Georgia’s hot and sticky summer weather is no secret, which makes safely enjoying the outdoors with your pet challenging. Our Tamberly Animal Hospital team provides these tips to help you ensure your furry pal can play safely outside and avoid heat-related injuries. #1: Change your pet’s walking route Is your pet’s favorite walking route on [...]
Dear fellow pets, As a jet-setting pet myself, I want to wish you bone-voyage on your upcoming travel plans. However, I must warn you—trusting a human with your summer travel itinerary almost ensures lots of turbulence, speed bumps, and wrong turns. Fortunately, the always supportive Tamberly Animal Hospital team helped me put together a survival [...]
Dogs make phenomenal exercise partners because they’re always enthusiastic and never judgmental. But while your furry friend is always ready for adventure, improper exercise can lead to painful injury or a potential emergency. Here are four Fido-friendly fitness options and some tips for ensuring a safe and fun exercise experience. Before you begin: Your dog’s [...]
Scratch, scratch, scratch. Your dog’s collar tags jingle-jangle a metallic melody over the bass-like thumping of their tail—this familiar tune has kept you up half the night. You turn on the light and check on your dog, although you already know what you’ll see—and smell. You lift their ear, and are met with a familiar [...]
You know your furry pal needs plenty of positive exposure to the world around them while they’re young. But, did you know that they also need ongoing socialization to remain comfortable in new situations, such as traveling to new places, meeting unfamiliar pets, and interacting with strangers in your home? Socializing your puppy can be [...]
Your pet’s teeth need cleaning, but you haven’t scheduled the procedure yet. Maybe you are afraid of pet anesthesia, or you feel your pet’s teeth aren’t “that” important. Many people know from experience how tooth and gum problems make life miserable, and the same goes for their pets. Pets require anesthesia for a dental cleaning, [...]
Enrichment helps puppies and dogs socialize, reduces anxiety and stress, prevents boredom, and provides physical and mental exercise. When stuck inside on a cold winter day, enrichment activities can help your dog work off excess energy, and keep them emotionally fulfilled. Our team at Tamberly Animal Hospital shares ideas to keep your dog enriched while [...]
Platelet-rich plasma (PRP) therapy has been used in people and horses for a multitude of orthopedic conditions, and is now becoming more common in companion animals. Most often, PRP therapy is used in dogs with joint injuries or disease who are too old to undergo surgery, or as an alternative treatment to surgery. The therapy [...]
Adopting a new puppy is extremely exciting, but many factors should be considered before you bring them home. Welcoming your new puppy appropriately will help ensure they get settled as soon as possible, and get them started on the right foot to becoming a well-adjusted and well-behaved adult dog. Our team at Tamberly Animal Hospital [...]
Does your once spry pooch slowly rise to their feet, or seem stiff and sore after an intense game of fetch? If so, arthritis may be the culprit. The most common canine arthritis type is degenerative joint disease, or osteoarthritis, which affects one in five adult dogs, and as many as 50 percent of senior [...]