How to Administer Medications to Your Pet: Tips and Tricks

How to Administer Medications to Your Pet: Tips and Tricks

When medication is needed, pets don’t always understand that it’s for their own good. As a result, they’ll do anything to avoid swallowing pills or sitting still for injections. While they don’t know that everything you’re doing is in their best interest, it can be very challenging to convince them to accept their scheduled dose. […]

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Heart to Heart: Understanding and Preventing Heartworms in Pets

Heart to Heart: Understanding and Preventing Heartworms in Pets

Annual vet visits are essential for making sure your pet is healthy through every stage of life. Part of this regular pet healthcare screening includes testing for heartworms, and maintaining preventive medications. Keep reading to learn more about this mosquito-borne disease, how it affects pets, and how you can protect your pet from heartworms.

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The (Long, Potentially Slimy) Skinny on Deworming Pets

The (Long, Potentially Slimy) Skinny on Deworming Pets

Having pets is a wonderful experience, but when your pets have pets, it can be… not so much fun. Part of the preventative wellness care we offer our pet patients at Beverly Hills Veterinary Associates is a good parasite prevention program. There are several reasons preemptively deworming pets is good practice, and we would like […]

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Ticking Time Bomb: A 36-48 Hour Window Justifies Parasite Prevention

Ticking Time Bomb: A 36-48 Hour Window Justifies Parasite Prevention

There are few moments worse than finding a tick on yourself or someone you love. Of course, we quickly jump to frightening conclusions of tick-borne illness, and for good reason. Incidents of Lyme disease are rising, and can have disastrous implications for pets and people alike.   All this is to say, your pet’s parasite […]

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The 365: Keeping the Bugs at Bay With Year-Round Parasite Prevention

The 365: Keeping the Bugs at Bay With Year-Round Parasite Prevention

Winter has a lot going for it. If you’re into snowshoeing,  ice fishing, or simply enjoying winter’s beauty you’ve got it made in Michigan. But one of the best things about our sub-zero temperatures is the fact that the insects don’t bother us. If you can’t even remember the last time you saw a fly […]

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Expert Advice: How to Remove a Tick From Your Pet

Expert Advice: How to Remove a Tick From Your Pet

You may not think of autumn or winter as tick season, but here in Beverly Hills, ticks never seem to be dormant for long. It only takes one warm day and they’re active, ready to bite you or your dog. Tick prevention is important of course, and so is knowing how to safely remove a […]

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Focus on Fleas and Pets

Focus on Fleas and Pets

What’s worse than listening to your dog scratching through all hours of the night? Listening to your dog scratching through all hours of the night and having a flea infestation in your home! Fleas and pets are not for the faint of heart, but luckily Beverly Hills Veterinary Associates has all the information that you […]

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Everything You Never Wanted to Know About Lice in Pets

Everything You Never Wanted to Know About Lice in Pets

It may be that every parent’s worst nightmare is that dreaded phone call from school that a lice case has been identified in their child’s classroom. Just the word lice gives many of us the heebie-jeebies. Did you know, though, that we see lice in pets as well? Before you start obsessively scratching your head, […]

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DIY Don’ts: Natural Flea and Tick Treatments to Avoid

DIY Don’ts: Natural Flea and Tick Treatments to Avoid

Fleas and ticks pose a serious risk to pets, and as spring ramps up, these ectoparasites are out and about in droves. Protecting your pet is a must, but many pet owners worry that the ingredients in traditional flea and tick preventive medications are harsh, or could pose a danger to their pets. The temptation […]

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Must Catch Buzzy, Flying Thing (What to Do When Your Pet Gets Stung)

Must Catch Buzzy, Flying Thing (What to Do When Your Pet Gets Stung)

It’s only a matter of time until the buds open on all the trees and the flowers bloom. All across Michigan, spring will wield its intoxicating power over all of us, and your pet is no exception. Chances are, they’ll be keenly aware of all the lovely scents in the air. But with these heavenly […]

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