An estimated 59% of cats and 54% of dogs in the United States are overweight or obese. Good nutrition and weight management are key to your pet’s overall health. These healthy habits are created at a young age for your pet, and it’s up to you to help them maintain these habits. Through a good diet and proper exercise, you greatly increase your pet’s chance at a long, healthy life.

Pets are living longer and longer and have often seen us through important milestones in our lives. As they grow older, we owe it to them to make sure that the quality of their life is as good as it can be. Most cats are considered seniors after the age of eight, and dogs can vary by breed but usually become seniors between the age of seven for giant breed dogs to age eight for toy dogs.

Ultrasonography is a type of diagnostic technique that uses ultrasound waves to produce an imaging study. This means that when we perform ultrasonography, we can see internal images of the patient’s body. Ultrasonography is a completely noninvasive, painless way to diagnose and evaluate many common diseases. Ultrasounds also allow us to look at the architecture of internal organs and examine location, size, shape, texture, and blood supply.

Allergies are a chronic disease that can affect many pets and, indirectly, their owners. There are many treatment options, including medications to cover up allergy symptoms such as antihistamines and steroids. An alternative to these medications is allergy-specific immunotherapy or sublingual immunotherapy, which alters the body’s immune system and makes it more tolerant to any offending pollens or allergens.

Our team is highly skilled and experienced in performing a wide variety of pet surgeries using modern techniques and cutting-edge equipment and always adhering to the strictest standards of safety and care. You can feel confident that when it comes to surgery, your loved one will be in excellent hands with our team!

At Dogwood Park Animal Clinic, we perform routine surgeries like spay and neuter and mass or tumor removal. We also perform abdominal, ear, and eye surgeries.

Is your pet scheduled to be spayed or neutered? Complete their surgical admission form online by clicking here.

Laser therapy has many beneficial uses, including alleviating chronic pain, accelerating healing, and rehabilitation plus much, much more! We are pleased and excited to be able to offer this treatment. After injury or surgery, patients receiving laser therapy have less pain. Their recovery is faster and the quality of healing is better. Laser therapy is one of the few modalities that may not only improve the comfort of patients with osteoarthritis but may also modify the disease process.

The following beneficial effects of laser therapy on cells and tissues have been demonstrated in clinical trials and studies of laser therapy technology:

• Accelerated tissue repair and cell growth
• Faster wound healing
• Reduced fibrous tissue formation
• Anti-inflammation
• Anti-pain [Analgesic]
• Improved vascular activity
• Increased metabolic activity
• Improved nerve function
• Immunoregulation
• Trigger and acupuncture points