We will begin making donations to the fund in the
memory of deceased pets soon. You will be able to make donations
and purchase bricks by the end of June. In the spring of 2004 we
will have a formal dedication of the memorial garden and the placement
of the first memorial bricks and wind chimes. We encourage you to
e-mail Dr. Bob to learn more about the Memories Live On Animal Foundation
at drbob@sylvaniavet.com
FATTY FOOD DIET fed to coonhound puppies is
advancing the knowledge of how fat in diets affect children. The
study fed groups of coonhounds high, moderate and low amounts of
oxidized fats. The high and moderate groups showed reduced growth,
bone formation and immune function. This tells us we need to watch
the amount of hard fat (animal fat) given to both our puppies and
kids.
NEW STANDARDS ESTABLISHED BY AAHA in six brand-new
areas. The six areas that the AAHA is addressing in their new standards
are client services, continuing education, pain management, patient
care and compliance, practice leadership, and surgery. There is
no question that both you and your pets will benefit greatly from
the new tougher standards.
PRACTICE MANAGER TO BE HIRED to help run the
new hospital. We will be interviewing and hiring a qualified person
to manage the non-medical aspects of the practice. We are looking
for someone with experience in human resources, inventory control,
customer service training, finance and employee supervision. If
you know anyone that might be interested have him or her send a
resume to Dr. Bob at the hospital. There is no time line on hiring
our practice manager.
TICK SEASON HAS ARRIVED WITH THE ARRIVEAL OF WARMER
WEATHER. Frontline Plus is still the most effective and safest
topical product available to prevent and kill ticks. It is most
effective when it is on your pet preventively. Other products do
not work as well and do not survive bathing as well, and might be
toxic if misapplied. We do not stock a large number of products;
rather we investigate the products available and choose what is
best for our patients. This enables us to sell you high quality
products less expensively than most other sources.
REVOLUTION IS AVAILABLE for cats as a monthly
heartworm preventive. If your cat has been unwilling to eat the
chewable Heartgard for Cats we have stocked Revolution. Revolution
is a topical product that is absorbed through the skin. It is effective
during this absorption period against heartworm larva. It then works
against fleas. We are not convinced that the flea control aspect
of Revolution is highly effective. You may still need to purchase
Frontline Plus for cats.
MORE DISCUSSION ABOUT ON-LINE pharmacy, Pet-Med
Express is in order. There was a lot of advertising from this company
on CNN during the Iraq War. If the number of requests for scripts
from this pharmacy is an indication, many people were watching CNN.
Whenever we get a prescription request from the pharmacy we always
call the client. It is rare that the prices quoted by PET-Med Express
are better than ours. If you complain then PME will match our price.
If you cannot save significant money why would you want to support
a company that is taking your money to help pay for national advertising,
state and federal fines. In a personal way purchases from PME hurt
our practice and affect our ability to provide your pet with the
highest quality care. If we agreed to meet PME's prices we would
have to charge you more. The following comparisons show their prices
and ours for identical quantities of the same products.
HEARTGARD PLUS FOR DOGS 12 PACK, INCLUDES A $5.00
REBATE COUPON, PME PURCHASES ARE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THIS CASH REFUND
