Dr. Reiter's Veterinary Clinic

10/30/2024

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10/28/2024

10/28/2024

Make sure to Thank a First Responder today! 🧑‍🚒👩‍✈️❤

10/25/2024

Good Luck Ladies!!!

10/24/2024

Some venting about to happen: some "lowlife" robbed our box that we keep at the clinic for clients to donate to Bloomer Police Department's K9 Unit towards any medical costs. We have had this box in our lobby since 2017 when our beloved K9 Rocky started his service with Officer Brandon Poppe. It has since provided quite a lot of funds for both K9 Rocky and K9 Keeta. Until this past Monday we have never had an issue with this box. Sadly while locking the doors Monday night it was discovered that someone had opened the box and stolen the nearly $30 in cash. We so appreciate everyone that has supported our K9 program by filling this box - with the discount that we give to the Police Department and your donations - it has meant a lot to us and the K9 handlers to have this community support. If someone was desperate for cash or needed help, they could have asked. We are saddened and angered by this shameful act - if the person responsible reads this and returns the money, no questions will be asked. But you did not just steal from Dr. Reiter's office - you stole from a community that has entrusted us to collect these funds and use them for the K9 program. Stepping down from my soapbox - God Bless and we thank everyone for their continued support of Bloomer Police Department's K9 program.

10/24/2024

🚨 Attention Bloomer Community 🚨

As part of our ongoing commitment to the safety and well-being of our students and staff, Bloomer High School will participate in a PRACTICE armed intruder drill on Thur. Oct. 24.

This drill is a precautionary measure to ensure everyone knows the proper protocols in the event of an emergency.

Please rest assured that this is only a drill, and no real danger is present.

Thank you for your cooperation and understanding as we continue to prioritize safety at Bloomer High School.

10/23/2024

There ya go - Drooly lip dogs = free toy for (some) cats.

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10/23/2024

Okay, so this is a word that gets an awful lot of play in the training world, and it’s definition has come to mean an awful lot of things. Many of which, are incredibly counter-productive, if not downright dangerous.

So let’s see if we can’t clarify a few things.

Socialization isn’t:
-About letting your dog freely interact with dogs at the dog park, day care, or with friends dogs.
-About allowing your dog to meet other dogs on-leash.
-About allowing all manner of people, in all manner of mental/emotional states interact/pet/pressure your dog.
-About exposing your dog to the sights and sounds of cars, buses, motorcycles, bikes, skateboards, joggers...and allowing them to freak out, panic, aggress, hide, bark etc.
-About exposing your dog to the sights and sounds of dogs, cats, and other animals, and allowing them to freak out, aggress, lunge, bark, growl etc.

Socialization is:
-About teaching your dog the proper responses to dogs. What is and isn’t appropriate behavior, and correcting the unwanted when it appears.
-About teaching your dog to walk by the barking, lunging dog(s) on walks and ignore them, completely. Correcting if necessary to achieve this result.
-About advocating for your dog and ensuring people aren’t allowed to pressure your dog, by touching, crouching down, attempting “kisses” etc. That means being a big boy or girl, and stopping others from engaging in unwanted, uninvited interactions.
-About exposing your dog to all manner of daily life “things” and ensuring a proper response. If aggression/arousal is present, it’s corrected, if fear/arousal is present (and causes an overreaction/fleeing etc.) it’s corrected. Ask your dog to learn to ignore and not care about these “life” distractions/concerns/temptations. Teach them to listen to the training, not the world around them.
-About teaching your dog to leave other creatures alone. The cat, the bird, the cow, the goat, the other dog, is simply none of their business. If they decide those things are their business, it’s your job to correct and clarify what is and isn’t their business for them.

Socialization has become a ridiculously simplified, dumbed down, all-encompassing idea. Free interaction and exposure have been presented as a panacea, the magic gateway to a balanced dog. That’s a whole lot of B.S. you’ve been sold, by a lot of people full of B.S. 🙂

Socialization is all about teaching your dog how to behave and exist in the world...properly. People have a belief that only interactions create a well socialized dog. They don’t understand that existence is almost always preferable, and more valuable than actual interaction. Yes exposure is critical, but exposure without 100% clear guidance, and corrections for poor choices, isn’t socialization, it’s chaos, and it’s not teaching your dog what’s right, what’s wrong, and that you’ll keep them safe, so they don’t have to.

