Meet “Harry”: a spunky 12-year-old male cat that overtly looks like he is in good health and my physical examination confirms this. He has minimal dental tarter, in good body condition, abdomen palpates normally, no heart murmur heard and no orthopedic pain elicited when I flexed his joints. His blood work and urinalysis results were
With many cats routinely living well into their teens or even twenties, many owners and veterinarians wonder, when is a cat truly a senior citizen? The answer is that there is no specific age at which a cat becomes “senior.” Individual pets age at different rates. As a general guide, however, the American Association of
My Golden Retriever, Zack, loves to go to the beach. He loves to run on the sand and chase his ball into the water. Three weeks ago, I took him to a beach and an unfortunate event happened. With his tail wagging, he pounded down the steep beach stairs to the water. Then, he raced
Just a few days ago a client asked me how old my dog was, and I actually had to think about it. My first impulsive answer was that he was four years old, but I instantly knew that this was not correct since we adopted him when my oldest son was still in elementary school,
Today I saw a longtime client with his 16-year-old border collie, named “Coffee”, who I had not seen in over eight months. Coffee needed assistance to walk into my office, appeared agitated and painful, and was thin. My client told me that for the last six months Coffee has had urine accidents in the house,
