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While the holiday season is wrapping up there are a few common household holiday items that can prove toxic to your pet.  This time of year we seem to see more toxicities than other times of the year. I would like to take a few moments to go over a few common toxins, what to do…

For years it has been said that given our Chicago harsh winters, flea and tick prevention is not required in the winter months. We previously thought it was too cold and the ticks either went dormant or died. While this can be true for some ticks, it is not true for all types of ticks.…

Before we answer the question of, “Is year round prevention needed for my dog?” Let’s first talk about how heartworm disease is transmitted. The very basic principle behind the transmission of heartworm is that a mosquito bites an infected dog then bites a non-infected dog, through this the parasite is transmitted. The question of if…