October 24, 2024
Watching a beloved pet grow older brings sweet moments and hard ones. One evening your dog paces the hallway, or your cat seems lost in a familiar room, and you wonder whether this is simply part of growing older. Sometimes it is something more specific, called cognitive dysfunction. At Pawtown Veterinary Care, we want to…
August 15, 2024
Kids heading back to school means a sudden schedule change for your pet too, and that shift, combined with backpacks and lunch boxes suddenly appearing in the house, creates two separate risks worth planning for. Pets who have grown used to a full house all summer can struggle with being home alone more often, and…
July 11, 2024
We all hope it will never happen to us. But the reality is natural disasters, such as fires, floods or storms can come up very quickly leaving us little time to get ourselves and our pets to safety. It helps to have plan for an emergency evacuation and to prepare a “Go Bag” for your…
April 23, 2024
Something we commonly see in the clinic are ear infections. Dogs are more commonly affected than cats but both can get infections. When we see ear infections in our pets it is typically an outer ear infection. This means that it affects the ear canal but does not extend past the eardrum or affect the…
March 31, 2024
Central Oregon’s outdoor lifestyle is one of the best things about living here — and one of the reasons intestinal parasites are such a consistent challenge for local pets. The same trails, rivers, and open spaces that make Bend such a great place to have a dog also create year-round exposure to parasites that dogs…