Blog: pet health

Puppy sitting in grass and scratching its leg

Parasites and your puppy

Ticks & Lyme Disease Ticks are parasites that feed on blood.  They like to wait in long grass and wooded areas waiting for you or your pet to walk by.  When a host gets close enough the tick grabs on to the fur and begins her task of finding the...

What you need to know about kitten vaccinations

Kittens will get vaccinations at 8 weeks, 12 weeks and 16 weeks, then annually. Overview A vaccine is a substance created to incite an immune response for a particular disease.  It needs to be given multiple times to a kitten to initiate his immune system.