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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The year 2020 has few bright spots. Getting to celebrate National Veterinary Technician week with the best group of Technicians is one of them. 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 […]
Since we moved away from my home state, our dogs have needed to travel more frequently. They were experts and the 20 minute jaunt around the interstate to Grammy & Grampy’s house on Sunday afternoons, but an eight hour road trip across three states is a different journey. How to travel with your dog and […]
I hated my ICU rotation. During Vet Tech school we rotated through each of the specialty areas at the Purdue Veterinary College of Veterinary Medicine Teaching Hospital every two weeks. Vet students rotated through every six weeks (to my recollection). ICU was all hands on deck. Every patient was checked for vitals and general status check, […]
I had a conversation with my son about euthanasia this weekend. I told him how lucky we are that we can give that gift to our pets. I’ve never had the luxury of a pet “just dying” in their sleep of old age. I’ve had to euthanize five of my pets, they were all hard […]
Pet parents who adopted through an animal shelter don’t often know the actual birthday of their beloved pet. Happy Birthday former shelter pets, It’s DOGust 1st! Got-ya days are popular but did you know there is a universal birthday for shelter dogs? August 1st or Dogust 1st was created by the North Shore Animal League, […]
Change can be stressful. Not just for humans but pets too. Our pets’ normal was us leaving the house in the morning and returning in the late afternoon. Over the past few months most of us have been home 24/7. Believe it or not that is stressful too. Now, our cities and towns are starting […]
Fireworks and Your Pet Don’t Mix 2020 July 4th celebrations will look much different than years past. Fireworks will be the constant. Did you know most pets go missing around the 4th of July than any other time of the year? One in three family pets go missing in their lifetime. Across the United States, […]
Take Your Dog to Work Day has a whole different meaning this year. For many pet parents the commute is short and bathroom breaks for the dog won’t require an elevator. This year marks the 22nd anniversary of PSI’s Take Your Dog to Work Day®. This has been one heck of a year. I think […]
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 […]