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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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 […]
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, […]
