Pet Care Articles

River Ridge Veterinary Hospital

6790 River Center Drive
Clemmons, NC 27012

(336)712-3413

www.riverridgevet.com

Why Should I Give her Back?

Recently my friend lost her dog. A gate was accidentally left open and away the dog went. Not knowing what has happened to her dog has been hard for her to live ...

My Neighbor Poisoned my Dog!

Of all the odd phenomena that I have witnessed in 18 years of veterinary emergency medicine, one stands out as perhaps the oddest and most annoying: the unshak ...

Canine influenza expert calls for better border protection

As the H3N2 strain of canine influenza circulates beyond Chicago, Illinois and spreads to other Midwestern states — Wisconsin and Indiana among them — one exper ...

I Don’t Know Why: Idiopathic Disease

Idiopathic, a name that rolls off the tongue of the veterinarian with a lovely feel of reflecting all the time and money that was spent achieving the volume ...

Joint Concerns

No, I’m not talking about the smoking of a certain federally-illicit plant. The connection between my typing difficulties and the video of a marine mammal hoops ...

Workups for Itchy Dogs and Cats

Pruritus, or itching, in dogs and cats, can involve scratching and licking, chewing, or biting the skin. Pruritus is the most common symptom of skin disease in ...