- Dental CareAt Westside Veterinary Hospital, we practice a pets-as-family approach. When it comes to dentistry, there's no exception. Just as in people, your pet's oral health is directly tied to their internal health. If periodontitis is allowed to build up in your pet, their organs, especially their heart, liver, and kidneys, age at an accelerated pace! As such, dentistry is one of the core foundations for your pet to live a long, healthy life, so read on about how we can and do help your loved ones maintain the best dental health possible.
- VaccinationVaccinations at the proper age and frequency are the foundation of preventing the diseases we can, leaving more time to concentrate on the things we can't. Read more to find what vaccines your pet may need along the way...
- Nutritional Counseling
- Parasites Treatment and Control
- Skin Condition and Allergy Treatment
- Parvovirus Infection Treatment
- Thyroid Disease TreatmentMany combination tests available that can do ALL of the above tests together for a large discount at our partner laboratory. Ask for a yearly "Wellness Panel" that fits your pets age, breed, and lifestyle at your next visit so we don't miss a chance to diagnose/treat your furry family early and keep them healthier, longer.
- Heart Disease TreatmentEvery healthy pet starts with a complete and balanced diet for their particular lifestyle. With the pet food market exploding into 1000's of options over the past year, we are happy to help differentiate the many options out there and pick a diet free of any known risks. One such risk we feel obligated to report to all that read this, is to please AVOID grain-free diets with a high pea/bean/chickpea or other legume content. An ongoing FDA investigation has found a strong link between these grain-free diets and a particular type of heart failure called DCM, or dilated cardiomyopathy. Any healthy pet on a grain-free diet should consult us immediately on whether your pet's current diet is putting them at potential risk for this deadly disease, and what alternatives are out there. Contrary to popular belief, veterinarians make very little profit from pet food sales, and wish only to not have to see your furry family walk in our doors with a totally preventable disease based solely on grain-free misinformation.
- Kidney Disease TreatmentWhile we love having healthy pets on wellness diets, most of our pet population eventually requires a more focused dietary approach to cure or reduce the effects of a certain disease. Hills, Royal Canin, and Purina all have top-tier scientifically formulated diets that address many of these concerns to start our holistic approach from the ground up. These diets are all backed by rigorous research and data to reduce the onset of clinical disease in things such as dental disease/periodontitis, kidney disease, heart failure, obesity, joint disease and more. Our specially trained staff can help guide you towards one of the important diets for your individual pet's needs or contact a certified nutritionist at no additional charge to guide more complex situations where two or more issues overlap in your loved one. See our prescription diet page to find many of the diseases your pet may be currently suffering from and where diet can add quality back to the life of your cat or dog.
- Periodontal Disease TreatmentStart young - Like in children, starting with "baby teeth" and continued care throughout their lives gives the best chance at avoiding periodontal disease
- Dental SurgerySmall breed dogs, as you'll see in the image slideshow are overrepresented in the breeds we see for having severely crowded mouths, less chewing/brushing routines, and eventually faster surgical extraction necessity to ease their oral pain and infection concerns.
- Veterinary SurgeryAny form of soft tissue surgery requires a lot of care for your pet before, during, and after the actual procedure to ensure the very best outcomes. Staying true to our modern, family-style medical approach, we do the following process on each and every patient to safeguard your precious pet during their surgical stay.
- Laser Surgery
- Spaying and NeuteringSpaying and neutering is necessary for nearly every pet, although the timing of your pets may be different than you think! Every breed, and even an individual pet within a certain breed, requires special attention to the pros and cons of surgical alteration at certain times of their lives. The end result though is to ensure your pet has the longest and healthiest version of life possible. So why exactly DO we spay/neuter?
- Laboratory Services
- X-Ray
- Boarding
- Grooming