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During the dog days of summer, the heat, humidity, and intense rays can take a toll on our fur-covered friends, but fun in the sun with your canine companion is completely doable as long as you practice our team’s tips for keeping hot dogs cool and safe!

Research indicates that up to 50% of all dogs feel fear during firework displays. Associated behaviors may include pacing, restlessness, shaking, vocalizing, or hiding. What’s worse, with little-to-no supervision or support, stressed pets may try to flee as a way to find peace, comfort, or security. With no frame of reference for what’s happening, pets become triggered by the unpredictable, discordant sounds of the Fourth of July. With our tips, you can protect and soothe the pain of a worried pet. 

With warmer weather and plenty of sunshine, summer is a great time to get outside and play with your pup. You don’t even have to leave your home to have a good time. At East Sacramento Veterinary Center, we want to make having fun with your pet easy no matter where you are. With our tips for creating a pet-friendly yard, you can step outside to enjoy nature with Fido anytime. 

The ability to recognize and adjust to various possible encounters not only yields good vibes, but has the potential to protect pets and their people. Young pets are known to spread joy. But without the skills to fully understand what’s happening around them, puppies and kittens can grow up to be fearful, stressed, and anxious around others. Nurturing social skills is essential to their well-being and is a huge part of responsible pet ownership. 

Cats are incredibly resilient. This doesn’t mean, however, that they’re immune to various health conditions. Many common cat illnesses are missed because of non-existent symptoms or misinterpreted behaviors. Also, the symptoms of different cat health issues are effectively concealed as a method of self-preservation. We can help cat owners identify feline diseases before symptoms become unmanageable, as well as potential treatments for optimal wellness. 

It is often a terrible, helpless feeling to have a sick pet. It is even worse if you don’t immediately realize anything is wrong. East Sacramento Veterinary Center knows how important it is for pet owners to know when something is not right—our ability to help depends on it! 

Dog owners know that their pets can have some pretty odd habits. From the evening zoomie sessions to raiding the cat box, dogs do dog things. It is only natural, though, to wonder why they do the things that they do. At East Sacramento Veterinary Center, though, one of the more common dog behavior questions we get is why a dog is eating grass. Let’s delve into grass ingestion in dogs a little bit.

Did you know that pets suffer from dental problems just like people do? East Sacramento Veterinary Center is a huge advocate for the importance of pet dental health care. We feel that understanding pet gum disease and dental problems is important for all pet owners.

A condition that sounds exactly like you might expect, reverse sneezes are nothing to, well, sneeze at. In fact, pet reverse sneezing can occur so suddenly and without obvious cause that witnessing a pet go through this can be utterly frightening. There are many possible reasons why pets experience this phenomenon. Luckily, there are an equal amount of remedies and prevention strategies for pet reverse sneezing.