaning we are right on track!
Have any questions about weight loss and your pet? Ask them below ⬇️ 🥰
Weight loss Wednesday!
As an update: we did some very low intensity walks throughout the week (his joints still aren’t the happiest), we stuck with our 238g of food a day, we feed twice a day so 119g in the morning and 119g in the evening!
And he is down from 34.7kg to 34.4, this May not seem too impressive, but for a week I am incredibly happy with these results so far!
Here’s a quick check in video with progress!
Here is something new for us, we’re going to call it: Weight loss Wednesday!
I’ll start with an introduction! My name is Sarah and I am part of the FVC & BL social media team! I have two dogs at home that are my best friends!
Unfortunately my younger dog, Irwin, has some weight problems! He is noticeably larger than he should be for his size (Australian cattle dog mix). Working at a vet clinic I automatically assumed that this MUST be a health issue (hypothyroidism), so we ran some bloodwork- everything came back normal.
I instantly felt ashamed that ME, a worker at a veterinary clinic could have an overweight dog!?!
Right!? False. It is so easy for dogs to be over their ideal body weight, and this can truly happen to anyone!
Some things I had to take into consideration:
1. I have a 16 month old toddler that sometimes likes to share her food with him.
2. Irwin has always had some joint issues, so he is a low energy / low exercise type of guy.
3. There are a lot of great dog foods to help with different medical conditions, keep your dogs teeth in good shape, weight loss, but unless you’re paying attention to the exact amount they need (I wasn’t- whoops) it is very easy to over feed them!
Does this make me a bad pet owner? Absolutely not. It is incredibly common to see overweight pets come into the clinic- it’s a great first step to getting them back to a healthy size!
Going forward with weight loss Wednesday, we will be following along mine & Irwin’s journey! This will be easy steps to follow to help your pet shed some pounds!
For week one of weight loss Wednesday:
-a weigh in at the vet clinic! Irwin weighed in at 34.7kg!
-have a doctor examine him and get his body condition score (this is a score out of 9, 9 being the biggest possible size, 1 being incredibly underweight) Irwin scored a 7.5
-have a technician calculate how much food he should be eating per day. I decided to feed him based on grams instead of cups as this can be more
August first!
Don’t forget to give your heartworm prevention! 🦟
#heartworm #nexgard #frenchie #august1
We’ve said it before, we’ll say it again - we have the best jobs!! #highfive #handshake #gooddog #vetmed #funnyvideo
