Ticks and Fleas!

 Its getting to be that time of year again, ticks and fleas are starting to make their appearance. Be sure to use a monthly preventative for all your animals to keep them free of ticks and fleas!

 

Snuggles Fund saves neighbor dog!

We wanted to share this heartwarming story of this friendly, neighborhood dog named Dodge!!! Dodge is a 11 month old Lab mix.  He was brought in earlier in the week very sick by one of our clients.  They weren't his owners but they were one of the  many neighbors that were very fond of the dog and loved having him around. They took it upon themselves to go around the neighborhood and ended up raising $211 to bring the dog into the clinic since his owners did not have the money to care for him.  After running blood work and administering iv fluids, he was a little better the next morning but still very sick.  Dr. Cranfill diagnosed Dodge with distemper.  Canine distemper is a highly contagious and sometimes fatal disease that is seen in dogs worldwide. Though its incidence has diminished greatly due to vaccination, distemper cases and outbreaks are still seen sporadically.  Given Dodge's condition we needed to continue medical treatment or he would not survive.  With the owner's not having any money to take care of him and the neighbors doing all they could do we felt like the Snuggles Fund would be a great source to help fund the medical treatment needed to save Dodge's life.  He went home yesterday and is feeling much better! This is a great example how people can come together to make a difference!!


      

Remember and Honor Beloved Pets and People while Helping Animals in Need!

The Snuggles Park Memorial Fund to help animals was established at All Creatures by Snuggles’ family to help fund care and treatment for pets whose owners cannot pay full costs. (See blog post from Nov. 21, 2013, for Jasper’s story and how Snuggles Fund helped him and his family.)

The Parks have now purchased from ImageNThings in Mountain Home this beautiful plaque, which is hanging at All Creatures. For a $200.00 contribution, donors can have a 1½” by 3¾” plate engraved to publicly remember a deceased pet or person or honor a living pet or person.

All proceeds go directly to Snuggles Park Memorial Fund to Help Animals in Need.

Kennel manager playing with puppy on a very cold morning!

Dr. Conner captured on a below freezing morning our kennel manager, Jennifer Stanley, playing with one of our boarders. Thanks for your hard work and dedication!!

 

 

Pre & Post surgery pictures of 15lb tumor!

Here are pre and post surgery pictures on the 15lb malignant tumor that was removed from Heidi. Heidi is a 10 year old Lab that had been carrying around this tumor for over one year. She is doing great after surgery!

Please read...Miss Kittie's story could save injury to your small pet or child.

Hi, I’m Miss Kittie.

I was a happy, healthy 10-year old tuxedo cat until my life was tragically cut short on Nov. 22, 2013, when I was crushed by a closing garage door.

It was a cold day. In the afternoon, my person-dad, Sam, and I went outside to the mailbox. When Papa Sam got back to the garage, he saw that I was still sniffing around in the yard. He hit the garage door closer and went on inside.

I decided that I wanted to go inside, too, so I ran as fast as I could to get back in before the door closed. I wish I had used my kittie door like I usually do, but I was running fast, and I thought I could squeeze under the door before it closed.

I didn’t make it, and the door started pushing down on me hard. Papa Sam doesn’t hear well and he must not have had his hearing aids in and didn’t hear me calling for help. 

A little later, my next-door neighbor Donnie came over and found me. He tried very hard to revive me, but it was too late.  He, his wife Diane, and Papa Sam were terribly upset. And all of them were shocked that the garage door did not come back up after it started hitting my body. 

That’s why they are helping me tell my story. They want to be sure that everyone who had a garage door with a motorized opener gets it checked out to be sure the settings would prevent death or injury to small pets or children.

There are two things to check: the height of the reversing sensors/electric eyes and the downward force setting.  

You can test your garage door with a roll of paper towels and see what happens. If the door keeps closing on the paper towels, then you need to get with a garage door opener company to send a technician to change your settings.

The downward force setting seems to most often be set on the highest force level. That can also be set lower; it might just take more time to fine-tune the setting so the door works properly. 

Most reversing sensors are set higher than they need to be. It seems that installers usually put them 6 inches from the floor. They actually can be mounted as near the floor as possible.  If the ones on our garage door had been lower, they might have sensed me trying to scamper under and caused the door to go back up.

My neighbors Donnie and Diane loved me just as much as they love their own four cats. So, in my memory, they have made a $1,000 contribution to the Snuggles Park Memorial Fund to Help Animals here at All Creatures. (See Nov. 21, 2013, blog post about Jasper the Dachshund for more information about the Snuggles Fund.)

Snuggles was a brave, old cat with what he went through for years, going to All Creatures twice a week for his fluids and shots. When Snuggles died, his family wanted to do something so that his death could bring about some good for other animals. By telling my story about the garage door, they want to be sure that at least my death might prevent deaths or injuries to other small pets and children.

I hope all your pets live long and healthy and that they love you as much as I loved my people!

Miss Kittie

Screech owl ready to be released after two months!

One of the many advantages of working at a vet clinic is seeing amazing creatures like this Screech Owl come in.  This little guy came in with a broken wing after being hit by a car.  After a few months the wing has finally healed and as soon as the weather clears we will release him back into the wild.