Summer Scoop - Morning and Evening Walks
Don't sacrifice your daily walks as the hot weather arrives, but you can help your dog stay more comfortable during any warm spells by rescheduling walk-time for early in the morning or later in the evening when the sun is low and temperatures are cooler.
☀️⛱ This month features our 'Summer Scoop' series of tips and reminders on how to help your four-legged friends stay safe and comfortable as the weather turns warmer. Stay tuned, and feel welcome to share!
Summer Scoop - Avoiding Hot Pavement
Concrete and pavement can heat up very quickly on a sunny day, and can become too hot for your dog's paw pads. Test surface temperatures with your hand for several moments before allowing your dog to walk on them, and if possible choose cooler grass, shaded sand, or dirt pathways to minimize the risk.
☀️⛱ This month features our 'Summer Scoop' series of tips and reminders on how to help your four-legged friends stay safe and comfortable as the weather turns warmer. Stay tuned, and feel welcome to share!
Summer Scoop - Flea and Tick Prevention
Fleas and ticks thrive in warm weather - that makes the start of summer a great time to double-check that your dog or cat is up to date on their parasite protection! You can give us a call at 250-658-5922 and we'll be happy to check our patient records if you're not certain.
☀️⛱ This month features our 'Summer Scoop' series of tips and reminders on how to help your four-legged friends stay safe and comfortable as the weather turns warmer. Stay tuned, and feel welcome to share!
Trigger's Fancy Tricks
When Trigger came to visit Dr. Ashlee for his annual exam and vaccine update, he certainly pulled out all the stops! After showing off his fancy tricks, this handsome gentleman was also very purrrrr-oud to receive a clean bill of health and all the preventive care he needed to help him stay healthy and high-fivin'. 😻
Patient Update: Poppy the Goat!
You might remember adorable Poppy the Norwegian Dwarf goat who visited ELVH this summer - she had unfortunately sustained an injury to one of her back legs that required amputation, and Dr. Petra came to the rescue. Today we received this lovely holiday greeting from Poppy, who is totally rockin' the tripod life, jingle bell and all!!
When Ruby heard she was coming to visit Dr. Petra for her annual exam, she certainly studied up on her best tricks to help her pass the test! While sweet Ruby's wellness check was based on other assessment factors, she certainly earned ALL the bonus points for her excellent spin 😍
Stepping onto the scale can be a strange or intimidating part of the vet visit for many patients. Making the scale a friendly and familiar place right from the start goes a long way to decreasing this potential stress. Here, adorably fuzzy Friday is learning from our TA Rachel that hopping on the scale brings lots of love and snuggles!
Caption this! Little Janu came to visit Dr. Mary for some help with her irritated ear, but clearly the exam room tap took top investigative priority 😆 What do you think is on Janu's mind?? Share below!
That's right, our herd has grown! We're thrilled to welcome Juniper, Jasper, and Fabio to make an Alpaca Quartet with resident Harry. These fine new friends are originally rescues, who are now retiring from their career as beloved fibre-producers on the Gulf Islands. Next time you're driving by, give them a big wave hello! 🦙🦙🦙
Sweet senior Dooley pulled out some of his fanciest tricks during his recent visit to ELVH! Although even this very excellent behaviour didn't get him out of a thorough exam, Dooley and Dr. Randall both agreed that was for the best - after all, keeping on top of your health only gets more important in those golden years!
Making Puppy Vet Visits FUN!
One of the best things we can do for our youngest patients is to make sure their vet visits feel safe and comfortable - with the different environment, new people, foreign smells, and funny procedures, vet hospitals can be a strange new world! When puppies visit us for their first few appointments, we make sure they get the chance to play on the scale, meet lots of friendly faces, and of course enjoy lots of yummy snacks. This helps sets us all off on the right paw for a lifetime of confident vet visits, leaving the fear and stress out of the picture. Check out this short clip from Bo's latest ELVH visit - sound on to hear all the good cheer!
Get to Know Our Tech Team
Our Q&A series continues! As we celebrate everything the ELVH team of techs do for our patients each and every day, we also wanted to share a little extra insight into these amazing humans - with and without their stethoscopes. Today we have the chance to ask our tech Jody a few questions - check out what she has to say!
Get to Know Our Tech Team
We're excited to take this opportunity to feature some of our compassionate and knowledgeable vet techs during Veterinary Technician Month. Today we get to know a little more about Georgia, an experienced tech and one of the newest members of our ELVH team.
Get to Know Our Tech Team - Christina
The celebration of our dynamic and dedicated team of technicians continues today with Christina! Get to know a bit 'beyond the stethoscope' about one of our ELVH surgery technicians.
Get to Know Our Tech Team - Ela
Continuing our 'beyond the stethoscope' feature on our wonderful tech team during Veterinary Technician Month, today we'll get to know ELVH tech Ela!
Get to Know Our Tech Team: Carolyn
In honour of our incredible techs during Veterinary Technician Month, this week you'll get to know some of our team members in a different light - beyond the stethoscope, if you will! Starting off this feature is our Head Veterinary Technician, Carolyn!
