What illnesses are staved off by good dog preventive care?

Illnesses such as Lyme disease, ehrlichiosis, anaplasmosis and Rocky Mountain spotted fever are all things that are human type of tick-borne diseases that dogs can get as well. You are preventing that by giving them preventative care. With fleas, they can become very anemic because of the amount of blood they can lose. Preventative care includes preventions against heartworm disease as well. The list goes on and on. Preventative care is a lot easier and cheaper than treatment.

How much time do we have? There are a lot of things. One I think about is infectious diseases. That would be preventative care with vaccinations. Certain things that we won't see would be prevented with a rabies vaccine and parvo vaccine for our dogs. Depending on your dog's lifestyle, your pet may need an influenza vaccine if it's around a lot of other dogs. There are other lifestyle vaccines that we would recommend. You can prevent intestinal problems. Proper nutrition would prevent vomiting and diarrhea, which no one wants to see in their pet or clean up. Pancreatitis can be prevented. A lot of times, we want to feed them what we're eating, but their little bodies can't handle it. We're not always eating the healthiest, but their little bodies are definitely not made for those foods either. Then it can lead to pancreatitis or upset stomach that we can prevent by feeding properly. A few other things that I wrote down are skin issues. We can prevent skin problems by preventing parasites like fleas and ticks. Also, we can prevent heart disease by keeping your pet at a healthy weight and doing proper exercise. A lot of those preventative measures are very similar to a lot of human preventive care measures.

Certainly. Preventive care is a broad and vital subject. It includes vaccines and prevention against parasites, which are the basic services we provide at Carolina Valley Pet Care. The vaccines prevent diseases like rabies, distemper parvo, leptospirosis, flu, and bordetella in dogs, and distemper, rabies, and leukemia in cats. These are debilitating, and in some cases, life-threatening diseases that can be easily prevented with a proper vaccine program.

Apart from vaccines, we also need to consider issues with heartworms, fleas, and intestinal parasites in both dogs and cats. However, I believe one of the most important preventive measures is proper nutrition. Every time you feed your pet, you are making a biochemical change in their body which can impact them significantly over time.