For many of us with pets, we know all too well the fascination our furry friends have with items that do not belong to them. Sometimes it is a shoe, sock, thread on a sewing needle, and other times it is a deep desire for whatever food item, bottle, or container we have on the countertop or table. As a pet owner, nothing can be more panic inducing than discovering our beloved pal has gotten into the garbage, a purse, or counter surfed their way into trouble. There are many it

My Vet Animal Hospital is happy to announce we now have laser therapy to offer our patients! The team is very excited to work with our favorite cats and dogs in hospital to help promote their healing and well being! Laser therapy, or “light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation”, is a non-invasive and drug free therapy that can be used alongside current medical therapies to help with various signs of discomfort and inflammation in our pets. Laser therapy works by

Pet Obesity Awareness Day Everyone loves a snuggly animal, but sometimes, as pet owners we don’t realize that all the snacks we give our cats and dogs can be doing more harm than good. A recent study by the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention found that almost 60% of cats and 56% of dogs are overweight. Pretty alarming, right?! How do I know if my pet is overweight? A fantastic tool to help determine if your pooch has packed on some extra pounds is the body condition score

Everything You’ve Been Itching to Know about Flea and Tick Preventatives! Have you seen the new Nexgard commercial? A TV spot dedicated to dogs doing what they do best: play. But what’s enabling the fun times? A reliable flea and tick preventative of course! Our clients know to give flea and tick medication throughout the summer. However, we often field questions about the necessity for these preventatives when the hot weather cools. I’ve compiled some of the most frequently

Implementing Fear Free vet visits at My Vet Animal Hospital means we are learning new techniques on how to make your pet’s visit as stress-free as possible as we continue with our Fear-Free certification. One of the approaches recommended is to give oral mild sedatives or anti-anxiety medications prior to your vet visit, to take the edge off for those pets who are anxious with visiting the hospital. Such as a human doctor might prescribe a valium before an MRI if you are pron

Midsummer has come and gone. Chicagoans are headed into the humid, unrelenting heat of August. Though we’ve entered the Dog Days of Summer with some very high temperatures this year, more hot days are on the horizon. While we revel in days spent outdoors, trips to the beach, sunbathing by the pool and the overall relaxation that comes with sunshine, it’s important to keep our pets in mind. It is easy to understand our own limitations but our pets, especially dog friends, do n

The current consumer climate demands innovation and modernity among professionals and businesses. In keeping with the expectations of our clients’ veterinary medicine is constantly adjusting best practice. Here at My Vet our staff and doctors focus on creating the best experience for our patients. We’re proud to announce that My Vet Animal Hospital is going Fear-Free! Every permanent staff member, from the client-care coordinators to the doctors, will complete a multi-course

Feline Friendly Vet Visits All of us here at My Vet love our feline companions and know how stressful it can be to bring them in for their annual or bi-annual visits. Because of this, over the past year, we have been working to find ways to make visits more comfortable for both our kitty friends and their owners. In addition to sharing ways that we are making our hospital more feline friendly, we would like to offer some tips that you can use at home to ease the burden of ve

Preventing Pet-tential Pet Toxicity The month of March is National Pet Poison Awareness Month and hosts “Poison Prevention Week” from the 18th to the 24th, and while it was originally dedicated to human poison awareness, we think it’s also important to include some of the most common hazards to our furry family members – many of which are everyday items in our homes. When we think of poisons, our minds go pretty quickly to chemicals stored under the sink boasting ominous skul

Don’t Brush Aside Your Pet’s Oral Health February is Pet Dental Health Month! Our pets are prone to many of the dental issues we humans can suffer from, so we wanted to take a little bit of time to talk about the importance of keeping those pearly whites fresh and clean – not only for the health of your pet’s mouth, but it’s entire body. Most pets have some level of periodontal disease by the time they’re 3 years old, but the good news is that it’s entirely preventable! So wh