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Melissa Java

We Offer Surgery Consultations

Animal Hospital At Thorndale is very excited and ecstatic to announce that our board certified surgeons will now be seeing surgery consultation appointments! Our surgeons have a combined total of 30+ years of extensive, rigorous, and advanced surgical training treating a variety of surgical cases, whether they are straightforward or complex. Our surgeons work very

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Is it a rash? Is it a bug bite? No, it’s a hotspot!

Is it a rash? Is it a bug bite? No, it’s a hotspot! Content provided by Hanh Dao, BA, AS, CVT, VTS-ECC When people typically think of a hotspot, they think of Wi-Fi hotspots. However, dogs and sometimes cats can get hotspots too. Hotspots can be found anywhere on a dog’s body, most notably on

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Summer Heat Got You Beat?

No, this isn’t about climate change. It’s about how the scorching summer heat can affect the overall health of your pets. You think you’ve got it bad when you don’t have AC. Your pets experience heat ten times worse than people because they lack the ability to perspire, or sweat. You see, when we sweat,

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Miscellaneous Topics
Melissa Java

We Offer Surgery Consultations

Animal Hospital At Thorndale is very excited and ecstatic to announce that our board certified surgeons will now be seeing surgery consultation appointments! Our surgeons have a combined total of 30+ years of extensive, rigorous, and advanced surgical training treating a variety of surgical cases, whether they are straightforward or complex. Our surgeons work very

Read More »

Is it a rash? Is it a bug bite? No, it’s a hotspot!

Is it a rash? Is it a bug bite? No, it’s a hotspot! Content provided by Hanh Dao, BA, AS, CVT, VTS-ECC When people typically think of a hotspot, they think of Wi-Fi hotspots. However, dogs and sometimes cats can get hotspots too. Hotspots can be found anywhere on a dog’s body, most notably on

Read More »

Summer Heat Got You Beat?

No, this isn’t about climate change. It’s about how the scorching summer heat can affect the overall health of your pets. You think you’ve got it bad when you don’t have AC. Your pets experience heat ten times worse than people because they lack the ability to perspire, or sweat. You see, when we sweat,

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"What do you mean you are going back to work??" 3 golden retrievers anticipating post pandemic life
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Joan M. Yarnall, V.M.D., Ph.D.

Preparing a Post Pandemic Life for Pets

It may still seem like a return to normalcy will never get here. But with Covid-19 preventing vaccines soon becoming available, many households will soon shift gears. In our post pandemic world, adults will return to work. Children will go back to school. Dogs and cats accustomed to constant companionship will be left alone for

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designer dogs such as this labradoodle are popular mixed breeds
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Joan M. Yarnall, V.M.D., Ph.D.

Designer Dogs and Mutts

What are designer dogs? Are they purebred or just basically mutts by another name? Are they worth the extra money? Does the American Kennel Club (AKC) recognize designer dog “breeds”, or will they recognize them in the future? After all, what makes an AKC breed dog so unique? Like so many things in this world,

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Joan M. Yarnall, V.M.D., Ph.D.

Curbside: What’s Taking So Long?

You scheduled your pet’s appointment a month ago. You arrive early and call into the hospital, following all the correct curbside protocols. The staff take your information. They tell you that someone will be out shortly to collect your pet. Then you wait. Finally, a masked person receives the hand off, and brings your pet

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