Hi! I’m Leslie. Pet parents or future pet parents I’m here for you. As a pet nurse, my goal is to give you helpful, professional insight, to elevate your pet parenting experience. Lets keep your four-legged family members happy and healthy. To me, pets are family and the human animal bond is key to the health and wellbeing of both pet and pet parent.
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Do you like getting bit by mosquitoes? I don’t. Mosquitoes love me. Always have. Mosquitoes are not only a nuisance but they transmit disease to us and our pets. Over one-million deaths (in human) a year are attributed to mosquitoes worldwide. Most concerning to pet parents is heartworm disease. So why shouldn’t we stop mosquitoes […]
Pets are our companions, our family. The motto of Safe at Home works for humans but many of our four legged family members (if you believe the MEMEs) are stuck at home with us. During this time of COVID-19 life is different for all of us. COVID-19 presents new concerns for pet parents. Can we […]
Adopt A Senior Pet November is National Adopt a Senior Pet Month and is set aside to help older pets find loving forever homes. Many people look to a shelter or a rescue hoping to adopt a puppy or kitten, looking past the perfectly adoptable older dogs and cats. Puppies and kittens have that awe factor. Who doesn’t love […]
More than 90 percent of rescue organizations have pets who are “hard to adopt”. One third of shelters state they have had pets posted on their adoptable pages for one to two years. The average pet spends approximately 12 weeks on a site; many pets with black coats, special needs, or seniors wait four times […]
Back in the day I worked for a computer and general reference book publisher. We were working on the titles Dogs for Dummies & Cats for Dummies. I was able to bring my Australian Cattle Dog, Brisbane into the office frequently as inspiration. One day I said to myself, ‘why can’t I just work with […]
No matter where you live, you need to have an emergency plan for natural or man-made disasters. Pets are part of our families and leaving them out of your disaster preparedness plan or not having one for them could have deadly consequences. You must create a disaster preparedness plan for your pets. The geographical diversity […]
There is a commercial on the radio that touts outdoor pet control will “protect your pet” from diseases spread by mosquitoes. Technically killing mosquitoes, limiting contact reduces the risk of heartworm infection. Don’t let this give you a false sense of security when it comes to the threat of heartworm disease to your dog and […]
One of my favorite patients came into the clinic today, Dr. Jones. He is Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV) positive or infected with FIV. Many misconceptions exist about the disease often making it challenging for them to be adopted. Dr. Jones was left on the street when his former owners moved. Our client adopted Dr. Jones, […]
If your pet became lost, you would want to do everything you can to make sure they come home, right? Having pet identification that is readable and current for your furry family member is the best way you can increase the odds that you and your precious pet will be reunited if they become […]
Did you know International Pooper Scooper Week starts today? No, it’s not an April Fool’s joke, this is a real thing. April 1 – 7 is set aside to educate pet parents and protect our communities, specifically our drinking water. Ten Million tons of waste is created by the 78 million dogs who reside in […]
