Elizabeth Animal Hospital | Dog and Cat Care


Preventive and Wellness Puppy Care
If you are a first-time puppy owner, you probably have numerous questions regarding their care. What do you do if they are vomiting or have diarrhea? What does it mean when they scratch all the time and their coat looks dry? How do you house train them? What do you feed them? Here's how we can work together to help your new puppy grow into a happy, healthy dog:
•	Schedule a physical examination with us as soon as you get your new puppy.
•	Protect your puppy from parasites and infectious diseases.
•	Vaccinate and take preventive measures to guard against disease.
•	Spay/Neuter your puppy.
Pick up your New Puppy Care Pack when you come in for your first veterinary visit with us. Inside you will find:
•	Puppy nutrition and Care Guides for Your New Dog from Hill’s® Science Diet and Iams®
•	FREE SAMPLE of Iams® Puppy Food
•	Health Insurance for Pets brochure
•	Dog Health Brochures:
	— Protect your dog from a common respiratory disease: Kennel cough/Bordetella/ITB
	—Canine Parvovirus
	—A Guide to Understanding Vaccination for Your Dog
	—Pets Have Teeth, Too!
•	Rocky Mountain Poison Center brochure-Poison Prevention for pets
•	Brochure on Zoonotic diseases: The Shared Threat. How to protect your family and your pet.
•	CareCredit® information—Helping You Get the Care Your Pet Needs—Today.
•	Order Form for Safety Reflective Pet Tags
•	Dog health parasite protection information on interceptor® and revolution®
•	Anesthesia and Your Pet
•	Information on Giardia
•	Handout on House Training Your Puppy
•	resQ™ Pet Tracking System (microchip)

With excellent preventive care and attention to wellness treatments, this little fellow will grow up to be a feisty agility dog. He's still a little young yet! He'll have a great job, which every Toy Fox Terrier needs!


Preventive and Wellness Care For Your Aging Dog
Dog health changes can occur in a short amount of time. Dogs age faster than people, on average seven (7) times faster. That means that diseases can worsen within a matter of weeks.
•	Most dogs reach adulthood by age two (2).
•	Many are entering middle age by age four (4).
•	Most dogs, particularly large breeds, are entering their senior years by age seven (7). Smaller dogs are seniors by age eight (8).
Please come into Elizabeth Animal Hospital to find out your dog's "real" age—its age in human years. We have special aging charts. Once you know, you can better answer the question, "Does your dog act its age?"
Dogs that appear normal can have an underlying problem that may only be detected during an examination by one of our veterinarians. That is why we recommend twice-a-year wellness exams for life. This gives us the opportunity to discuss:
•	Nutrition
•	Behavior
•	Conditions of normal aging.
•	Other concerns you have, such as changes in your dog’s weight, food and water consumption, elimination, grooming, and other behavior.
We hope to help your dog live a longer, healthier and happier life by providing quality veterinary care throughout the life of your dog.

these older dogs are still in good health thanks to regular preventive and wellness care

These three older Labs are still in excellent health thanks to regular preventive and wellness care.


Preventive and Wellness Kitten Care
If you are a first-time kitten owner, you probably have numerous questions regarding their care. What do you do if they are vomiting or have diarrhea? What does it mean when they scratch their skin all the time and their coat looks dry? Are all kittens that hyperactive? What do you feed them? Why do they yowl? Here's how we can work together to help your kitten grow into a happy, healthy cat:
•	Schedule a physical examination with us as soon as you get your new kitten.
•	Have your kitten tested for feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) and feline leukemia (FeLV).
•	Protect your kitten from parasites and infectious diseases.
•	Vaccinate and take preventive measures to guard against disease.
•	Spay/Neuter your kitten.
Pick up your New Kitten Care Pack when you come in for your first veterinary visit with us. Inside you will find:
•	Kitten nutrition and Care Guides for Your New Cat from Hill’s® Science Diet and Iams®
•	FREE SAMPLE of Iams® Kitten Food
•	Health Insurance for Pets Brochure
•	Cat Health Brochures:
	—Common Viral Infectious Diseases of Cats
	— A Guide to Understanding Vaccination for Your Cat
	—Pets Have Teeth, Too!
•	Rocky Mountain Poison Center brochure-Poison Prevention for pets
•	Brochure on Zoonotic diseases: The Shared Threat. How to protect your family and your pet.
•	CareCredit® information—Helping You Get the Care Your Pet Needs—Today.
•	Order Form for Safety Reflective Pet Tags
•	Cat parasite protection information on interceptor® and revolution®
•	Anesthesia and your pet
•	Information on Giardia
•	Handout on Destructiveness In Cats
•	resQ™ Pet Tracking System (microchip)

With his owner's care, Jose Cuervo will grow up to be a healthy, happy cat

With his owner's care, Jose Cuervo will grow up to be a happy, healthy cat.


Preventive and Wellness Care For Your Aging Cat
Cat health changes can occur in a short amount of time. Cats age faster than people, on average seven (7) times faster. That means that diseases can worsen within a matter of weeks.
•	Most cats reach adulthood by age two (2).
•	Many are entering middle age by age four (4).
•	Most cats are entering their senior years by age eight (8).
Please come into Elizabeth Animal Hospital to find out your cat's "real" age—its age in human years. We have special aging charts. Once you know, you can better answer the question, "Does your cat act its age?"
Cats that appear normal can have an underlying problem that may only be detected during an examination by one of our veterinarians. That is why we recommend twice-a-year wellness exams for life. This gives us the opportunity to discuss:
•	Nutrition
•	Behavior
•	Conditions of normal aging.
•	Other concerns you have, such as changes in your cat's weight, food and water consumption, elimination, grooming, and other behavior.
We hope to help your cat live a longer, healthier and happier life by providing quality veterinary care throughout the life of your cat.
Attention Cat Owners! Cats are brought to the veterinarian only about half as often as dogs. Some veterinarians believe cats hide illness better than dogs so cat owners may not notice subtle changes in behavior. That makes twice-a-year wellness exams during your cat's life very important.

a picture of good cat health
He's flexible, he's gorgeous, he's one healthy cat. This is proof of what good preventive care and wellness treatments can do for your cat buddy.