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Celebrate Your Senior and Geriatric Pets Long and Healthy Life!
At Have A Heart Animal Hospital we aim to do everything we can to help you and your pet manage the aging process as a Senior and Geriatric pet. This includes weight management, blood and urine testing, annual exams and vaccinations. To gain a better understanding of these tests, read our Frequently Asked Questions About "Senior Screenings". Growing older is a natural and inevitable process we all must face. This applies to our pets, too. And just like your health, where "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure", preventive medicine helps your Senior/Geriatric Pet to ease into aging and maintain a quality life.
Age itself is not a disease! Because pets age much faster than humans, medical changes can occur suddenly and without any advance warning. These changes often surprise owners who wish they had been prepared or able to prevent some of the problems associated with normal pet aging. "But he seemed fine up until this week! How could this be possible?" These are responses we often hear from pet owners who find they aging pet is "suddenly" ill.
At Have A Heart Animal Hospital, we can maximize you're aging pet's quality of life with early detection of kidney, heart, liver and metabolic diseases; and identify processes of disease long before the actual disease is present. Early detection helps protect your pet; and extends the joy a healthy life brings to your pet and you.
To read about the key components to caring for a Senior or Geriatric Pet, see our Health Care Commitments.
Join with us to bring better health to your Senior/Geriatric Pet and we will even save you some money too! **Special Healthy Senior Screen pricing during September and October. Call us for details and to schedule an appointment.
For more information about our Senior and Geriatric Pets please click on the articles listed below.
Where Tick-Borne Diseases Are Found
The following maps highlight the number of reported positive cases of Lyme disease in dogs across Southern New England. Because so many dogs go untested for tick-borne diseases, the actual number of dogs infected by ticks is likely many times higher than what is shown here. For more information on Lyme and other tick-borne diseases, visit dogsandticks.com.
2010 Mystery DNA Dog Contest
Results are in and WINNER is found!
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Gromit
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Do you have a dog of mixed breed? Ever wonder what his ancestry is? You'd be surprised!! We've created a fun way for you to see how unpredictable it can really be. Enter a guess about the correct breeds in our Mystery Dog's DNA and you could win a FREE DNA TEST for YOUR DOG! Entries are accepted August 1st through August 31st , 2010. Enter as many times as you like. Entries accepted online at mysterydogguess@haveaheartanimal.com or in person at Have A Heart Animal Hospital. Watch our website for our announcement about Gromit's DNA results AND the Contest Winner.
See Gromit's NECN interview here!
(Only one winner will be selected, entries must be in writing on an entry form or in email, received before 9/1/10. Multiple correct entries will result in a drawing for one winner, Mystery Dog owner / family not eligible to enter).
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Special Promotions
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Heartgard Plus**
- Buy 6 doses- get a $6.00 Rebate
- Buy 12 doses- get a $12.00 Rebate
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Frontline Plus**
- Buy 3 doses - get 1 dose FREE
- Buy 6 doses - get 2 doses FREE
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Revolution**
- Buy 6 doses - get 1 dose FREE
- Buy 10 doses - get 2 doses FREE
** exclusive for our clients only, veterinarian relationship required, must be current on Heartworm testing
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My Best Friend III
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Have a great furry 4 legged friend? Or one with feathers, scales, a shell or quills? We'd love to hear from you with a Pet Tribute! Celebrate your pet(s) in our My Best Friend 2010 DVD! We are looking for photos and a few words about your pets who are still an active part of your family; and those from the past whose memories come alive just by saying their names. 2010 is our third edition of this commemoration of our clients' pets and as you can imagine, it is a huge production; therefore while the DVD will be released in September 2010, we are requesting photos and tributes from our clients beginning APRIL 15th! The deadline for submissions is JULY 5th, 2010. Each participating client will receive a complimentary DVD of all the commemorated pets, a truly beautiful audio visual experience.
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You can email us (mybestfriend@haveaheartanimal.com); mail in to (My Best Friend DVD, Have A Heart Animal Hospital, 764 Broadway, Haverhill, MA 01832); or stop by with one or more photos along with your written tribute and we will make your pet part of our "Pet Tribute Corner" at Have A Heart Animal Hospital. If stopping by with your tribute and photos, please place those in an envelope labeled "My Best Friend DVD".
NEW Canine Influenza Vaccine
The only thing worse than having the flu is not being able to tell someone....
There's a new flu around that only affects dogs. If you've ever had the flu, you know how bad it can make you feel. And it's no different for dogs. Over the past several years, dogs in 30 states have been sickened by a new, year-round dog flu that continues to spread. It's highly contagious, and virtually every dog is vulnerable to infection. Fortunately, there's a new canine influenza vaccine available to help protect those loved ones who can't speak for themselves.
In May 2009, the USDA approved the licensure of the first influenza vaccine for dogs developed by Intervet/Schering Plough Animal Health Corporation. The canine influenza vaccine contains inactivated whole virus, so there is no chance that the vaccine itself can cause respiratory infections. To learn more about the vaccine, contact your veterinarian at 978-373-4422 or see the Canine Influenza FAQs.
