One of the most difficult types of cases we see in our day to day practice is the foreign body. Young dogs are particularly susceptible, but dogs of any age can ingest something they shouldn't and cause a potentially fatal health crisis. Over the many years we have been in practice, we have seen a [...]

Mike Nuanes, who lives in Denver, got a call from Atlanta Animal Control Services telling him they had his dog.  Nuanes has four dogs, and they were all in his yard.  He had lost his dog, Jordan, so many years before that it didn't even occur to him that could be who they were calling [...]

Anesthetic protocols have changed a lot over the years. Twenty years ago, the standard of care in veterinary medicine for surgical sedation was ketamine and telazol, depending on the species. Over the last decade and a half, we have moved to a more advanced set of anesthetic protocols. For non-surgical levels of [...]

First and most importantly, your dog should have a microchip.  If a dog is lost and has a microchip and if a good Samaritan takes him to a veterinary clinic or if the dog gets picked up by Fort Worth Animal Care and Control, they will be able to contact you through your registration information. [...]