Calling Lakes Veterinary Hospice

07/22/2023

https://thestarphoenix.com/life/the-importance-of-maggie-a-dogs-good-life-and-the-final-farewell?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Facebook =1689944637

StarPhoenix sports editor Kevin Mitchell writes about the life of a dog, and the last goodbye.

09/10/2022

08/16/2022

08/03/2022

You have to be brave and go by yourself. Follow this road until you come to a bridge. On the other side of the bridge you will see a magnificent rainbow. Wait for me there. Some day soon I will come and find you.

(Sometimes my art comes out of heart but differently)

Diana
(available for purchase here: https://dianaleventhal.pic-time.com/art)

07/30/2022

Join our group Pets Island 🐾

07/29/2022

When my yellow Lab died last spring, I was flattened by an overwhelming sadness that’s with me still. And that’s normal, experts say, because losing a pet is often one of the hardest yet least acknowledged traumas we’ll ever face.

07/24/2022

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07/21/2022

So true...

07/05/2022

“A dog is not a thing. A thing is replaceable. A dog is not. A thing is disposable. A dog is not. A thing doesn’t have a heart. A dog’s heart is bigger than any “thing” you can ever own.”
Elizabeth Parker - Paw Prints in the Sand.

Boris Mikhailovich Kustodiev - Portrait of Yulia Yevstafievna (The Artist's Wife) 1903.

06/29/2022

Facebook post from a dog shelter in Chernivtsi to whom my team provided new surgical instruments to perform sterilizations and other surgical procedures. One very basic pack of instruments cost about $700 CAD.

🐶29 червня - Всесвітній день проти відмови від домашніх тварин.
Створення події було ініційовано французькими організаціями, які спеціалізуються на захисті тварин "Animaux Online" та "Solidarité Refuges". Головна її мета - дізнатися, чому люди часом виганяють своїх домашніх тварин з будинків, особливо в літні дні.

🗣«Ми несемо відповідальність за тих, кого приручили», – саме так говорив Антуан де Сент-Екзюпері словами одного із своїх героїв. Ці слова якнайкраще показують зміст свята. Адже тварини, які звикли жити поруч зі своїми господарями, не можуть поневірятися вулицями. Проте щодня величезна кількість кішок та собак стають безхатченками з вини своїх хазяїв.

⁉️Чому так, пояснення немає. Бо неможливо озвучити жодної причини, за якою люди вирішили вигнати своїх тварин із домівки. Так само, як і неможливо пояснити, чому влітку кількість залишених домашніх улюбленців різко збільшується. Можливо, люди виганяють кішок та собак, коли влітку вирушають у відпустку і коли нема на кого залишити тваринку, або ж відчувають меншу провину, коли виганяють домашню собаку на вулицю влітку, коли на вулиці тепло, аніж в холодні зимові дні.

📌Тому на до Всесвітнього дня боротьби з відмовою від домашніх тварин французька група «Solidarité Refuges» та компанія «Animaux Online» запропонували 13 простих рішень для боротьби з відмовою від домашніх тварин.
Ось декілька з них:

🐾Посилити норми щодо продажу та купівлі домашніх тварин через Інтернет (що залишається поза дією закону).
🐾Ввести в шкільну програму уроки, які б виховували почуття емпатії до тварин.
🐾Тварини, які не потребують розмноження, мають проходити обов’язкову стерилізацію.

06/14/2022

I have been away doing humanitarian work in Romania for almost 2 months but have arrived back in Canada so am now available for calls once again.

04/02/2022

We are there beside them.

01/05/2022

“Dogs are our link to paradise. They don't know evil or jealousy or discontent. To sit with a dog on a hillside on a glorious afternoon is to be back in Eden, where doing nothing was not boring...it was peace.”
Milan Kundera

Stephen Hanson - Lost Ball.

12/11/2021

…but never really far, and always, always I’m there inside your heart.

12/07/2021

“A dog doesn't care if you're rich or poor, educated or illiterate, clever or dull. Give him your heart and he will give you his.”
John Grogan - Marley and Me: Life and Love With the World's Worst Dog.

Neils Pederson Mols - A Dog on the Beach, 1887.

11/30/2021

11/23/2021

“...Weeks passed, and the little Rabbit grew very old and shabby, but the Boy loved him just as much. He loved him so hard that he loved all his whiskers off, and the pink lining to his ears turned grey, and his brown spots faded. He even began to lose his shape, and he scarcely looked like a rabbit any more, except to the Boy. To him he was always beautiful, and that was all that the little Rabbit cared about. He didn't mind how he looked to other people, because the nursery magic had made him Real, and when you are Real shabbiness doesn't matter.”
Margery Williams - The Velveteen Rabbit, 1922.

William Nicholson - The Velveteen Rabbit, 1922.

11/20/2021

Growing around grief.
Love this description.

09/22/2021

My favourites are…I’ll Always Love You and The Tenth Good Thing About Barney.💞
https://farewellpet.com/best-childrens-books-for-loss-of-pet/

It is always difficult to accept and come to terms when we lose our beloved pets, whether it’s expected or unexpected. For children, who don’t…

09/18/2021

Lots of goodbois here

09/12/2021

Today is World Memorial Pet Day. To all those amazing companions waiting at the Rainbow Bridge, RIP. 💞

09/07/2021

Dr. Roth will be away at a veterinary palliative care conference from Sept.8-13 inclusive. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

06/26/2021

Please be careful. Heat stroke can cause horrible damage.

Coastal BC has a heat warning issued that will last until Tuesday. Keep your pets cool, make sure they have shade, access to water, limit exercise, never leave them in a car, keep them home and know the signs of heat stroke.

04/30/2021

Living with a deaf or blind pet can be challenging and rewarding. http://bit.ly/39f7AS3

Serving Downtown and the metro areas of Dallas and Austin, we provide a variety of options from pet sitting to dog walking.

04/11/2021

Have your senior dogs' eyes begun to appear cloudy? https://bit.ly/2IeVQEj

A dog develops a cataract when the lens of the eye clouds, which is caused by changes in the water balance in the lens or changes to the proteins within the lens. When the lens becomes cloudy, light can’t reach the retina, causing blindness. A mature cataract looks like a white disk behind your do...

03/27/2021

Hyperthyroidism is a common treatable condition in older cats.
https://veterinarypartner.vin.com/default.aspx?pid=19239&id=4951398

03/24/2021

Dental disease affects many senior pets and is often a source of significant "hidden" pain.
https://veterinarypartner.vin.com/default.aspx?pid=19239&id=4952516