Lambeth Animal Hospital

07/02/2025

Happy Canada Day !! 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

A photo from the past - Cabot although born in the US was fiercely Canadian by choice !!

I hear the fireworks starting and so far nobody is too upset here which is good.

06/23/2025

We will be taking this Canada Day Long Weekend off !!! We will be closed Saturday, Monday and Tuesday !!! Hoping that this heat wave breaks and looking forward to some downtime. We will have regular hours this week to Friday at 6 PM. Plan ahead for medication or food needs. Thank You

06/22/2025

I LOVE cool coats - my dogs wear them in hot weather. Julia over at Market Pet in Komoka can help with finding the right size. This is handsome Border Terrier Gravy acting as the model. I have spoken to a number of people lately about them - I have been using them for years and won't be without them. TOMORROW may be too hot to even be outside so be careful and lots of water for everyone.

We're having a HEAT WAVE! Ooof, it's going to be hot this week across Eastern North America.

And we have cooling coats for dogs (sorry folks, we can't help people yet), from RuffWear!

Stop by the shop and we'll help get your pup fitted or snag one on the website at https://www.need-some-sun.com/accessories

Gravy is wearing an Extra Small, in blue.

Happy to answer questions!

06/19/2025

An Important PSA - we have had two positive Canine Heartworm cases in the last few weeks at the clinic and this is very worrisome. We rarely ever see positives because most of the dogs in this area are on prevention but if your dog is not on appropriate prevention strategies they are at risk. Obviously worms in the heart are not a good thing. Mosquitoes love this hot humid weather we are having and all dogs are at risk in this area from June to November. If you travel south in the winter they are at risk year round. If you have adopted a dog from a warmer climate - these dogs should be retested after arriving in Canada and remain on prevention for a period of time after arrival. All dogs should be on monthly heartworm preventives during our warmer months. In the last few years some people have been opting out of prevention whether this be for economic or other reasons - once a positive dog is in the area - mosquitoes are able to spread it around locally. If you choose not to use heartworm preventive medications PLEASE have your dog tested annually for this so if they are infected we can catch it early which allows for earlier intervention, prevent spread to other dogs and potentially less expensive treatment costs. Treatment can be very expensive and also some treatments are very hard on the dog with potential for serious side effects - Prevention is the proper way to address this serious condition and the blood tests are easy to do - if your dog has not yet had their 4Dx test now is the time to be testing.

Heartworm prevention is not expensive for most dogs it is between $55 - $125 for 6 months of prevention with HeartGard Plus or Interceptor Plus depending on the size of your dog - so between $10 - $20/month and both also include prevention for some intestinal parasites. Other products like NexGard Spectra which we recommend for total parasite control including fleas and ticks can be much more costly - it is the flea and tick part of those medications that adds to their cost. Tick borne diseases are also on the rise. But Heartworm prevention alone is very affordable for most budgets. The products we use have long safety records and are well tolerated by most dogs. We NEVER like to get a positive test as this disease is very preventable. We are hoping the rest of our testing season just brings us boring negative results.

06/17/2025

Clementine is back on the payroll this week. She has been down for a few days gracing us with her presence. Happy to be back in her chair. I heard she may go back on leave tomorrow. Love our part time clinic cat co-worker.

05/27/2025

We are short staffed this week and into next so will be referring urgent and emergency cases elsewhere for Thursday, Friday and Monday. We will have limited doctor appointments tomorrow, Saturday and Tuesday. Staff will be here for food and medication pick ups during our regular hours.

05/14/2025

We are closed this weekend for the LONG weekend !! No Saturday or Monday work for us - we will be enjoying some much needed time off. Emergency appointments which we hope nobody needs are available at the London Emergency Veterinary Hospital and Southwest Veterinary Hospital.

05/12/2025

Colonel Talbot is closed for next month or so again at Pack Road. So if your route to the clinic is from that direction - advanced planning will be required !! Maybe it won’t be under construction some day and it will all be worth it.

04/17/2025

We will be closed for the Easter Weekend - we have regular hours tomorrow and then we are closed on Good Friday and Saturday. We will be back in the office on Monday but will be closing at 4 PM. Looking forward to good weather and my family's Hot Cross Buns !!

04/10/2025

Keys found outside at the clinic. Please call and identify other things on the key chain if they are yours. Would like to find the owner. Thanks

03/28/2025

Rogers is working on lines in our area so phone and internet are on and off. If you can’t reach us please keep trying. Hopefully it won’t be for long.

03/08/2025

Very proud of my team at the Lambeth Animal Hospital - Women who work hard with humour and empathy and all are a force to be reckoned with. How lucky am I !!

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