Jackson County Veterinary Associates

09/19/2024

Lights out from 11pm-6am from now till November!

As part of the greater Atlantic Flyway, our mountains serve as a migration route for hundreds of species of birds, many of which are declining in population. On a peak migration night during the Spring or Fall, over 50,000 birds pass over our area every hour!

Explore nightly migration data in your region

08/26/2024

Is anybody looking for a new family member??? Sam and Elmore were in for vaccines today, and they are both looking for a home. They are ~11-12wks old, 15-22 #, current on vaccines as of today, but will need one more round of vaccines in about a month. They are both very sweet and pretty laid back as far as puppies go. Look how well they can sit patiently for a treat!

07/11/2024

In this clip I teach you how to turn a pill popper into a delicious food dispenser! This technique will allow you to medicate your cat without any restraint and minimal handling! This is a very positive medicating strategy! Be sure to check out all of my medicating, behavior and training videos at f...

06/21/2024

🧨 🇺🇸🧨 4th of July is coming soon, are your pets ready?? 🧨 🇺🇸🧨

Make sure their collar tags and microchip info are up to date, and if you think they may need some meds 💊 to help them keep their cool, give us a call!

(And please don’t wait till July 3rd!! 😂)

06/19/2024

With the building heat wave, watch out for your pets, even walking them. Use the 7-second rule. If you can't hold your hand against the hot surface, then your pets should not be on it. They can burn their paws.

06/12/2024

RECALL ALERT - TDBBS, LLC. is voluntarily recalling Best Bully Stick and Barkworthies branded Green Tripe Bully Sticks due to foreign material (metal) contamination.
▪ Best Bully Stick branded product packaged in 2 lbs (UPC:816807016027)
▪ Best Bully Stick branded product packaged in 5 lbs plastic bags (UPC: 816807016010)
▪ Barworthies branded product packaged in 7oz plastic bags (UPC:816807015686)

For more information, including affected lot numbers, visit: https://bit.ly/4b4uHLP

06/11/2024

As an owner of a couple anxious dogs myself, I will share this every year.

Quick PSA: During the Fourth of July holiday, and the days leading it up to it when folks start celebrating with noisy fireworks, scores of pets run away from the sights and sounds, making the day after Independence Day the busiest of the year for animal hospitals and shelters. Please do your due diligence. And if you feel as though your pet may need medication to help them relax during firework season, now is the time to speak with your veterinarian!

04/27/2024

Is your dog’s lepto vaccine up to date? Give us a call if you’re unsure!!

Emmanuelle Butty, med.vet., DACVIM (SAIM), assistant clinical professor at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, sometimes treats dogs with leptospirosis, an

04/13/2024

Mosquito bites can be more than itchy--they can be deadly, too. Here's why. http://bit.ly/2SoNw4b

04/04/2024

This is just across the border from us in SC… rabies vaccines save lives!!

Nearly a dozen dogs were exposed to a rabid skunk in Oconee County.

04/01/2024

I’d like to share a case I saw at the clinic today (with owner permission). In April 2023 I saw Ned for some dental work. Ned sounded a little gurgly afterwards, nothing out of the ordinary, but out of an abundance of caution, we decided to take some x-rays. The lungs looked fine, but the heart was enlarged. When I questioned Ned’s people, it turns out they were feeding a BEG diet. Many of you have heard me talk about these over the last couple of years, but they predispose dogs to developing exactly the kind of heart disease I suspected Ned of having. Despite the growing evidence that these diets are a problem I still get push back from people dedicated to their particular diet.
As Ned was largely asymptomatic for his heart disease at the time, we decided to go with only diet change to help Ned. His initial VHS (a measure of heart size) was 11.76 (high normal is 10.7). In September of last year, we rechecked his heart and it visibly reduced in size, (VHS 10.84). We just took another round of x-rays today and he has fallen to 10.11 - within normal limits, with the only change being to get Ned off his Boutique/Exotic/Grain Free diet. Congratulations to Ned and his people.

03/26/2024

If your pet is feeling stressed and needs a little pharmaceutical help, we’d love to help them get comfortable!

02/13/2024

Lots of people will be sending and receiving flowers tomorrow… if your bouquet includes lilies, please keep them far far away from your feline family members!