A well socialized dog isn’t fazed by the world around them. And that doesn’t come from simple exposure and interactions without guidance. Ironically, that’s precisely how you create anti-social dogs.

Think on that for a minute.

10/16/2024

❄🐴🌾 Is it safe to graze horses after a hard freeze? What do I need to consider before turning them back out on pasture? Also, what defines a hard freeze?

🌡 A hard freeze refers to a frost that is severe enough to end the growing season. The National Weather Service defines a hard freeze when temperatures fall below 28ºF for a few hours. Cool-season grasses commonly found in Midwest horse pastures go into dormancy for winter and conserve their energy stores (starches and sugars) following a hard freeze.

❄️ We recommend keeping horses off pastures for at least 7 days after a hard freeze. Frost-damaged pastures are higher in nonstructural carbohydrates (starches and sugars) because plants can not use up their energy stores as efficiently. It can take plants 7 days to return to more normal nonstructural carbohydrate levels. Higher levels of nonstructural carbohydrates can lead to an increase risk for laminitis, especially in horses diagnosed with or prone to obesity, laminitis, Cushings, and Equine Metabolic Syndrome.

The decision to graze again after a hard freeze depends on the condition of your pasture. After a hard freeze, no additional regrowth of the pasture will occur, even though the pasture might appear green in color. If your cool-season grass pasture is

✅ taller than 3 to 4 inches, then grazing can resume 7 days after a hard freeze and can continue until the pasture is grazed down to 3 to 4 inches.
❌ shorter than 3 to 4 inches, then no grazing should occur after a hard freeze. Grazing below 3 inches can harm the plant and may be a health concern for horses sensitive to nonstructural carbohydrates.

🌾 Plants rely on stored nonstructural carbohydrates in the lower 3 inches for energy. Therefore, the 3- to 4-inch minimum height recommendation is necessary to help maximize winter survival and can help predict a vigorous and healthy pasture come spring. We do recognize horses rarely graze uniformly and pastures tend to have areas of both over and under grazing. You will need to base decisions on the average appearance of your pasture

10/16/2024

10/16/2024

Oh my! Kittens are hard to contain!

10/15/2024

10/08/2024

10/03/2024

These are the best!

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10/02/2024

🚨 Attention Bloomer Community 🚨

Please be advised that there will be SWAT training taking place this evening at the high school. Expect to see an increased presence of law enforcement in the area. This is a planned training exercise – there is no need for concern.

Stay safe and thank you for your cooperation!

10/02/2024

October start Obedience Classes are filling up fast! We'd love to work with you and your pup.

We currently have 1 spot left in our Intermediate/Therapy Readiness Sunday 6:00 Class and 1 spot left in our Basic Obedience Wednesday night 6:30 Class.

Register for class 👇
https://www.eliteversatility.com/book-online

10/01/2024

How true is this!!??!
Have a good evening!

09/26/2024

Come get your hot peppers!

09/24/2024

Classes are live on our website! Spots fill very fast, so don't wait.
Register now 👇
https://www.eliteversatility.com/book-online

Please feel free to message us with any questions. We'd love to work with you and your pup!!

09/24/2024

For the 2 legged members of your family!

Our Free Clinic is this Saturday, September 28th from 9am-noon at the Chippewa Falls High School.
Volunteers are still needed, sign up here: https://www.lovechippewa.org/register/

Reminder: Oil Changes will be on Sunday, September 29th from 1-4pm ONLY. Located at Marquart L**e & Wash on Prairie View Rd in Chippewa Falls. Those who want an oil change MUST receive a token at the Free Clinic on the 28th.

09/24/2024

09/24/2024

Have a beautiful day!
Keep going!

God bless you all!

Reminder ♥️