Inspired by the Fear-Free™ movement of Dr. Marty Becker, our new clinic was designed to make your pet’s visit as pleasant and stress-free as possible. As you enter the clinic, you will see that dogs and cats have separate waiting areas and exam rooms. The dog and cat kennels are…
Spay and Neuter is for Rabbits, Too!
When I was a child, my parents didn’t especially want the responsibility of a cat or a dog, but they did allow me to have a rabbit as a pet. My first rabbit was a gentle, affectionate female, but when she reached sexual maturity, at around the age…
Puppy mill seizure: a veterinarian’s perspective
Abandoned farm in the countryside, secluded, nobody goes there. They bark when the sun is up, bark when a truck drives by, but their cries don’t fall on human ears. Sometimes the lights are turned off. They bark less that way. The owner leaves food, but after awhile, the bowls…
Hurricane Katrina animal rescue, 10 years ago: what have we learned?
None of us can forget the televised images of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Among those images are video clips that showed people being evacuated from their homes in boats, their dogs trying to swim behind the boats, and the people crying and screaming at the dogs to go back….
Why We Do Not Declaw Cats
At the Clinique vétérinaire des petits animaux de l’Estrie, we do not declaw cats. This has been our policy from the very start of the clinic, back in 2002. Calling the procedure a declaw is actually a misnomer, since it involves the outright amputation of the last phalanx (one of…
Should I have my dog sterilized?
In this post, we answer the questions we hear most often from our clients: Should I have my dog sterilized? Why? and When? Why should I have my dog spayed or neutered? Canada’s shelters are filled with dogs and cats that have been abandoned because of overpopulation, unwanted litters,…
Welcome to our new website!
We hope to keep you informed, to tell you what’s new in veterinary medicine in Quebec, in Canada, and in the world around us. We’ll keep you updated on new diseases, new ideas, new products that help us to keep your pet healthy. Please visit regularly, on Facebook, on our…