Blog: General

Car Restraints

It’s time to buckle-up Bowzer. It is not yet illegal here in Ontario to leave your pet loose in a moving vehicle, but in the words of one of my colleagues, it’s just plain dumb. Now before you get all defensive, I too am guilty on occasion of transporting poodles...

Abbie is not going to Barbados

One of the few ways to get a dog from Canada into Barbados is via the United Kingdom. That’s quite a detour for a trip to the beach. Working in a military town such as Quinte West, veterinarians regularly get to wrestle with the bureaucracy that governs exporting pets to...

Barks By The Bay

Every summer in Quinte West for the past seven years there has been a special festival for “dogs only” called Barks By The Bay. This show allows people from all aspects of the dog “industry” to show off their products and allows dog owners to show off their dogs. This...

OPEN HOUSE

On August 18th, from 10 AM until 2 PM we will be having an Open House at Hillcrest Animal Hospital. This Open House serves many purposes but the most important by far is to serve as a fund-raising opportunity for the Quinte Humane Society. The Quinte Humane Society is badly...