Wellness & Preventative Medicine

To keep your pet as healthy as possible, it is important to take measures to prevent disease or to detect it early. Just as we benefit from wellness checks with our own physicians, so do our pets. In fact, it is even more important that your pets be examined thoroughly because, unlike us, they cannot verbalize every ailment. They rely on you and your veterinarian to figure out what ails them. Wellness visits are also a great opportunity to review key aspects of your pet’s healthcare that play a big role in keeping your pet healthy.

These topics include discussions about your pet’s lifestyle, travel history, risk factors for disease, vaccination status, parasite control to manage internal parasites (worms) and external parasites (fleas and ticks), nutrition, activity level, dental health, and any behavior concerns that you may want to address. In many cases, preventing disease is much easier on you and your pet than treating disease. By considering your pet’s healthcare and by working with your veterinarian to come up with a plan that works for you, your pet has the best shot at staying healthy longer.