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Super Bowl 2020-Number Five--ASPCA Safety Tips for Your Pets

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DH DeForge, VMD Silver Sands Veterinary SilverSandsVeterinary.com SilverSandsVeterinary.blogspot.com P- 1-800-838-3368 E-Mail- DonDeForge100@gmail.com Number Five-Jan 2020  SUPER BOWL 2020~PET BOWL SAFETY! Super Bowl 2020 ASPCA Safety Tips for your Pets Take a moment and read this article on safety for your pets on Super Bowl Weekend.  Parties occur prior to and after the Super Bowl.  Pets are always mischievious and seeking new foods, drinks, and flavors.  Marijuana toxicity in pets is clilmbing as pet owners and their friends accidentally allow pets access to their Marijuana.  Do not allow this to happen in your home.   If you follow the Super Bowl Weekend  ASPCA Safety measures, your pet and your family will have a happy celebration of football and not have to visit an Animal ER for a life threatening problem!  #DrDonDeForge Pet Safety on Super Bowl® Sunday: ASPCA~What You Need to Know! Every February, countless sports fans gather in front of

ANIMAL DOC CHANNEL-NUMBER FOUR-BE PROACTIVE~SCREENING DIAGNOSTICS~ FOR THE PET YOU LOVE~JAN 2020~NUMBER FOUR

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Donald H DeForge, VMD Silver Sands Veterinary 17 Seemans Lane-Milford, CT 06460 P-203-877-3221 F-203-877-8301 www.SilverSandsVeterinary.com DonDeForge100@gmail.com January 2020 Number Four ANIMAL DOC CHANNEL PROACTIVE PREVENTIVE CARE Consider Screening Diagnostics  FOR THE PET YOU LOV E Do not rely on: Reactive Care~ Become a Proactive Pet Advocate Approaching chronic conditions reactively does patients a disservice on two main fronts.  #1 Reactive care does not work to stop our pets from getting sick or experiencing unpleasant symptoms in the first place.  #2 Reactive care is typically more expensive than what preventive care would have cost.  What is Proactive Healthcare? The antithesis of “reactive health” is proactive health care! In proactive care, the pet owner and advocate  takes responsibility to proactively manage THEIR own pet's health – moving away from the veterinarian “treating an ailment or disease”..... well past the early interven

BARTONELLA DISEASE IN CATS A SERIOUS ZOONOSIS-JAN 2020 Number Three

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Bartonella Disease in Cats A Serious Zoonosis Kids and the Immnosuppressed SilverSandsVeterinay.blogsport.com www.NatVetLab.com 2020/Jan/Number Three Don DeForge, VMD www.SilverSandsVeterinary.com SilverSandsVeternary.blogspot.com AnimalDentistrySolutions.blogspot.com P-203-877-3221 F-203-877-8301 DonDeForge100@gmai.com Bartonella in Cats A Serious Zoonosis A Simple Solution: Test all cats for Bartonella Disease with the Western Blot Test at the National Veterinary Lab! [NatVetLab.com] Treat all positive cats to prevent infection of humans and to prevent you cat from becoming ill from Bartonella Disease[s]! Bartonellosis  is an infectious bacterial disease, caused by the gram-negative bacteria  Bartonella  henselae. Background: Pet cats can be infected with at least SIX species of Bartonella and any age cat is susceptible to infection.  However, the medical literature shows that many severe cases of cat scratch disease in humans, especially in children,

SSV House Calls For Pets-Compassionate Care-January 2020- Number Two

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Dr. Donald DeForge Silver Sands Veterinary www.SilverSandsVeterinary.com 17 Seemans Lane~Milford, CT 06460 DonDeForge100@gmail.com P-203-877-3221 F-203-877-8301 January 2020-Number Two Silver Sands Veterinary House Calls for Pets 2020 A Celebration: In Search of Compassionate Care Senior Dog and Cat-Unconditional Love Dr. DeForge offers to his clients both  the traditional animal hospital setting at Silver Sands Veterinary in Milford, Ct.  [www.SilverSandsVeterinary.com] and our NEW Silver Sands Veterinary House Calls for Pets. Our animal hospital has been serving the greater Milford area for over 40 years.  Our NEW Mobile practice augments our traditional on-site veterinary hospital.  Our brick and mortar state of the art veterinary hospital offers Preventive Medicine [vaccines and routine blood screening];  Physical Exams and Wellness Exams for Healthy Patients; Sick Patient exams; Full Diagnostic Testing; Digital Whole Body X-ray and Oral X-ray;