Barton Heights Veterinary Hospital’s Blog

As warmer weather begins to emerge, you may notice your dog scratching, biting, and rubbing their face a lot more than usual. This behavior may not seem like allergy symptoms, but in dogs, skin disorders are one of the more common signs you’ll observe. 

Many dogs suffer from seasonal allergies, and it tends to get worse in the spring and summer months. Pollen allergies in dogs is a frequent diagnosis at our clinic. This is why Barton Heights Veterinary Hospital is here to address what you need to know about it to better help your furry loved one.

So, you are sitting down to eat your dinner when all of a sudden your dog starts to go into this bizarre snorting fit. This out of the blue phenomenon is referred to as a reverse sneeze. It can seem like your dog is having an asthma attack or is choking, but the quaintisenstial “goose honk” noises are indicative of a reverse sneeze.

You may wonder if there is any harm in these episodes and what you can do to help curb these spells. The team at Barton Heights Veterinary Hospital is here to explain more about this scary, yet generally normal condition.

While summer paw safety relies on avoiding scorched paw pads, winter offers other risks  to your pet’s feet. These snow and ice dangers can harm a pet’s paws without some precautions being taken. Learn to keep your pet’s feet in tip-top shape this season by practicing these essential paw tips.

Be Wary of Winter When It Comes to Your Pet’s Paws

How can you ensure the safety of your pet’s feet and paw pads? First, it is good to know what can harm them. Common risks to the well-being of pet paws include:

Our summer temperatures may be considered mild when compared with other areas, but make no mistake, summer is here! Because pets are usually (if not always) a part of warm weather  festivities, it makes sense to think about how to prepare for them to have a great time, too.

Let Barton Heights Veterinary Hospital guide you on a journey to ensuring your pet’s health and safety all summer long with our summer pet safety tips.

For many of us, the winter weather presents some real challenges. Instead of the usual human concerns like icy roads and hard-to-heat homes, conditions can be utterly unbearable for older animals. Even if they haven’t been diagnosed with an age-related condition, the wet, cold, and windy weather can truly take its toll.

Luckily, with these tips for winter care for senior pets, the season doesn’t have to be a hardship for the ones we love.

As we start off another new year, you might be looking back at 2017 and thinking about all the resolutions you made. Did you keep any of them? Did you mean to exercise more, eat better, and spend more time outside?

Many of us have difficulty keeping New Year’s resolutions. At Barton Heights Veterinary Hospital, we had an idea. Why not come up with some New Year’s resolutions for your pet!

Some of our own best resolutions are ones that would benefit our pets, too. Before you stop reading for fear we’re going to suggest brushing your pet’s teeth twice a day, here are some fun, achievable resolutions that you can easily incorporate into your routine with your pet.

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The shopping season has begun in earnest, and regardless of whether your pets have been naughty or nice this year, we’re guessing they are on your shopping list. Before you hit the stores for Black Friday, or settle in on your couch for Cyber Monday, allow us to make some suggestions for fun and useful holiday gifts for pets.

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