Top Notch Veterinary Services

09/19/2025

It’s Rat Day!!!

09/18/2025

Gerbil Day today!!!

09/18/2025

Daisy stopped in for a visit today!! Isn’t she a cutie?!?! 🤗❤️🐮

09/17/2025

Breeding? Want to make sure you are breeding healthy animals? Check this out!!

Looking to get some health clearances completed? Check out our Health Clinic Calendar to find upcoming OFA health clinics near you!

Calendar: https://ofa.org/health-clinics

09/17/2025

Very good poultry info!!! Those predators are relentless!!!

Just a handy fencing material comparison chart focused on predator exclusion for backyard chickens, ducks and other fowl. The most notable takeaways are:
🐓Poultry netting is useless. It will not keep your flock safe from any predators or pests.
🐓1/4" hardware cloth is the superior choice to help protect your chickens but since it is a flexible material, it must have enough support points to provide the rigidity needed to withstand forces exerted by predators.

🐓Chainlink fencing provides a good base structure, but still needs to be reinforced with hardware cloth to minimize risk of certain common predators (raccoons, minks, weasels, and snakes) and small rodents (rats and mice).
🐓Even seemingly small gaps and holes can serve as entry points for predators.
For more detailed information for how to properly predator proof please refer to our infographic on our website - https://poultrydvm.com/featured-infographic/tips-for-protecting-poultry-from-predators

09/17/2025

Breed of the Day!!! Needs EXPERIENCED owner!!

09/17/2025

Open House is getting closer!!! Pig Roast!!! Suzy’s Ice Cream!!! Hope to see you there!!! Let us know if you will be joining us!!

09/17/2025

Today is Mouse Day!!!

09/16/2025

Cat myth buster #2: Cats don't need training or socialization.
While the socialization period is from 3 to 7 weeks when cats should be gently exposed to other pets, humans, and a variety of stimuli, they can benefit from training and enrichment their entire lives.

09/16/2025

Puppy Classes!!!

L and L Dog Training will be offering our next session of classes in Puppy, Puppy Plus/Manners, Foundations of Obedience I, Foundations of Obedience II, Foundations of Obedience III, Novice Rally, Advanced/Excellent/Master Rally, Rodeo Dog/Speedway, Beginners Scent Work, and Advanced Scent Work.

The next session will begin October 20, 2025.

Note: Prices for classes are increasing to $125 for puppy classes, and to $120 for all other classes, due to recently increased ring rentals, as well as higher website, equipment, photocopy, and insurance costs, we have tried to absorb over the years.

Descriptions of classes are found in the linked registration form below..

Additional classes may be added to the existing schedule based upon demand.

To reserve a spot, or to express interest in any class, please email Linda Bowman at [email protected].

The cost for the class session is reduced by $10 IF you register by the date listed on the attached registration form. You MUST register (mail completed registration form with payment) to guarantee your spot in a class.

Note: We do not have the space for drop-ins due to smaller class sizes.

We hope to hear from you soon, and see you next session!

Linda, Chuck, Marlene, Agatha, Sally, Cheryl, Kitty, Michelle Y., Michelle C., & Karen

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09/16/2025

And again, good tick defense-THE POSSOM!!

I am the shadow you see crossing your yard at night, the hunched figure rifling through your trash can, the wide-eyed creature you call ugly, filthy, or even rabid. I am the possum. And though you may not know it, I do more for you than you could ever imagine.

I am not fierce. My teeth may look sharp, but they are for crunching beetles, ticks, and the scraps you leave behind. I am shy, gentle, and easily frightened. When danger comes, I do not fight.

I fall limp, my body still, my breath shallow. “Playing possum,” you call it. But it is no game. It is the way I survive, a desperate act that often makes people laugh or strike me anyway.

I am your unseen ally. Each season I eat thousands upon thousands of ticks — the very parasites that carry Lyme disease, the sickness that threatens your children, your pets, your hikers in the woods.

I clean your gardens of slugs and snails, I clear away rotting fruit, I consume dead animals that might otherwise spread disease. Without me, the balance tips, and your world becomes just a little harsher, a little more dangerous.

Yet still, I am misunderstood. You mistake me for a rat, though I am not. I am America’s only marsupial, carrying my babies in a pouch like a kangaroo.

They cling to my back as I walk the fence line at dusk, their tiny faces peeking over my fur. I am a mother, often burdened with more than a dozen mouths to feed. And still, I keep working — quietly, humbly, invisibly.

But often, I die for no reason at all.

Your cars strike me on dark roads, and few stop to help. Your dogs chase me, your traps catch me, your hands raise sticks against me.

You see me in your yard and think I am a threat, when all I want is to pass through and move on. Many of my kind die in fear, our young left clinging to lifeless bodies, never given a chance.

I do not blame you entirely. Fear is powerful. My face, with its pointed snout and unblinking eyes, unnerves you. My slow shuffle makes me seem sickly. You see only the surface and not the service. You see a scavenger, not a caretaker. You see a pest, not a protector.

Do you know what happens when you let me be? Fewer ticks on your pets. Fewer rotting carcasses on the roadside. Cleaner gardens and healthier ecosystems. I ask for so little — a patch of dark to move in, a safe passage under your porch, the chance to raise my young in peace.

And so, I plead with you: look at me differently. See not a rat, but a marsupial mother. See not a pest, but a partner. See not an intruder, but a night worker who cleans what you cannot see.

When you catch me in your yard, remember that I am carrying out a mission that benefits you more than it benefits me. Leave me to my work, and I will leave you in peace.

Protect the wild corners of your neighborhoods. Teach your children that possums are not monsters but quiet helpers. For every small kindness you show me, I return it in ways you may never notice — but would surely miss if I were gone.

I am the possum. I am mocked, yet essential. I am feared, yet I mean no harm. I am dying in numbers too great to ignore, and I am asking you, from the quiet of the night: let me live, so that you may live better too.>> The Animal Maximalist

09/16/2025

Good horse info!! 🐴

❄️ As the temperatures drop, the risk of colic rises. Here's the most important thing you can do this winter to protect your horse. Click the link in the comments to learn more.