Dogs are known as man’s best friend, but here we know they are everyone’s best friend and family members too. And we feel responsible to give your loyal companion an excellent quality of life. We specialise in proactive care with an approach that prevents illness and prolongs life.

Instead of placing emphasis on disease treatment, we concentrate on keeping your dog healthy through nutritional counselling, parasite protection, heart worm testing and vaccines.

Since many animals have evolved to hide signs of pain and illness, we detect problems early by offering dogs an annual preventative and wellness care program.

Your puppy will require a series of vaccinations to help protect them against several serious diseases. Over the course of three injections, your puppy will be given protection against distemper, canine infectious hepatitis, parvovirus, parainfluenza, and Bordetella bronchiseptica. These three initial vaccinations are required at:

•  6-8 weeks of age
• 12-14 weeks of age
• 16-18 weeks of age

Your puppy will then require a yearly injection each year for the rest of their life to maintain this protection.

Your puppy will not be fully protected against these diseases until 2-3 weeks after the final puppy vaccination is given. In the meantime, it is important to try and reduce the risk of your puppy coming into contact with these diseases. The best way to do this is to not allow your puppy to socialize with other dogs that you do not know and dogs that are not up to date with their vaccinations, this includes other dogs that you may meet when you come into the vet clinic (carry your puppy in and keep them in your lap if possible). Even walking your puppy down the street or at the park may expose them to diseases such as parvovirus. The safest way to socialize your puppy whilst keeping them protected from diseases is to only allow contact with other vaccinated dogs in a safe, controlled environment such as your own backyard or at puppy preschool.

All felines need a wellness examination. Cats with behavioural and medical problems, geriatrics, and older cats require more than an annual visit to the vet.

Cats that live indoors are healthier overall and a common mistake is that they won’t get sick. A cat is another species that hide illness well, potential problems like pain in the lower back, stomach abnormalities or irregular heartbeat are hidden from loving owners.

Our cat wellness program includes:

• Weight management
• Nutritional needs addressed
• Vaccinations
• Feline leukemia testing

We recommend an F3 vaccination from 6-8 weeks of age.  F3 Vaccine – Feline 3 (F3) covers 3 major diseases:

• Feline herpes virus, commonly known as cat flu. This is often found in unvaccinated cats and can cause long-term problems like chronic sneezing. Typical symptoms are nasal discharge, red eyes, and gum infections.
• Feline calicivirus, which can be another cause of the disease commonly known as cat flu.
• Feline panleukopaenia, also known as cat parvovirus, which can cause severe and often fatal gastroenteritis.

In addition, it will be treated for common intestinal worms.  Furthermore, we could help you make the right choice regarding nutrition, spaying/neutering, tick, and flea control and answer your questions.

Adult and senior feline care

Even when your cat does not show signs of diseases or illness, an annual examination will help detect potential issues and treatment early on. Depending on the vaccine schedule already received, it could get additional vaccines. Older cats often require a lab and blood testing aside from standard vaccinations and examinations.